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Forgotten Panel Shows: If I Ruled The World

This is another show that I enjoyed at the time, but has since slipped from my mind. Not sure why this happens more with comedy panel shows than it does with sitcoms or sketch shows. Nice to see a diverse range of ageing white men, I’m sure you’ll agree. That said, the show was always…

October 23, 2019
Forgotten Panel Shows: It’s Only TV … But I Like It

Here I’m using forgotten in the sense that I personally had forgotten about it, although I watched it when it was on (and enjoyed it). Your experience may vary. Anyway, It’s Only TV … But I Like It was created by Jonathan Ross, Andy Davies, and Jon Naismith, and was an Open Mike Production for…

October 22, 2019
Forgotten Panel Shows: The King Is Dead

Forgotten may be stating it too strongly in many cases over the next few days, but I think it’s fair to say no-one is talking about The King Is Dead, a Thames Talkback show devised and hosted by Simon Bird. From the shitty voiceover, to calling his guests ‘pricks’ in the intro, this seems to…

October 21, 2019

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Nineteen 90s Shows

I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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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…