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Stomping On The Cat

Sometimes, often, I wish that Paul Jackson would publish an autobiography. Here’s an interesting article from The Stage, dated 21st July 1983, announcing a new show that he was working on for LWT. The final title for the show was The Entertainers, which is now notorious for the decision to move the French And Saunders…

June 15, 2022
The Diary Of Paul Jackson, Aged Thirty-Ish

Independent producer Paul Jackson gives a sneak preview of some of what we’ll see of the Melbourne Festival of comedy when it is screened on Channel 4 next month, and an insight into some of the behind-the-scenes comedy we won’t be seeing. The show they are filming for was Craig Goes Mad In Melbourne, which…

April 6, 2022

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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…