Hyacinth Bucket debuted on our screens in October of 1990. With it’s first episode, Keeping Up Appearances hit the ground running, winning an audience of 11.4 million. And it did that with little or no fanfare in the papers, though I’m sure it was heavily trailed on the channel.
Apparently, it only takes 30 seconds to realise if a sitcom is good or not …
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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…
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…
