Category: Steve Coogan

  • Alanugby
    Alanugby

    Here’s some more of Alan, ready for Friday’s new series, this time taking us through some brilliant rugby moments. And here’s the first of the mini-news packages that trailed the main show. Are there any other shows that had their own specially made trailers, ie, using content not shown in the show, like this other…

  • Rivas Were Ace
    Rivas Were Ace

    I mean, I never actually had a Riva, nor do I know what they taste like, but we’ll get back to that. Another chocolatey treat I never partook in was the McVities Ace, and until this morning, I’d never heard of them either. According to Marketing Week in 1996, the Ace was launched to rival…

  • Half A Cup
    Half A Cup

    With more This Time with Alan Partridge heading our way, here’s a segment from The Day Today. I get confused sometimes because each week before the main broadcast there was a shorter, five minute promo like this. I’m sure there’s one somewhere about Marlon Brando.

  • Adverts, Bag O’Shite
    Adverts, Bag O’Shite

    I was surprised to find these adverts for a low calorie beer being fronted by Paul Calf. They’re shot ‘lo’fi’ to fit in with the diary show I expect. And you know when you totally forget a load of adverts, but the minute you see them again, you can almost remember them word for word.…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    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
    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…

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