Tag: Noel Edmonds

  • A Dutch Blobby
    A Dutch Blobby

    Let’s be honest, the only reason this post exists is because I am a child and found the title too funny to ignore. Anyway. Noel’s House Party sold to five overseas territories. Here’s the Dutch version, called Monte Carlo, which aired on RTL4. https://twitter.com/chuckthomasuk/status/1297364881793003520?s=20 And here’s a trailer for it. The Belgian version was called…

  • Noel, The Broom Cupboard, And A Bomb
    Noel, The Broom Cupboard, And A Bomb

    Well, that’s not technically correct, but we’ll get to that. So what’s going on here? On 6th March 1993 Television Centre was closed down due to a bomb scare. That meant the live broadcast of Noel’s House Party was cancelled, and a repeat of the Christmas show went out instead. That appeared to have finished…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    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…

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