Mentions of Brainstorm have been appearing on my social media feeds all week for some reason, and I realised I wasn’t aware of this show. Hosted by Kenny Everett and Cleo Rocos, it ran for 7 episodes in June and July of 1988, on BBC One. It’s rather good. And here’s a segment featuring Roger…
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…
