Sylvania Waters – Simon Dunn

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Could These Be Your Neighbours?

It’s hard to overstate the way Sylvania Waters changed the landscape of British television, so I won’t. What’s interesting is how the show was received in Australia compared to how it was received here in the UK. Sylvania Waters exploded on to Australian TV on 21 July 1992. The link to the fictional soap that…

June 30, 2024
Frame The Family – A Mostly Forgotten But Rather Important Show?

Sometimes, when browsing through old copies of newspapers, you see something that makes your brow knit. This happened to me the other day when I saw this. What on Earth is that? Frame The Family? Sounds a lot like a gameshow that’s fallen off the radar. Maybe it’s something like You Bet!, but with sort…

October 25, 2022

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

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…

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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…