Category: Sketch Shows
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Oops Bit Of Policlips
The second series of Saturday Live, which began on the 7th February 1987, saw a few changes. There was a new set, a new time slot, and Ben Elton became the permanent host. To mark the beginning of this new series, this gorgeous ad appeared in an edition of The Stage. The day before the…
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Some Dangerous Clippings I Trust You’ll Agree
A few weeks before Saturday Live went on air (and year after the pilot), The Stage was reporting some interesting things about it, not least the fact that Jasper Carrott was going to be a regular member of the cast. In the end, he only appeared in episode seven. Two days before the series proper…
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There’s Nothing To Worry About
Given that yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of There’s Nothing To Worry About, here’s that first show. And here’s an article from The Stage on the 8th July 1982 that announces the regional show being transferred to the network and reworked into a longer series that was later renamed Alfresco.
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Clips Of Fun
I don’t know why, but it seems apropos to begin a trawl through the newspaper clippings for Fist Of Fun with this little snippet from the Amersham Advertiser. It’s one of the first mentions of the series I can find, and appeared on Wednesday 15th March 1995. The series began just a month later, so…
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No Bits Of Dusty And Dick
Here’s a fantastic full-page spread from The Daily Mirror, dated Friday 6th February 1987. It’s about the new series of Saturday Live on Channel 4. Almost exactly two years later, on February 2nd 1989, James Green dribbled his thoughts onto the pages of The Stage, this time about the first series of A Bit Of…
