‘How The Young Ones Changed Comedy’ (GOLD) reviewed
❉ Iain MacLeod reviews a weekend of essential entertainment looking at the most revolutionary sitcom ever made.
Rik Mayall
Gold to reveal How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
❉ Gold will explore the impact of one of the most influential British sitcoms of all time.
‘The New Statesman’ at 30
❉ Alan B’Stard MP captured the mood of the time. Get rich quick and to hell with the cost, providing you look good in a suit and a Rolex watch.
Cult Q & A: SMERSH POD’s John Rain
❉ John Rain on Dog Man Star, Galton & Simpson, Peter Cook, Twitter and, of course, Smersh Pod.
Cult Q & A: Robin Ince
❉ Robin Ince talks Tarkovsky, Wild Geese, Nick Cave, Rik Mayall & Robocop.
Fourth wall? What fourth wall?: ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ at 30
❉ A revolutionary piece of television written by and for comedy obsessives first appeared on TV thirty years ago this month.
Cult Q & A: Trev and Simon
❉ Saturday morning TV legends on their career, comedy influences and cult heroes. But do they do duvets?
Doctor Who’s Wilderness Years: Part Two
❉ 1996; the year Sam Michael got “my Doctor” and when he met the man himself.