You Rang M'Lord? – Simon Dunn

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Smith, Jones, Hale, Pace, Croft, and Craig (Naked)

Here’s a nice review page from The Stage, dated 29th November 1990, in a week when Smith And Jones, You Rang M’Lord?, and Nicholas Craig – The Naked Actor all aired.

April 21, 2022
Oh Trailer Beeching

I never watched Oh, Doctor Beeching! much when it was on, and it’s never quite been something I’ve wanted to revisit, in spite of my current re-watch of Hi-De-Hi!. It’s interesting how this repeat run was being linked to that former series though, rather than the more recent You Rang, M’Lord?.

October 10, 2021
Rich Tea And Sympathy

I just made a Cherry Cake because I saw so many of them on my re-watch of You Rang M’Lord?. It got me thinking, because that series can’t have been the only sitcom to have been expanded to fill an hour slot. Certainly, Only Fools And Horses went that way too. And over on ITV,…

July 31, 2021
Su Pollard Takes The Plunge

Su Pollard is great in any sitcom she’s appeared in. I imagine she’s a fantastic live performer too, though I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing her in anything live. Nor did I get the chance to see her hosting the ITV gameshow Take The Plunge. And unfortunately, this is the only footage of the…

July 29, 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…