BBC Screwjob: The Rip Rawlinson Story
Stuart Millard posts
Wayne Dobson – A Kind of Magic
This job entails chasing down a succession of white rabbits, awake for weeks and pacing a garage whose wall is covered in lines of red string, linking each horrible performance to another atrocious sitcom or wretched performer, and after Wayne Dobson's ...
2023-03-10 00:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostNews Post/'House Party Hell' Status
(This isn't a post post; your regular scheduled piece is still coming in a couple of days)
Those who follow me on Twitter will know I've had a rough old week. On Friday, I got this notification from YouTube:
This means, while ads w...
2023-03-07 11:23:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Owt Good On, Mam? – Sky One Originals
Now I feel like I'm finally getting over the trauma of Beat the Crusher, it's time for another dip into Sky's original programming, starting with Little Monsters from...
2023-02-08 00:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostBeginner Hauntology: The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
X-Fire
X-Fire understood exactly what it is that all blokes want more than anything – to pretend they're in the SAS. Pronounced crossfire, Channel 4's paintball-based game show was made for your neighbour who plays Call of Duty wit...
2023-01-18 23:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
End of Year Business
Some quick notes as we wrap up the year, with the final post dropping a few days early, right after I send this.
As 2022 finishes, I'll be doing the yearly calendar reset (months containing 31 days push the posts back a day earlier, and eventually that'll mess up the schedule). As a result, next year's first post won't be up until January ...
2022-12-23 00:01:31 +0000 UTC View Post
All Star Comedy Carnival
One Christmas special? Try a dozen! Between 1969 and 1973, ITV's annual All Star Comedy Carnivals were an actual televisual selection box, packing miniature festive episodes of the era's popular comedies into a ninety minute feast. Fronted by Jimmy Tarb...
2022-12-06 00:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Update on Recent 'Satanic Panic' Video
Hello. Last month's video 'Satanic Panic: Geraldo vs. the Devil' has been pulled from YouTube for, quote:
"Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our harassment, threats and cyberbullying policy."
I have no idea what this might be, and they didn't give any details on which specif...
2022-11-07 15:10:54 +0000 UTC View PostLesser Noel'n Edmonds
Continuing our scholarly appraisal of Edmonds, it's time to really get into the weeds, with a pair of shows which fail to even reach modern standards of existing, with neither deemed worthy of a Wikipedia page. 1999's The World of the Secret Camera<...
2022-11-06 00:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
(Bonus Video) You Are Haunted – Interludes: Langley's Witches
The Devil is Real (Sometimes)
Though October means a return to our annual tradition, Highway to Heaven doesn't strictly adhere to the rule of 'paranormal stuff in otherwise-grounded shows', being its conceit is a probationary angel earning his wings with good deeds down her...
2022-10-06 23:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Owt Good On, Mam? - Forgotten Sketch Shows
We know through our shared traumatic experience that all sketch shows have the standard set-ups; travel agent, restaurant first date, train carriage. Most prolific of these is the doctor's surgery. But what if there was a whole show just of doc...
2022-09-06 23:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video - House Party Hell #10
To get everyone in the mood for C5's Rise and Fall of Noel Edmonds on later tonight.
2022-08-27 09:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Keith, Orville & Cuddles - The DVD
“Why this?” you might ask. “Why Keith, Orville & Cuddles – It's a Quacker?” And yes, we have encountered Harris before, 2022-08-06 23:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus Video: House Party Hell #9
To celebrate hitting 1,000 YouTube subs this weekend
2022-08-03 19:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post