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| UKTV to repeat Goodies episode of "Comedy Connections" on Sept 6th |
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 Here's a list of upcoming shows of interest to Goodies fans. "(NEW)" indicates shows added since the last update (some of which may be repeats). Feel free to let us know about anything that should be added to the list contributions are always welcome!
(NEW) * Sat, 25 Aug - "100 Years of Wildlife Films" hosted by Bill on BBC 4 from 2:10-4:10pm. The show will be repeated that evening at 9:05pm and again on Aug 30th at 3:30pm and Aug 31st at 5:55pm. Here's a listing: "From the most memorable wildlife films and rare cinematic gems, to amateur footage and the poignant last shots of vanished animals, Bill Oddie explores 100 years of wildlife filming. The documentary looks at how societal attitudes towards wildlife have shaped film-making - from hunting and safaris in the 1930s to a fresh-faced David Attenborough leaping on to animals to catch them for zoos in the 1950s."
(NEW) * Mon, 27 Aug - "Bill Oddie's Top 10 Birds" is being repeated on BBC 4 at 7:00-8:00pm.
(NEW) * Mon, 27 Aug - "Mark Lawson Talks To..." Bill Oddie is being repeated on BBC 4 at 8:00-9:00pm
(NEW) * Mon, 27 Aug - "Wogan: Now And Then" on UKTV Gold at 11:15pm. This episode has "The best moments from Terry Wogan's chat show. Included in the line-up: Dancer Michael Flately, national treasure Julie Walters, Goodie turned bird fancier Bill Oddie and comedian and now actor to boot - Johnny Vegas."
(NEW) * Thurs, 6 Sept - "Comedy Connections" episode about The Goodies is being repeated on UKTV Gold at 10:15pm and again on Mon, 17 Sept at 8:40pm. UKTV Gold Plus 1 will repeat the show an hour after each UKTV Gold airing.
* Mondays - BBC 7 airs old episodes of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" (with Tim and Graeme). Each episode is available via Listen Again for six days after broadcast. The show can be heard worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 on the day of broadcast as well as for six days afterwards using Listen Again.
* Mondays - "Bromwell High", an animated series in which Graeme voices one of the characters, on TV2 in NZ at 1:00am (info at http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/1105553)
* Saturdays - "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again", on ABC Radio National at 5:30. This 1960's sketch comedy series starred with all three Goodies plus John Cleese, Jo Kendall, & David Hatch (info at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/comedy/default.htm)
* various - "Bill Oddie Goes Wild" is being repeated on UKTV Gardens on various days and at various times.
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Posted by lisa at 22/08/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| Melbourne Fringe show about fictional Goodies |
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 According to http://shaolinpunk.net/?p=19, the Melbourne Fringe 2007 will include a fictional play about the Goodies. Below is the text from that page; use the "click here for more" link to see the press release to which it links.
From http://shaolinpunk.net/?p=19
A Record or an OBE to debut in Melbourne Fringe 2007 Posted by: Benjamin in Melbourne Fringe, news, theatre
"I would like to thank the other two Goodies, but I really can't. It would have been so much easier without them."
So wrote Bill Oddie in the liner notes for the late 90s greatest hits album "Yum Yum - The Very Best of The Goodies", and it was all tongue in cheek.
But what if it wasn't? What if, in 1975, Bill had decided to pursue his dream of a real rock career - and left Tim and Graeme in the lurch?
That's the premise of Shaolin Punk's first production, A Record or an OBE, to be performed at the 2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Written and produced by Ben McKenze, directed by Scott Gooding and starring McKenzie and Rob Lloyd as Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, OBE is a twenty-five minute black comedy exploring the unique dynamics of creative partnerships, and the strain the breakup of a comedy group has on the relationships between its members. It's also a tribute to the greatest comedy trio ever to come out of the United Kingdom, and the era of comedy which spawned them.
A Record or an OBE will be performed at Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets for the last week of Fringe in early October. See the press release or watch this site for more details.
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Posted by lisa at 22/08/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| "At Last the 1948 Show" album being released on CD |
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The "At Last the 1948 Show" album, which was originally issued in 1967 by Pye Records, is being released on CD in the UK and the US. The album contains sketches & songs from the television series which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Marty Feldman, & Aimi Macdonald.
