The Groovy Fellers And Ken Bishop’s Nice Twelve

It just wouldn’t be the new year without a bit of Jools Holland now, would it?

So, it came to pass, that on the first day of 2021, I learned that Jools Holland had his own sitcom on Channel Four called The Groovy Fellers. Co-written with his co-star Rowland Rivron, the episodes were 50 minutes long, and aired at the beginning of 1989.

Here’s a trailer.

Is that train shot real??

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