Tag: The Big Surprise

  • The Quiz Show Scandal
    The Quiz Show Scandal

    I re-watched the movie Quiz Show last night, and did a little research afterwards. The show featured in the film, Twenty-One, was not the only show involved in the rigging scandal of the 1950s. So I thought it might be interesting to have a look at some of the quiz shows that ultimately got cancelled…

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    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
    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…

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