Well, today I learned that It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was broadcast on BBC Two, which came as news to me. It began on Sunday 5th July 1987, at 6.45pm of all times. As you can see it was sandwiched between Sunday Grandstand and a show called Favourite Things. Here’s how that worked, thanks to Neil…
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…
