Author: Simon Dunn

  • Thunk – First Chapter
    Thunk – First Chapter

    It was time to die. She hadn’t had an idea in the longest while, and so it was definitely time to die. Plus, the clock had stopped. It used to tick, she knew that. And she knew it because she’d made it. She’d made a lot of things in her lifetime, too many to count.…

  • Clips And Saunders
    Clips And Saunders

    I suppose it’s not all that surprising that the first few mentions of French And Saunders in the newspaper archive are within reviews and write-ups of the Comic Strip. Here’s a clipping we’ve seen before, by way of demonstration. Or this one: Buried deep in this article is the lovely revelation that the duo used…

  • Thunk
    Thunk

    In Space, You Can Hear Yourself Think Liberty Stay can’t think straight. It’s the thought controller on her wrist that does it. Mostly. But when she’s reunited with her childhood toy, a talking elephant, her mind starts to rebel, and she makes an impulse decision that changes her life, and the solar system, forever. As…

  • Six Of One: Nine Of Six
    Six Of One: Nine Of Six

    A continuing series of podcasts, in which I improvise something different every day. This week, an actor’s eulogy, a visit to the dentist, a trip in the back of a cab, the world’s best village fete, Sid Craterman looks into the abyss, and a murder thriller audio book. You can listen to the first eight…

  • Christopher Ryan Clippings
    Christopher Ryan Clippings

    It’s been said enough to no longer really be insightful, but Christopher Ryan as Mike in The Young Ones was excellent. But he’s even better as Dave Hedgehog in Bottom, and his appearances in One Foot In The Grave and Absolutely Fabulous are marvellous too. It seems he has always been quietly getting on with…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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