Category: British
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Colin’s Sandwich Filler
We all have feelings about the slickness of PR, so there’s something weirdly refreshing about this promo piece for Mel Smith’s new sitcom Colin’s Sandwich. It’s odd though, and curious … Of course, the headline has a far more sensational tone than the actual article. Alistair McCallum was positive about the first episode, even if […]
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The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilisation As We Know It
Here’s how London Weekend Television announced their new project with John Cleese, The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It. The film aired in September of the same year, and again some time in the early 1990s. Patrick Campbell seemed to like it. But Roger McGough did not. It obviously stuck […]
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Clipping Yarns
Have a look at this full-page spread, because, you know, BUMS. There’s no mention here of the team’s upcoming solo/duo projects, but a month later, the BBC is pleased to announce … Here’s a listing for the pilot episode of Ripping Yarns. By May of 1977, the full series was already getting some nice early […]
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Some Likely Clips
In amongst all the other announced shows, there’s mention of BBC Two’s first ever sitcom, to be written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The Likely Lads will star James Bolan and Rodney Bewes. A few days before the first episode hit our screens, this small write-up appeared within a whole page about the […]
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Little Cilla
Browsing through old copies of the Daily Mirror, inside the one for this day in 1993, I came across this article. It tells of a new project by Cilla Black, in which she voices an animated version of her 11 year old self, who goes around the country having adventures with her dog called Lennon. […]
