Peter Rhodes on Cheers, freebies and a surname to live up to

So what does that mean? No predatory bar manager, no sexy barmaids, no alcoholic tipplers? Take the 1980s values out of Cheers and you've got something approaching Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark. In any case if we want a thoroughly British comedy set in a pub where everybody knows your name, the Beeb has already done it. Early Doors, written by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey ran from 2003-04 and was, in my opinion, one of the best comedies ever screened.