Monthly Archives: October 2009
On The Margin CD Review
JUST a quick note to say you can read my review of BBC Audiobooks’ excellent On The Margin release over at comedy website Chortle. It’s a great release and is strongly recommended to those who like their humour with a … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, Releases
Clip Find Broadens Our Minds
A BRIEF sketch from one of the precursors to classic comedy show The Goodies has been discovered, restoring valuable seconds’ worth of footage to an almost completely erased series. The 10-second colour excerpt shows Tim Brooke-Taylor seated inside a house … Continue reading
Filed under Discoveries, Television
YouTube Clip Is A Real Sweet Find
A LOST Top of the Pops clip featuring glam rockers The Sweet has surfaced on video sharing website YouTube. The band’s first of two Top of the Pops performances of hit single ‘Action’, which reached #15 in the UK charts, … Continue reading
Filed under Clips, Discoveries, Music
Real Goodies Discovered In Australia
THE MISSING “rude bits” from an early episode of 70s BBC comedy classic The Goodies have been discovered filed away in an Australian archive The near-legendary ‘Sex Test’ scene from season two’s “Commonwealth Games” (aka “Sporting Goodies”), tx 8/10/71, features … Continue reading
Filed under Discoveries, Television
Telesnap Treat For Avengers Fans
THE FIRST two seasons of The Avengers have been released by Optimum in what has to be the most comprehensive DVD release yet. Including all that remains of season one (1961) and the entirety of season two – which saw … Continue reading
Filed under Discoveries, Releases, Restoration, Telesnaps, Television
Bob’s Full House – New Book From Kaleidoscope
THE MANY TV and radio treasures saved from oblivion thanks to the foresight of a much-missed star are set to be revealed in a new book from Kaleidoscope Publishing. Bob Monkhouse, the prolific comic, writer and performer was famous worldwide … Continue reading
Filed under Books
