Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Random Continuity

Sometimes, because of all the daft videos I watch on YouTube, the algos offer up some weird and wonderful gems. Today it was this, a bit of continuity from BBC One, between Starsky & Hutch and the News, on 13th January 1979

BBC Genome offers no clue as to which episode of Starsky & Hutch this was.

Telford’s Change may have been one of the first independent productions the BBC bought (though I could be totally wrong), and was sold through a company called Astramead. The trailer for it makes it look bloody awful.

You can learn more about the Play Of The Month here.

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