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Birds Of A Feather At 30

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the debut of the Marks & Gran sitcom Birds Of A Feather. That it’s still one of the highest rated shows on TV, all these years later, is a testament to the strength of the premise, the quality of the writing, and the talent of the cast and crew.…

October 17, 2019
Ads Of A Feather

Let’s continue our journey into the curious parallel world of sitcom based adverts. Today, we’ll look at a long running campaign featuring Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, which began at the peak of Birds Of Feather‘s first run on the BBC. It was for Surf. Then it just got dirty. Meanwhile, Lesley Joseph was channelling…

June 16, 2019

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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

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…