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Television Today (Then)

Each week in The Stage, there’s a section called Television Today, and it’s always a fascinating read. Especially old ones, available on The British Newspaper Archive. Let’s have a look at the edition from this week, back in 1993. We’ll start with a bit of a cheat, because this article is actually from the theatre…

April 4, 2023
It’s Good To Talk

BT’s advertising campaign with Bob Hoskins in 1995 was one it’s most effective ones ever. It strikes me though that while the slogan ‘it’s good to talk’ (in a Boboskins voice) has stuck in the consciousness, none of the actual adverts have. I mean, I could have sworn he wore a brown trenchcoat throughout all…

December 2, 2019

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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…