Small Potatoes – Simon Dunn

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Hewitt – The British Answer To Seinfeld

Inevitably, during the late 1990s, British broadcasters were looking for something a bit like Seinfeld. When BBC Two launched Rhona, The Stage asked the eponymous star: So am I right in thinking British Seinfeld?‘We have more of a Seinfeldian interest,’ she says carefully. The Real Rhona, Ben Dowell, The Stage, Thursday 20th July 2000 Then…

March 17, 2024
Four Sitcom Trailers

Here are four sitcom trailers, all made for Channel Four, and all four are well worth your time to watch, if you have time for watching four sitcoms that you’ve never watched before. I have fond memories of Small Potatoes, so maybe I should re-watch it myself. (Just realised this isn’t a trailer, oops).

February 26, 2020

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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

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…