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The Sitcom Pilot Hidden In An Episode Of Coronation Street

I’ve been on a little bit of a YouTube wander this morning. It started with this episode of Clive James On Television. I didn’t watch the whole thing, but the ads and continuity at the beginning is what started it. The episode is from 17th August 1988. It was the trail for the sitcom The…

February 20, 2020
Clive James On Razzle Dazzle

This one is NSFW. Be warned. Before it starts though, it’s nice to see some in-vision continuity. It’s such a thing of the past, seemingly, and I don’t really ever remember it being about in my youth, though it clearly was. What’s interesting about the Razzle Dazzle segment, other than the titilation, is watching a…

December 10, 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…