(I really should post this tomorrow, but you know.) On the 1st April 1958, Peter Sellers starred in a one off sketch show for the BBC, alongside David Lodge and Patricia Hayes. It was written by Galton & Simpson, Johnny Speight, and John Antrobus. The show was called The April 8th Show (Seven Days Early).
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…
