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  Bellamy’s People

  02.06.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’ve been meaning recommend Bellamy’s People for a couple of weeks now. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a terrific new comedy series written by and featuring Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Rhys Thomas, Felix Dexter, Simon Day and others. It’s sad to say, but despite the abundance of brilliant things and people in [...]

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  Comedy Prequels

  01.23.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  In 1988 the BBC commissioned a prequel to their Last of the Summer Wine sitcom. It ran for two series and chronicled the early years of the tin-bath-riding octogenarians. They give this sitcom the unimaginative title of First of the Summer Wine. Now 22 years later the BBC have made a prequel to Only Fools [...]

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  TV Pitches

  01.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Here are some TV ideas I’ve had for when the BBC come calling: BANKSIDE James Bolam plays Geoff Bankside a maverick policeman forced into early retirement by the Met. He now lives on a houseboat on the bankside, and other policeman have to bring him crimes that they can’t solve. He either refuses to come [...]

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  Comedy Films 4

  01.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Lenny (1974) Jon Chandler suggested this film, a biopic of comedian Lenny Bruce starring Dustin Hoffman. That does open us us to a whole new category of comedian biopics. That said the only other one I can think of is…

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  Cash For Gold

  12.27.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I’ve started to become a little bit obsessed with the various Cash For Gold adverts that have been cropping up on daytime TV recently. Here’s an example if you’re unfamiliar. Let me start by saying these are extraordinary ads. I’ve been watching any number of them on You Tube. Really!

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  My Top Three Films of the Decade

  12.20.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Having just watched Richard Sandling’s Top Five Films of the Decade on You Tube I thought I’d share with you my own. Rich’s choices are all excellent solid choices, much better than most of the proper critics choices I’ve been reading, but they don’t include my absolute favourites. Now I found it impossible to come [...]

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  Heroes

  12.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  So yesterday morning Terry Wogan stepped down as the breakfast show host on BBC Radio 2 after 27 years, and what song did he choose for his swansong, well it was The Party’s Over by the great man himself; Anthony Newley. Hear it here.

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  The Box of Delights

  12.18.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re anywhere near the same age as me (30), then the BBC’s 1984 adaptation of John Masefield‘s children’s book The Box of Delights is bound to hold a huge festive shadow over your childhood Christmas memories. Both seasonal and downright creepy it starred Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens, who played the villainous, and beautifully [...]

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  The Barefoot Executive on telly this xmas

  12.07.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  So I’ve been through the Christmas Radio Times now and let me be the first to recommend The Barefoot Executive, that will be showing on Monday 21st December at 9.50am on BBC2.

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  Christmas Radio Times

  12.05.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Out today. I’ve got mine. This is the true signifier that Chrimbo must be just around the corner.

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