Jimmy James was a music hall, radio, television and film comedian, enjoying a career that spanned from 1904 to his death in 1965. When you think of music hall, you’re more likely to think of Arthur Atkinson than you are to think of Jimmy or Marie Lloyd, but here’s one of his famous sketches, often referred to only as The Shoebox Sketch.
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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…
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…
