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This must be a new development for the BOAF tour as last year's version used the full title sequence (updated) and theme tune at the start of the show - complete with logo, whilst the set was a condensed lookalike of the set used for most of the TV run. I wonder if they subsequently got in trouble and had to change things this year?
70's Sitcom's Made Into Films .. Why?
Maybe the broadcaster owned the rights to the sets? I'm sure this is the reason the live show of Mrs Browns Boys has a totally different set. The writer owns the rights to the characters while the BBC owns other elements. It's the same for the recent Birds of a Feather theatre tour, which was unable to use the actual theme tune, set design or logo.
This must be a new development for the BOAF tour as last year's version used the full title sequence (updated) and theme tune at the start of the show - complete with logo, whilst the set was a condensed lookalike of the set used for most of the TV run. I wonder if they subsequently got in trouble and had to change things this year?