Snakes & Ladders

November 16, 2020

Snakes & Ladders

Sometimes Twitter is lovely, and someone you follow shows you something that you didn’t know about. Yesterday, that meant CuriousBritishTelly directing me to a sitcom I know nothing about, to my surprise.

Snakes & Ladders was written by Marks & Gran, and starred Adrian Edmondson and John Gordon-Sinclair. It was on Channel 4 in the autumn of 1989. Here’s a great clip featuring a cameo by Rik Mayall.

https://youtu.be/ODm6q4scZWA

You might be able to find the whole series online somewhere, I couldn’t possibly comment, but I will be watching it this week with joy in my heart.

They were filming the pilot for Bottom in 1989.

Bottom, British, Comedy, Rik Mayall, Sitcoms

Marks And Gran, Snakes And Ladders

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