Forgotten may be stating it too strongly in many cases over the next few days, but I think it’s fair to say no-one is talking about The King Is Dead, a Thames Talkback show devised and hosted by Simon Bird. From the shitty voiceover, to calling his guests ‘pricks’ in the intro, this seems to have had no charm whatsoever.
So, to cleanse your palette, here’s the first part of the Shooting Stars pilot.
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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…
