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More Bad News For Wogan

Here’s Bad News on Wogan from 2nd October 1987. Rik still has his Alan B’Stard hair under the wig, and Old Tel is game as ever.

July 6, 2022
Bad News-paper Clippings

Here’s an article from the Daily Mirror on the 14th July 1986. It’s about the upcoming appearance of Bad News at the Donnington festival. And here’s a follow up piece, from the same paper on the 3rd November.

July 5, 2022
A Bit Of Bitesize. Nice

Here’s John Thompson doing a bit for Bitesize circa 1997, and helping those taking their exams with revision and whatnot. Really nice.

July 4, 2022
The South Ben Show

Here’s Mr Bun Ulton on The South Bank Show from 1989.

July 3, 2022
Rik’s 80s Pop Video Triptych

In the mid-80s, Rik Mayall appeared in three different music videos. The first was for Lionheart’s Die For Love in 1984, from their album Hot Tonight. The more famous one, of course, was Living Doll, with Cliff Richard and The Young Ones. And then there’s this, by the Art Of Noise, a cover version of…

July 1, 2022

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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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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…