Bad News – Simon Dunn

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More Bad News For Wogan

Here’s Bad News on Wogan from 2nd October 1987. Rik still has his Alan B’Stard hair under the wig, and Old Tel is game as ever.

July 6, 2022
Bad News-paper Clippings

Here’s an article from the Daily Mirror on the 14th July 1986. It’s about the upcoming appearance of Bad News at the Donnington festival. And here’s a follow up piece, from the same paper on the 3rd November.

July 5, 2022
Bad News Cash In On Christmas

Seems timely to listen to this. I’m feeling festive today for some reason. Probably because I watched the 1991 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Special last night. I particularly like that they made no effort to disguise the fact that it was shot in the middle of the summer. Looks like they took the same care…

May 13, 2019

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

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…

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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…