Category: British
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Clipping Yarns
Have a look at this full-page spread, because, you know, BUMS. There’s no mention here of the team’s upcoming solo/duo projects, but a month later, the BBC is pleased to announce … Here’s a listing for the pilot episode of Ripping Yarns. By May of 1977, the full series was already getting some nice early…
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Some Likely Clips
In amongst all the other announced shows, there’s mention of BBC Two’s first ever sitcom, to be written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The Likely Lads will star James Bolan and Rodney Bewes. A few days before the first episode hit our screens, this small write-up appeared within a whole page about the…
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Little Cilla
Browsing through old copies of the Daily Mirror, inside the one for this day in 1993, I came across this article. It tells of a new project by Cilla Black, in which she voices an animated version of her 11 year old self, who goes around the country having adventures with her dog called Lennon.…
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Ben Elton Live (In Print)
Let’s have a quick look at some more of Ben Elton’s columns that he wrote for the Daily Mirror in 1986. This first one has a riff on one of his stand up bits, as well as some potted history. Most theatres were designed by men. I can tell this simply by observing the long…
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A Duel – Over That Old Tom Cat
Every time a character in a sitcom picks up a newspaper, I find it difficult not to lean in and peer at the headline. So, as I began a binge watch of The Likely Lads last night, this moment certainly piqued my attention. It may not be clear, but you can just make out that…
