Category: The Young Ones
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The Young Ovens
I’ve become a bit obsessed with ovens in sitcoms this past week. It all started when I noticed how many ovens Arkwright got through in Open All Hours, before I began to wonder if any of those same ovens were used in other BBC shows. Logic would suggest they would have to have been. I…
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Wogan Introduces Dallas
Telly doesn’t seem to do things like this anymore. Here’s Terry going straight into the final episode of the series of Dallas.
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BBC One Shutdown
The channel shutdown on BBC One in the mid 80s was a different, more relaxed affair. And this is the other side of the screen …
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Splitting Images
The curious case of Norris McWhirter and the explicit flash frames. On the 24th February 1985, viewers tuning in to Spitting Image on ITV were treated to a comedy song. Norris McWhirter didn’t see this song, but his nephew did, in excruciating detail, and three frames of the video would end up being argued over…
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I Think Special Patrol Group Is A Stupid Name For A Hamster
When I watch old/classic comedy, I like it when arcane things crop up, and I learn something about the past I never knew. For example, thanks to Steptoe & Son, I finally learned that ‘brassic’ is rhyming slang (Brassic Lint – Skint), and thanks to Hi-De-Hi, I learned that you used to be able to…
