Author: Simon Dunn
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Shaping Up
Just watch these opening titles, and see if you do a double take, like I did, at the tonal shift once the actors’ credits begin to appear. Shaping Up was an ABC sitcom, which aired in 1984, and had quite the pedigree. It was created by Emmy-award winners Sam Simon and Ken Estin, who wrote […]
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Six Of One: Ten Of Six
A continuing series of podcasts, in which I improvise something different every day. This week, an encounter with fame, local radio, the shipping forecast, a mythical figure, the secret ruler of the world, and some snooker.
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The Pirate Bob Monkhouse
Bob Monkhouse was an archivist. From very early on he collected and restored movie reels, and when home video recording became possible, he habitually recorded hours of television every day. He had a collection of some 50,000 tapes, some of which have been used to recover missing shows. But in 1979, Bob appeared at the […]
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BEEB Magazine
I stumbled across the BBC’s answer to Look In magazine last night. It was called BEEB, and lasted 20 issues. Here’s a look at some pages and covers from the run. All of them are available here.
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A Ship Off The Old Block
Here’s a fun article from The Stage, marking the transition between series two and three of Red Dwarf, including some gossip about movie and US TV adaptations, and a chat with the writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
