If I were doing a sitcom advent calendar this year, no doubt one of the entries would be Hyperdrive. Written by Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil, it aired on BBC2 for two series in 2006-07. It’s packed with great scripts and brilliant performances, and if you haven’t seen it, you should. The pilot was called Full Power, and was directed by Armando Iannucci.
It’s very nearly the birth of Gary Neville Day.
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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…
