Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the first episode of Breakfast Time. And the wonderful Andy Pearman has uploaded the entire thing for us. How nice. It launched a couple of weeks earlier than TV-am over on ITV, and caught its rivals unawares by being a little more cosy that expected. Here’s an article from…
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…
