Category: British
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It Goes Deeper Than You Think
There’s An Extra Layer To The Young Ones Grange Hill Bit I like stumbling across things that add an extra dimension to something I already know so well. Take this moment, from The Young Ones, for example. I’ve explored this clip before, in an effort to try and work out if the set-pieces are from…
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Don’t Wait Up
Don’t Wait Up occupies an unusual place in my sitcom life. Growing up, it felt like it was on all the time, and yet, after its run ended, it just sort of fell off the radar really. That surprises me in retrospect, what with its pedigree. The series was written by George Layton, who drew…
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Don’t Tell Father
It’s not often that a Roy Clarke series passes me by, but one did. Don’t Tell Father, starring Tony Britton, Caroline Quentin and Susan Hampshire ran for six episodes on BBC One in the spring of 1992. Not to be confused with the ITV sitcom of the same name from 1959, this short-lived Roy Clarke…
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Buy-De-Buy
Let’s have a look at some adverts fronted by the cast of Hi-De-Hi. This one, for Wispa, we’ve seen before, and is probably one of the more memorable ones from the bunch. But Ruth Madoc also did this one for Walkers in 1987. And this one, in Welsh, for the Cheese Council of Wales. Here’s…
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The Relentless Tick Tock Of History
My friend Iszi is making short, fun videos about moments in history, and they are great. This one right here is my favourite so far.
