Heads or Tails? -
It's amazing how often you get series with the
same title, considering the number of words in
the English language you'd think they'd be more
original! Anyway, this time Dave May takes a look
at the American Taxi
starring Judd Hirsch while I
take a look at the earlier British Taxi
starring Sid James
Radio Waves -
in this edition, Gary Philips looks back at a
short-lived comedy from the earliy Eighties
starring Dame Thora Hird as a spinster who tries
hard to keep her fellow elderly friends going. In
short, she wants to prove you can do anything you
set your mind to and that It's
Never Too Late
Archive Gems#1 -
They started together in The
Frost Report before going on to
have both individual success and together as The
Two Ronnies. 'In a packed
article tonight' Dave May looks back at the
partnership that was Messrs Corbett and Barker
Archive Gems#2 -
It started off as one of several new lunchtime
shows for young children in the early Seventies
and would have carried on had it not been for
franchise changes in 1981 when the only survivor
was Rainbow.
But the Help People made the best of their 'Time'
together - and some of them still go on tour
today ( don't you Hartley?! ) We pay a visit to
the shop of Inigo Pipkin
and meet all those who made Pipkins
such a lovely show for young children.
The Hopkins' Guide to... -
the tv output of possibly the best comedy writing
partnership in the business. This issue Stewart
looks at the works of Ray Galton and Alan
Simpson, creators of Steptoe
and Son and creators or
contributors to many, many other comedy plays and
series
DVD Reviews -
more reviews from the pen of Tim Symonds on tv
and film-related releases, plus one from lil'
ole' me!
Wartime Wireless pt.2 -
Edith Hearn continues her series of articles on
this era of radio broadcasting by loking at a
particular favourite of hers; the dramatised
nature programme Out
With Romany
