Category: British
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Clip Clip, It’s Reeves And Mortimer
There are a few common themes when reading reviews for Vic and Bob shows. See if you can spot some. Here’s James Green’s thoughts in The Stage from 14th June 1990, as he discusses Vic Reeves Big Night Out. Here’s Simon London, talking about The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer, from The Daily Mirror on…
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Till Death Us Do Part Nearly Transferred To ITV
I was having a look for clippings about Till Death Us Do Part being sold to Norman Lear and CBS, when I came across this rather remarkable article in The Stage, dated Thursday 22nd February 1968, just a week after (what was announced at the time as) the final episode of the BBC show. This…
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Happy Families Clippings
Here’s a veritable treasure trove of articles and previews of Ben Elton’s 1985 BBC show Happy Families. It feels like there was a lot more fanfare for this series than for some others, and it began on the 30th May, with this announcement in The Stage. I assume that one of the other shows in…
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Filthy
Buried inside this full-page interview with Ben Elton (Dublin Evening Herald, 27th September 1986) is an early mention of a new sitcom called Filthy, Rich And Catflap. Lots of talk about The Young Ones, and Blackadder of course, and the inevitable clarification that Eric and Ernie are good, but Benny Hill is problematic. I wonder…
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Turds, Vomit, Willies, And Backside Cracks
This is a great photo used as part of a preview for Blackadder Goes Forth, from The Daily Mirror on Wednesday 20th September 1989. Here’s James Green, in The Stage of October 5th, wringing his hands about whether the time period is a suitable subject matter for the show. Here’s a rather more curious take…