The UK release date is August 20th. The CD will be available from major retailers such as Amazon.co.uk and Play.com.
In the US, Amazon.com lists an August 28th release date and a price of $22.99. Online retailer DeepDiscount.com (formerly known as DeepDiscountDVD & DeepDiscountCD) shows an August 20th release date and is selling the CD for the substantially lower price of $12.40 (plus free shipping in the US).
Please let us know if you spot the CD on sale from any Australian merchants.
Here is the CD's track listing:
Bookshop
Sheep Dog Trials
Brief Interrogation
The Wonderful World Of The Ant
Rural Farm (Dialect)
Witch Restaurant
Top Of The Form
Someone Has Stolen The News
One Man Battle
Doctor Sketch (Crowded Waiting Room / Skinny Legs) Minister Who Falls To Pieces Do You Want To Match This Description?
Engine Driver Spriggs
The Four Sydney Lotterbies
Beekeeping
The Ferret Song (Studio Version)
Public Opinion
The Rhubarb Tart Song
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Posted by lisa at 19/08/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue news items |
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The following news items were sent to the ISIHAC mailing list today:
1. The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Tour dates are now all sold out, with the exception of the late addition at the Bristol Hippodrome. The details of this show are as follows:
Tuesday 28 August BRISTOL HIPPODROME
Show starts 7.30pm, ends approx 10pm
Tickets: £21 - £23.50
Booking details:
In person at the Box Office open Mon-Sat 10am - 8pm (6pm when no performance) Ticketmaster 0870 607 7500 - 24hr booking line - subject to booking/transaction fee Online at http://www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk
Freephone Groups 10+ 0800 587 5007 Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm
2. The show at the Brighton Dome on Monday 8th October starts at 8pm, not 7.30pm, as has been stated previously. All the other Tours shows start at 7.30pm
3. The three recording dates and venues for the next series for BBC Radio 4 will be announced in early September.
4. A new audio cassette entitled "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - In Search of Mornington Crescent" will be released by BBC Audiobooks on 1st October 2007. The CD features the regular cast of ISIHAC, with contributions from various qualified commentators, including Andrew Marr, Barry Davies, Sir Michael Gambon and Dame Judi Dench. It is available now to pre-order from www.bbcshop.com and all good street and online audio retailers, and to download from 15th October via www.bbcaudiozone.com and all good audio download retailers.
5. There are shortly going to be two means of receiving communication about 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'. The first is the mailing list (which will give you details of all BBC Radio recordings, 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Theatre tour dates, and new ISIHAC book and audio releases), and the second is the 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' newsletter, which will simply contain details of BBC radio recordings of the programme. The mailing list will be run by the show's producer, Jon Naismith, and the newsletter will be managed by the show's Broadcast Assistant Elaine Wigley. If you wish only to receive details of BBC recordings of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue', you can sign on for the newsletter at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/clue.shtml
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Posted by lisa at 15/08/2007 11:00 GMT |
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| Wiltshire Times article about ISIHAC tour |
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There's a brief article about the forthcoming I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Office Stage Tour in the Wiltshire Times at http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/display.var.1619138.0.0.php:
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue
Tuesday, August 28, Bristol Hippodrome.
BBC Radio's multi award-winning antidote to panel games starts its first live tour in 35 years.
Join Humphrey Lyttelton, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and pianist Colin Sell for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or simply Clue, is a BBC radio comedy which has run since April 11 1972. Since then, the programme has had several series each year, being broadcast on BBC Radio 4, BBC 7 and the BBC's World Service.
The show, introduced as "the antidote to panel games", consists of a panel of four comedians, split into two teams and "given silly things to do" by a chairman.
The show was conceived as a parody of the then-ubiquitous radio panel game, and includes elements that satirise such shows, both on radio and television.
advertisementGuest panellists who have appeared on the show include Bill Bailey, Max Boyce, Rob Brydon, John Cleese (who was a regular panel member during the first series in 1972), Jack Dee, Kenny Everett, Stephen Fry, Tony Hawks, Harry Hill, Jo Kendall (another regular panel member during the first series in 1972), Paul Merton, Linda Smith and Sandi Toksvig.
"Whether the teams are singing the words of one song to the tune of another, making up serial rhymes or entering the mythic maze of Mornington Crescent, they have now become the National Theatre of fun." Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph.
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