Here’s a fun writing exercise. Have your characters gather around a fire for warmth and help one another compose a letter to their bank manager. This is still one of my favourite scenes in any sitcom, and it shows all four characters with a clear voice. Even Neil, being the passive one in the setup, gets his own moments. And not just Boomshanka – his line ‘well spotted Vyvyan’ is great too.
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I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…
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…
