Plenty of Christmas continuity here, with some trigger warnings for S*ville and P*lanski.
I find the robins charming, and seeing the weird clash of comedies that were sharing the airwaves then is always interesting. Imagine what the Breakfast panto was like, and it was nice to see an ‘ad’ for The Listener.
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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…
