▁En field . ▁After ▁Th ames ▁lost ▁their ▁television ▁franch ise , ▁I TV ▁decided ▁that ▁a ▁peak ▁view ing ▁figure ▁of ▁ 7 ▁million ▁was ▁ins u fficient ▁and ▁with d rew ▁support . ▁Inc ensed , ▁Vert ue ▁approached ▁the ▁BBC ▁who ▁agreed ▁to ▁broadcast ▁the ▁show . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁BBC ▁a ired ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁a ▁further ▁four ▁series . ▁The ▁shift ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁station ▁and ▁a ▁later ▁time - sl ot ▁meant , ▁as ▁the ▁BBC ▁have ▁stated , ▁the ▁show ▁could ▁indul ge ▁in ▁" more ▁colour ful ▁language ▁and ▁behaviour ". ▁The ▁show ▁became ▁highly ▁successful ▁on ▁BBC 1 , ▁drawing ▁a ▁cult ▁following . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Simon ▁N ye ▁and ▁the ▁cast ▁had ▁agreed ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁series ▁for ▁three ▁further ▁spe ci als ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁in ▁which ▁Vert ue ▁wanted ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁how ▁Gary ▁and ▁Dor othy ▁were ▁cop ing ▁with ▁parent hood . ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁sh el ved ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁after ▁Caroline ▁Qu entin ▁became ▁pre gn ant . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Cl unes ▁and ▁Morris sey ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁characters ▁of ▁Gary ▁and ▁Tony ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁in ▁a ▁sketch ▁for ▁Channel ▁ 4 ' s ▁" The ▁Fe eling ▁N uts ▁Com edy ▁Night " ▁and ▁Stand ▁Up ▁to ▁Can cer ▁tele th on .