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Alexei Sayle’s Stuff Is Listing

Some comedy programmes, back in the day, were allowed to get away with writing stupid listings for The Radio Times. Here, in all their glory, are the ones for Alexei Sayle’s Stuff … For the very first episode Fun With Magnets: Dear Radio Times, Hooray for Alexei Sayle! The funniest TV show since The Good Life! What…

June 26, 2023
Alexei Sayle Was Nearly In A Kick Up The Eighties

In his book Rik Mayall: Bigger Than Hitler Better Than Christ, Rik tells the rather remarkable story of how he came up with the character of Kevin Turvey. Someone had asked me to an audition … I didn’t realise that you were supposed to have prepared something to perform so they could see if you…

June 27, 2022
Some Alexei Tunes

Here’s a music video, featured in the documentary The Private Life Of The Ford Cortina, from 1982. And here’s Ullo John! Gotta New Motor, from an 1984 edition of Top Of The Pops.

December 11, 2021
A Bunch Of Students In A Flat

Here’s an excellent episode of The Alexei Sayle Podcast, featuring Lise Mayer, all about a 1980s sitcom called The Young Ones.

December 7, 2021

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

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…

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Re-Casting Keanu

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…