Author: Simon Dunn
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Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
There are some incongruous things to be found in the annals of TV history. Like the time when Rod Hull sat down next to Richard Pryor on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, or when Bruce Forsyth appeared on Magnum P.I. Wait, what? (Many thanks to the Cheapshow podcast for the heads up) This marked…
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What’s The Opposite Of Edd The Duck?
Quack quack quack quack quack. Quack.
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One Nose In The Rags
Victor Meldrew reads the Daily Mirror, which for us oddballs that like this sort of thing, means we can have a bit of fun. Here’s the first time we see him with the paper, from the first episode Alive And Buried. Which helps us find this page from the paper … … which is from…
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It’s Not Just Zammo
I’ve resumed by long-delayed re-watch of Grange Hill, starting up again with probably it’s most infamous series. In the opening months of 1986, the show’s ninth series caused a huge stir. I’m trying to remember if we, as viewers, knew the big reveal about Zammo’s drug addiction before we saw it on screen. I have…
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Smiley’s Papers
In the summer of 1981, barely 18 months after the novel was first published, the BBC announced the follow-up series to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Smiley’s People would see the return of Alec Guinness in the titular role, and form the flagpole for Auntie’s £25 million spending plans. The middle part of the Karla trilogy…
