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| Tim & Graeme get their OBEs at last! |
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 Congratulations to Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden for getting OBEs for their contributions to light entertainment in the Queen's Birthday Honours List! (Bill Oddie received an OBE in 2003 for services to wildlife conservation.)
There are a number of articles reporting the news, but for the moment I'm going to cut & paste one from the Belfast Telegraph which includes quotes from the two honorees (the article is online at http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/goodies-pair-thrilled-with-obes-16010736.html):
Goodies pair 'thrilled' with OBEs
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden have made it a clean sweep of OBEs for The Goodies
Goodies stars Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor said they were thrilled to be given OBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours List - after spending years poking fun at the honours system.
The pair would regularly joke about the Government's readiness to hand out OBEs in the 1960s as they starred in BBC radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. The gags continued in their hit 1970s TV show The Goodies
Graeme, 68, said: "It's quite ironic considering how rude we were about the honours all those years ago."
The awards - for their contribution to "light entertainment" - means that the entire Goodies trio has been given the honour. Colleague Bill Oddie - an eminent ornithologist - was given his OBE in 2003 for services to wildlife conservation.
Tim, 70, said of the award: "I'm very, very pleased and not to say a little surprised - but very pleasantly so. At first I thought it was my son trying to con me.
"We used to send up the honours, the OBE in particular. It was back in the 60s and Harold Wilson was giving them away like sweets to anyone he ever met.
"But I think the minute Bill got one, I changed my mind about them!"
Broadcasters honoured in the list include BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray, 61, who is made a dame, and BBC Radio 2 DJ "Whispering" Bob Harris, 65, who gets an OBE. Jenni, who admits to being "not very good" at keeping secrets, said it had been difficult to keep the news to herself.
In the acting world, an OBE is awarded to Doctor Who actor Bernard Cribbins, 82, who also narrated children's show The Wombles. Bernard said: "It's a great surprise. I'm completely gobsmacked really."
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Posted by lisa at 11/06/2011 04:59 GMT |
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| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Newsletter (9 June 2011) |
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The following is from the official "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" newsletter. Note that the date of the Lowry show is 4 September per http://www.thelowry.com/event/im-sorry-i-havent-a-clue.
ISIHAC NEWSLETTER
Dear I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Mailing List Member
Just a brief note to say:
1. Following the success of our sell out Official ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ not for broadcast Theatre Tours in previous years, we are planning a special one-off date in Salford this September, featuring Colin Sell, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Jeremy Hardy and Jack Dee. Tickets are now on sale:
The Lowry, Salford
Matinee starts 3.00pm (finishes at around 5.30pm)
Evening performance starts 7.30pm (finishes at around 10pm)
Tickets are currently on sale
Box office: 0843 208 6000
Website: www.thelowry.com
Book early to avoid disappointment!
2. The 55th series of ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ starts transmission from Monday 27th June, 6.30pm on Radio 4. The series will begin with the two excellent shows we recorded recently at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham with Marcus Brigstocke as guest.
3. Apologies to those people who thought they had tickets for our recording at the Grassington Festival on 30th June but were disappointed. We do tell every venue we visit that they need to ensure their online booking system is as robust as possible due to the volume of calls they’re likely to receive as soon as the tickets go onsale, but still it keeps happening. Even the mighty See Tickets, a ticketing organisation that books the likes of Take That, Madonna and U2, had their online site brought to a halt by ISIHAC fans.
4. Clue regular Jeremy Hardy would like you all to know that he will be performing his acclaimed one man stand-up show in London this weekend:
Sunday 12th June
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Box office: 0844 826 4242
Website: www.openairtheatre.com
5. And finally, Tony Hawks, esteemed guest panellist of many editions of ISIHAC, would like you to know that there is now a feature film of his bestselling book - exclusively available on DVD from www.roundirelandwithafridge.com.
That's about the size of it.
Jon Naismith and Bethan Bide
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue
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Posted by lisa at 09/06/2011 17:55 GMT |
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| beware books with recycled Wikipedia content |
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I've noticed several publishers starting to sell books primarily consisting of Wikipedia articles. To be clear, I don't mean books which use Wikipedia as a resource, but rather someone just printing hardcopies of Wikipedia pages.
Watch out in particular for books from "Books LLC" which have bold black text on tan covers with no cover illustration. Some examples can be seen at these Amazon pages:
http://www.amazon.com/Goodies-Episodes-Lighthouse-Keeping-Beanstalk/dp/1155589416/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1157398693
In addition to Goodies-specific titles I've seen, collections from that same publisher that mention one or more Goodies include (but are not limited to):
- English Humorists
- English Nature Writers
- Old Edwardians / Old Wykehamists
- People from Rochdale
- British Ornithologists
- English Radio Writers
- Scottish Comedians
A second publisher, Alphascript Publishing, appears to have entered the game. While I haven't had a chance to examine this book in person (as I did with one of the Books LLC titles), their "Bill Oddie Goes Wild" paperback (as seen at http://www.amazon.com/BILL-ODDIE-GOES-WILD/dp/613414410X/) includes a note on the cover (in the green circle) saying "High Quality content by Wikipedia articles!"
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Posted by lisa at 08/06/2011 19:58 GMT |
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| an explanation from Keith Wickham about the edited ISIRTA episodes |
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 The fan club contacted Keith Wickham, the man who has provided many recovered/restored episodes of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" to BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7). We asked about the station's playing the highly edited Transcription Services versions of many episodes (in particular from series 7, with the "Professor Prune" serial, which have been airing the past few months) while more complete versions are in circulation.
Keith asked that I let everyone know that he has restored all the shows (with a few being of varying quality, but mostly they are perfect). However, BBC Radio 4 Extra made the decision to only use his restorations in cases where they didn't have any copy of an episode; the result is that, for the most past, the station is using the Transcription Services versions. This decision likely was due to the station needing to clear for OFCOM regulations any newly obtained shows, which would take time and money.
There may be hope on the horizon, though. According to Keith, there is a chance that BBC Radio 4 Extra will broadcast the whole series in full if they feel the current broadcasts have been sufficiently popular. Therefore, please continue to tune in for the weekly broadcasts, and encourage your friends to do the same!
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Posted by lisa at 08/06/2011 19:16 GMT |
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| Bill participates in Global Wind Day |
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 This article appears online at http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=20061&channel=0&title=UK+and+Ireland+gear+up+for+Global+Wind+Day+
UK and Ireland gear up for Global Wind Day
6 June 2011
A host of events are planned next week for Global Wind Day - an annual event marked in more than 70 countries across the world.
Events are held across the globe with community groups and business coming together to promote wind power
The event, which is always held on June 15 aims to promote the benefits of wind power while encouraging people to have fun.
In the UK and Ireland there are a number of events including a documentary screening by RenewableUK featuring TV presenter Bill Oddie looking at green projects around Britain.
The documentary will be shown for the first time at the launch with Mr Oddie introducing the film at the Curzon Cinema, in Soho, London.
In Ireland Bord Gáis Kilgarvan Wind Farm will hold an educational open day, with local school children invited to have a look and learn about the technology at the site.
Global Wind Energy Council chairman, Klaus Rave, said: "With wind, we can achieve a genuine energy revolution and on June 15, people on all continents celebrate the promises that wind power holds for our planet."
Luke Walsh
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Posted by lisa at 06/06/2011 16:18 GMT |
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The June edition of the Goodies Clarion & Globe newsletter (#187) is now available on the website.
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