Monday, 24 September 2012

A General amongst men... Nurturing the stars and the industry

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  This week has seen the death of television producer Michael Hurll. From the tributes from my fellow tweeters in particular Mike Smith, a...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012

"You're Nicked!" The Sweeney... Its influence and the story of its longevity...

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With the release of new The Sweeney movie in cinemas, now seems like a good time to look back at this ground-breaking series as before this,...
Monday, 3 September 2012

"I wanna tell you a story... about a man who started out as a carpenter and carved out a long and varied career.." Max Bygraves - A Tribute

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So another light in the galaxy of stars has been extinguised, with the passing of Max Bygraves on Friday in Australia, saw another performe...
Saturday, 1 September 2012

Election '74 - Burnett, Boundaries Changes and Beige, lots of beige...

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Exactly, what can bring people together as a television event? I'm not saying the programmes with huge viewing figures like Only Fools ...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Funny Fortnight - All the world's a stage and all the players are Norbert Smith...

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What does make something believable or more to the point, how can something be made to be believable? Since Bad News arrived on the small s...
Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Funny Fortnight - Pop along to Popadoodledandy

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One thing about Funny Fortnight on Channel 4 apart from piloting new shows, is that the channel has had a delve into the deep recesses of t...

Funny Fortnight - 1997 and all that..

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Last time I look at the what Channel 4 was doing for their Funny Fortnight, by repeating shows from their archives. As I said I was too youn...