Author: Simon Dunn
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Hyping Hyperdrive
I really enjoyed Hyperdrive (written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley) when it was on BBC Two, and so did Harry Venning in The Stage. True to his word, he stuck with it, and had this to say about series two. The pilot was directed by Armando Iannucci, and starred Sanjeev Bhaskar and Mark Gatiss.
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No Bits Of Dusty And Dick
Here’s a fantastic full-page spread from The Daily Mirror, dated Friday 6th February 1987. It’s about the new series of Saturday Live on Channel 4. Almost exactly two years later, on February 2nd 1989, James Green dribbled his thoughts onto the pages of The Stage, this time about the first series of A Bit Of…
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Variations On A Theme
Let’s have a look at two sketches, completely independent to one another, written an ocean apart, but which demonstrate very well how two people can arrive at almost exactly the same idea. Here’s the first, from an 1989 episode of The Kids In The Hall. And here’s the second, from A Bit Of Fry And…
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It’s Clips Jerry, Clips
Way back in 1981, Jerry Seinfeld was gracing British TV screens, and sharing a sofa with Des O’Connor. He was even named in the listings, like here in the Daily Mirror, on October 19th. Then there’s this interesting little nugget, from the Derby Daily Telegraph, on the 7th July 1987. Here’s a bit of those…
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Dee In Demand
Here’s a write up of Jack Dee that appeared in The Stage on Thursday 3rd March 1994.
