This is one of the funniest series I've ever seen. A few episodes veer into the ridiculous (true of most comedies), but overall it is exceptionally funny -and touching in spite of itself. I truly wish the acidic Diana was my own mother or grandmother. And Tom is the perfect sweet, bumbling, smarter-than-he-lets-on elderly relative.

Bayview Retirement Home is a lovely place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there! The inmates are the elderly, warehoused on the cheap. The place is run with some efficiency thanks to a sad secretary, Jane Edwards (Janine Duvitski), with unrealistic hope of a romance with the manager (Daniel Hill as The Idiot Bains). The main characters are the fabulous curmudgeon, Diana Trent (the incomparable Stephanie Cole) and the often daft optimist Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden). Every episode features their attempts to annoy The Idiot Bains and insult poor Jane to tears. They love to right wrongs and cause trouble whenever they can. It's quite fun. Riddled with affronts of every kind.

This British "kinda Black Comdey" is so well done. I think you have to be over 60 to really get the benefi of the main characters
Diana (whose to hell with it all attitude) and Tom the newbie who moved next door to her in the Retirement Home is just
one of the mose enjoyable TV series ever. "Keeping Up Appearances" and this show are just priceless keepers. Neither of them would have played in the states, altho PBS has run Keeping Up and Have you Been served to the point of being ridiculous.
another series I would highly recomment for the senior set is "AS TIME GOES BY" with the absolutely wonderful Judi Dench.
You can play and replay these movies over and over and never get tired of their wit and charm
There is still life after the glow of youth plays out and believe me thats a short run... the bloom of youth is like a flower now you see now yo don't

I became addicted to Waiting for God watching it on PBS. Finally decided I wanted to see all the episodes and in order. It was worth it. Although I discovered I had already seen each episode, I still enjoyed every minute. This is an excellent series and I highly recommend it for anyone who loves good comedy. One of the things I like best is Diana's penchant for blunt honesty. When she expresses her disdain for The Idiot Baines I think, "he deserved that."

Negatives:
1. The sound track was louder than I remember from PBS and at times it was distracted from the dialogue.
2. The discs were a little hard to remove from the cover.
3. Two discs had smudges, but they did not cause playback problems.
None of these are serious and I gave this series a top rating.

I love this series, but missed some episodes when it was shown on PBS. It turns out (now that I have the complete set) that I missed quite a few episodes. These recordings not only include the complete series, but there are extras such as biographies and interviews with the stars. The only complaint I have is that every time you turn on your set to watch another episode, you must sit through a few minutes of advertisement before you can select the episode; there's no way to skip those ads. Season one allowed you to skip the introduction to the episodes; in the later seasons, you have to fast-forward through them. Also. season one subtitles won't go through an HDMI connector - you must use an old fashion 3-connector cable to get subtitles (the later seasons are HDMI compatible).