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The Real Rowley Birkin

It always amazes me how much of The League Of Gentlemen takes its inspiration from real life. Equally, The Fast Show. Rowley Birkin, for example, the drunk QC, is based on a man Paul Whitehouse met whilst fishing in Iceland. Here’s Paul Whitehouse on a rare appearance on a talk show, this one with Parkinson.

March 8, 2022
Fry And Laurie’s Russia Plan

Here’s Fry and Laurie, on an episode of Saturday Live, accompanied by Harry Enfield and Ben Elton.

March 6, 2022
Five Alive Or 5 Alive

This is one of those shows with a title that rings a bell, and makes me think I probably watched it at the time. But I don’t really have any memory of it, other than the title. And I’m fairly sure I’m not misremembering the drink. Five Alive was a TVS production that ran for…

March 4, 2022
Standing Quite A Long Way Away From

A Fry and Laurie sketch from a 1987 appearance on Saturday Live.

March 2, 2022
The Chicken Song

I went to bed last night with The Chicken Song running round my head in a constant loop. The song featured heavily in episodes of Spitting Image, with characters humming it, or it being used as background muzak. It was written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with the music by Phillip Pope. It was…

February 28, 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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Re-Casting Keanu

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…