Tracey Ullman was a ubiquitous British entertainer in the early 1980s who was so over-qualified that she managed to be a highly-rated TV comic and have a pop career on the side (which included a delicious cover of Kirsty Macoll’s “They Don’t Know”). But Tracey lost her place in British culture when she married anContinue reading “Tracy Ullman back on UK TV”
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Musical Milestones – (as seen on TV) #1
Ok, here’s the first in a series of posts about seminal moments in musical TV history. To be more specific, they are about various times in my life when I happened to see something that blew my mind, my heart, and generally left me in an exhilarated heap on the living room floor. This happenedContinue reading “Musical Milestones – (as seen on TV) #1”
Will Monty Python’s Return Give Satisfaction?
It might have seemed as unlikely as a dead parrot coming back to life, but next month, the team who have been described as “The Beatles of comedy” are set to return to the stage. 45 years after their TV debut, the Monty Python team will be reuniting for ten shows in London. The fiveContinue reading “Will Monty Python’s Return Give Satisfaction?”
Is ALL television really shit (and evil) ?
I have seen so much television in my life that my cultural identity would have been completely different without it. From a childhood nourished by magical BBC programmes through years of outstanding telly I am steeped in influences from the medium…and yet I increasingly come into contact with people for whom TV is irrelevant, orContinue reading “Is ALL television really shit (and evil) ?”
Tom George 