Category: British
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Cannon And Ball (At Last)
I don’t know why I can’t enjoy Cannon and Ball to be honest, but I struggle to watch them. This is a good appearance, with some great timing, and some brilliant physical comedy, and yet. Look out for Bobby accidentally dropping at F-bomb near the beginning, and pay attention to Tommy’s exasperated ‘at last’ as…
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The Laughing Prisoner
Here’s an interesting curio from 1987. It’s a production of The Tube, featuring Jools Holland, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie. It’s about The Prisoner.
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Bruce’s Big Night
Here’s the opening number of an episode of the short-lived LWT show Bruce’s Big Night. He’s in fine voice, belting out the weird lyrics. Big Night is famous for bringing Canon And Ball to the attention of Micheal Grade. They filmed sketches for this show, received billings and credits, but every single sketch was cut,…
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Christmas Traditions
What’s your favourite Christmas tradition? Yes, I know the pertinent episode aired on 8th January.
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The Christmas Radio Times In Christmas Specials
There’s a moment in the first 2point4 Children Christmas Special, from 1992, when Bill and Ben are bickering about recording things for later. Bill mentions that last year Ben meant to record Batman, but got it wrong, and got an hour of blank screen instead. What’s nice about this moment is that Batman did indeed…
