Category: British
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Smith, Jones, Hale, Pace, Croft, and Craig (Naked)
Here’s a nice review page from The Stage, dated 29th November 1990, in a week when Smith And Jones, You Rang M’Lord?, and Nicholas Craig – The Naked Actor all aired.
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Alas Clips And Jones
Here’s a great article from the Liverpool Echo, dated 28th January 1984, previewing the upcoming new series of Alas Smith And Jones. Can anyone figure out which sketch it is they’re rehearsing? Good to learn that John Lloyd was the warm up act for the studio recordings.
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Running Wild With Morecambe And Wise
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise used to carry around clippings of the reviews from their first TV series as a reminder that they needed to do better. So the story goes. One said ‘the definition of TV: the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in last night’ – or words to that effect. Running Wild…
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I’m Sorry?
In an article from The Daily Mirror, dated Saturday 1st November 1980, amongst a weirdly braggadoccio puff about The Two Ronnies‘ possible new show in Australia, there’s a brief mention of an upcoming sitcom for Ronnie Corbett. Either the article is just wrong, or at this stage the sitcom was called I’m Sorry. It would…
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At Last The At Last The 1948 Show Clippings
As David Frost’s ITV show drew to a close in 1967, there came announcements that he was to produce (but not appear in) his own show’s replacement. Here’s how the Daily Mirror reported this news on Monday the 23rd of January. On Thursday of that same week, The Stage also reported on the new show.…
