e.phemera: The Glam Metal Detectives

January 4, 2012

e.phemera: The Glam Metal Detectives

Hey, do you remember things from the past? The Glam Metal Detectives was a mid-nineties BBC2 sketch show featuring Doon Mackichan, Gary Beadle and Phil Cornwell, and was co-written by Peter Richardson. I found this clip on that there the internets, and this is as much of the show as I have seen.

So, yes. That was that then.

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