When I was growing up, I always associated Thursdays with BBC sitcoms. You could watch two at 8pm on BBC One, switch over, and watch maybe two more on BBC Two. For a time, around 2007, the BBC remembered this, and tried to brand a new strand of comedies as Thursdays Are Funny.
There are some good shows in there, but what do you think of the branding itself? I’m not sure what, if anything, it has to do with comedy.
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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…
