Broom Cupboard – Simon Dunn

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September 26, 2021
Noel, The Broom Cupboard, And A Bomb

Well, that’s not technically correct, but we’ll get to that. So what’s going on here? On 6th March 1993 Television Centre was closed down due to a bomb scare. That meant the live broadcast of Noel’s House Party was cancelled, and a repeat of the Christmas show went out instead. That appeared to have finished…

May 28, 2019
Broom Cupboard Breakdowns

A few of the times that things went wrong in the Broom Cupboard.

April 14, 2019
A Bit More Broom Cupboard (Sort Of)

This is the usual view we had of the Broom Cupboard back then in the 80s. It only occurred to me recently that for the rest of the day, the Continuity Announcers would have been sitting in amongst all that detritus. This is what it would have looked liked without it. This is NC3, whereas…

April 13, 2019
A Tour Of The Broom Cupboard

God I love this. Why is there so much romance about seeing behind the scenes at TVC? This piece was for the 7th December edition of Saturday Superstore in 1985, which means it’s only about two months since the Broom Cupboard first appeared on air. Monday 9 September 1985 saw the introduction of a new…

April 11, 2019

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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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…