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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…

  • The Strange Pornographic History of Henry’s Cat
    The Strange Pornographic History of Henry’s Cat

    Henry’s, Henry’s, you must know Henry’s Cat? That song started playing in my head this morning, as the shower belched water down on me, and washed the sleep away. You must have seen the movies? You must have read the book? And now that song is burrowed deep into my inner ear canal, and it…

  • Richard Osman On Drop The Dead Donkey
    Richard Osman On Drop The Dead Donkey

    I’m probably the last person to know this, but Richard Osman, creator and co-presenter of the quiz show Pointless, is in the last ever scene of Drop The Dead Donkey. Did you see him? I had to watch it twice to make sure, when I should have just done a Google search.

  • End Of Level Boss
    End Of Level Boss

    We took a vote on it. Looking back now though, it wasn’t exactly they best way to have done it. There were no ballot boxes, or polling places. We just sent a text to a number at the bottom of the screen. We’d been watching those screens for weeks, ever since the giant ship appeared…

  • The Seinfeld Christmas Episodes
    The Seinfeld Christmas Episodes

    Outside of one particularly iconic episode, Seinfeld isn’t remembered for its Christmas stories, and never had an actual special festive episode. For the most part, the season was hinted at only through set dressings, and plots about present giving. The Red Dot has mention of a Christmas office party, and the central plot device is…

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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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