A year after Channel 4 aired the brilliant, and oft-overlooked Nightingales, Canon & Ball, of all people, ploughed a similar furrow, with their ITV sitcom Plaza Patrol. Written for them by Richard Lewis and Louis Robinson, it lasted for six episodes.
It’s interesting to note that this was hitting the commercial channel’s screen in a similar time period as Frank SideBottom’s Fantastic Shed Show. Even the ‘safe’ broadcaster was still taking a few risks with its comedy output.
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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…
