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  • Rik Mayall On Paul O’Grady
    Rik Mayall On Paul O’Grady

    Here’s a really fun interview from 2005. But how have I never seen All About George?

  • Vic & Bob On Ross
    Vic & Bob On Ross

    Seems like such a rare thing to see Vic & Bob being interviewed. And look how young they are. Three things. How does Ross’s hair spring back to perfection like that after he removes the wig? Why don’t the audience do as they’re told and hum them on? Can you spot both times Bob calls…

  • Penelope Keith On Aspel & Company
    Penelope Keith On Aspel & Company

    Here’s Penelope Keith on an episode of Aspel & Company. At first I thought this was from the same episode as the Dave Allen one a few days ago, but it’s actually from three years later in 1991. There’s mention of Ask Aspel, which looked like this, complete with mechanical countdown clock at the beginning…

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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