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Samantha Says

Some more classics from I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, coined by the late great Humprey Lyttleton…
Senior stylist Samantha has been called back to the salon, where there’s a regular client waiting to have his length adjusted, before she finishes him off with an expert blow…
Samantha was telling us she’s off to help the elderly [...]

Geoffrey Perkins Tribute

It was a shock to read of the loss of influential comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins in such sad circumstances on Friday.
As a former BBC TV Head of Comedy, Perkins was involved with many hits, such as The Catherine Tate Show and The Fast Show, as well as earlier involvement on the radio with The Hitchiker’s [...]

Rambling Syd Rumpo

[singlepic=67,320,240,,right]Back in the midsts of time, Little Britain was represented by the affable Kenneth Horne who took a weekly jaunt in front of a live studio audience through meetings with a bewilderingly insane bunch of characters, played by Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
One of the most wonderful creations in Round the [...]

Life and Death

Nice to see Kris Marshall is recovering from his recent accident - following the sad loss of Humphrey Lyttleton last week I was a little reluctant to wish him well in case this very blog had some sort of curse attached to it.
Of course, it is life and death. We can quite easily wish [...]

Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf

[singlepic=18,240,240,,right]There’s always a bit of Doctor Who drifting around the back of my head. So what better time - with Doctor Who returning to television on Saturday - to mention Toby Hadoke and his MOTHS ATE MY DOCTOR WHO SCARF show, in which he looks at fatherhood, class and of course a lifetime [...]

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