Category: e.phemera
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That Grange Hill Sausage
Am I the last person to know that the Grange Hill theme was also used for the first few series of Give Us A Clue? It’s Chicken Man by Alan Hawkshaw. Anyway, here’s a really nice behind the scenes documentary about series 11, which aired on New Year’s Day in 1988. Yes, it’s that Anthony…
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Terrible Lizards
I would like to recommend to you the brilliant new podcast Terrible Lizards. It’s about dinosaurs, and it’s aimed at adults. Find out more at the Terrible Lizards website. Here’s the first episode.
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Today’s Mood
One of those days.
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The Shocking Secret Hidden In Grange Hill
I’m currently rewatching the very first series of Grange Hill. It’s rather charming, and an easy watch. But I discovered a shocking secret hiding in plain sight*. The blazer badge always puzzled me. Intellectually I know it is a G, an H, and an S, but it’s very hard not to see it as a…
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Shallow Grave And How To Lose A Million Pounds
I was watching Shallow Grave last night, and this bit struck me. I initially thought it was something that had been specially made for the film, a kind of misdirect foreshadow, but it’s actually from a real show. Lose A Million was created by Action Time, and aired on ITV during the last few months…
