Before his ascent into stardom, and literal use of the stratosphere and satellites, George Clooney appeared in a number of sictoms. Weirdly, as many people know, his first role in a sitcom was in E/R. E/R was a Normal Lear joint, that aired for one season on CBS in 1984-5. A year or so later,…
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…
