Category: British
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Kenneth Williams On Joan Rivers
Following on from yesterday, Kenneth Williams joined Dudley Moore and others on the couch to chat to Joan Rivers, as part of her BBC show Can We Talk?. He mentions Pieces Of Eight, a revue show that was written by Peter Cook (Joan’s co-host). The follow up to this revue was One Over The Eight,…
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Pete And Dud On Joan Rivers
Here’s a segment from Joan Rivers 1986 British show Can We Talk? Dudley Moore appears as her guest, while Peter Cook was a regular co-host. The show began on BBC Two, on 10th March 1986, with guests Jim Henson. Dame Edna, and Barry Manilow. Moore joined her for the 24th March show, alongside other guests…
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The Silver Girl
This is a convoluted story of sitcoms crossing back and forth across the Atlantic. It begins with Alf Garnett and his first sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. Norman Lear read a synopsis of this show, and it triggered an idea in his head about a sitcom based on his own relationship with his father.…
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The Tripods
In the mid-1980s, there was a TV series that burrowed deep into my brain, leaving no trace of itself except the image of the machines themselves. I couldn’t tell you what The Tripods was about, or who was in it, or even when it was on, but I could probably draw the three-legged alien things.…
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Smashie And Nicey’s Late Licence
Smashie and Nicey got around a lot more than I realised in their time. Here they are fronting the Channel 4 late night strip called Late Licence, which they describe in their own inimitable style.
