Category: British
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Gary, Sam, And Natwest
In July of 1996 Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Motive announced a new advertising campaign for Natwest. With a ten million pound budget, they hoped their creation would run for five years. It featured Gary Olsen and Samantha Beckinsale as the Cannings, a family who move to the country. The idea was to have them find…
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2point4 Board Games
I’m a sucker for board games in the back of shots in sitcoms, so imagine my delight in seeing that the Porters in 2point4 Children have a rotating pile of them. Take this pile from the series seven episode ‘When Did You Last See Your Father?‘. The middle one is Monopoly, and a rather contemporary…
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Rik And Des
Remember that interview with Sid Little and Eddie Large the other day? The one where they seemed totally incurious about comedy history, comedy as a craft, and comedy in general? Here’s the antidote to that. Rik taking time out of his own interview to ask Des O’Connor some really interesting questions.
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Blackadder And Baldrick On Children In Need
This is from the 1988 telethon.
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Gloria’s Gotcha Back For Noel
After the tragedy that ended The Late Late Breakfast Show, Noel Edmonds returned to Saturday evenings in 1988 with his Saturday Roadshow. This time it wasn’t broadcast live, but it retained many elements of its predecessor, and found the feet of much of what was to become House Party. The first Gotcha Oscar (as they…
