Category: British
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A Bit Of Back Matter
I’m amazed it took me so long to buy the script books for A Bit Of Fry and Laurie, but there it is. The first one has the tagline ‘raw, trembling, naked sketches from their first BBC TV series’. The back cover is rather lovely. It’s got hand-scrawled notes about the design. Signed by S.F.,…
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Comedy Connections – Shooting Stars
Dear BBC, Why oh why oh why can’t you release a complete collection of Shooting Stars on DVD? Yours,Me Clearance and rights issues I expect. So, instead, here’s most, but not all, of the Comedy Connections episode about the show.
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Shooting Stars: The Inside Story
In 2008, BBC Two took an inside look at Shooting Stars, in this excellent spoof documentary about the show. It marked the 15th anniversary, and was on the same night as a one-off Christmas special. Within less than a year, the show would return to the screen for a further three series.
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Steve Coogan – The Inside Story
In Christmas of 2009, BBC Two aired a mockumentary charting the life and career of Steve Coogan. With classic archive moments and some rarely seen early appearances, this one-hour special includes interviews with well-known faces who have collaborated with Steve, and others who are simply fans of Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauline Calf, Tony Ferrino…
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The Film Of Reeves And Mortimer
In September of 1997, the BBC’s arts strand Omnibus, aired The Film Of Reeves And Mortimer. It traced their career, and included a lot of specially made comedy material too.
