I just watched this advert from 1977 for the new flavoured Marathon. It has a weird wrapper, and features Keith Chegwin. but it’s boasting a new extra flavour – what does that mean? And what did Marathons taste like before I was born? People in adverts hold their Marathon bars in such a peculiar manner.…
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…
