Tag: Happy Families

  • Happy Families Clippings
    Happy Families Clippings

    Here’s a veritable treasure trove of articles and previews of Ben Elton’s 1985 BBC show Happy Families. It feels like there was a lot more fanfare for this series than for some others, and it began on the 30th May, with this announcement in The Stage. I assume that one of the other shows in…

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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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