If ever there was someone who a sitcom vehicle could be shaped around it’s Sally Field. Given her experience with The Girl With Something Extra though, it may not be a surprise that she never tried the sitcom format again. The show aired for 22 episodes in 1973-74, and was created by Bernard Slade. Field…
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…
