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| a bit of news from Tim and Graeme |
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 Tim and Graeme have sent along the following bits of news.
As mentioned yesterday, Tim will be appearing in a new Australian series called "Australia Versus" in which comedians from America, England, and Australia take on each other (more details at http://www.goodiesruleok.com/news.php?cod=1405). Tim explained that his brief appearance in the show was filmed "in a cellar in the UK", where he was interviewed by some nice Brits. Tim said he answered questions and "batted for Britain"; as he hasn't seen what the other comedians said he doesn’t know who "won". Guess he'll have to wait for the finished show like the rest of us to see how he did (we'll be rooting for you, Tim!)
Graeme said the recording for the BBC Radio 4 "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere" documentary last month was very good and fun, too. He explained that Ross Noble, the presenter, "was given a list of questions for the documentary but we just kept drifting off topic and chatting about the shows."
In other radio news, "The Unbelievable Truth", which is produced by Graeme and Jon Naismith's Random Productions, will be recording an episode at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Graeme won't be appearing on the panel, but will be along as script editor.
Graeme also reports that he and Tim, along with the rest of the "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" team, are hoping to do a short tour at the end of the year. No details are available as yet.
Thanks for the info, guys!
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Posted by lisa at 08/06/2010 03:55 GMT |
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| Tim to appear in Seven Network series "Australia Versus" |
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According to articles on Media Spy and TV Tonight's webpages , Tim Brooke-Taylor will be one of the guests in a forthcoming new comedy series for Australia's Seven Network. Here's a cut & paste from the Spy Report article:
New comedy series for Seven
The Seven Network has signed stand-up comedian, Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross, to host a new comedy series, Australia Versus.
The new pop culture series, will pit Australian comedians against their British and American rivals in talking up cultural differences, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
Featured local celebrities will include Peter Berner, Peter Helliar, Fiona O’Loughlin, Greig Pickhaver and Rebel Wilson, along with internationally renowned Tim Brooke-Taylor, Pauly Shore and English funnymen Hale and Pace.
Ross told the newspaper that his new program would ultimately be a strong comedy showcase:
“It’s just comedians being funny. There are so many talking heads on TV who are not funny. I loved it, as it was a great premise for the comedians – not just the Aussies, but the Poms and Americans.
“Some of the debates are ridiculous – who’s got the sexiest starlet, Sophie Monk v Keira Knightley? – but it’s a great premise for jokes.
“The music stuff is great, with some uneven contests – Can Khe Sanh really take on (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?”
The program is expected to premiere later this year.
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Posted by lisa at 07/06/2010 02:57 GMT |
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| "Hello Cheeky DVD" |
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 Thanks to Andrew Pixley, Ian Greaves, and Andrew Williams for all posting or passing along the news that Network DVD has announced a release of all surviving episodes of "Hello Cheeky", the Yorkshire TV version of the hit 1970's radio show starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Barry Cryer.
The DVD is scheduled for release in the UK on July 19th. It can be ordered from Network's website.
Here are the details from that page:
Hello Cheeky fearlessly brought Radio Two’s long-running 1970s comedy show to television, featuring the legendary talents of Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor, fellow I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue stalwart and comedy writer Barry Cryer, and writer and actor John Junkin; composer Denis King provided musical accompaniment (and frequently became the object of ridicule for the other three).
The half-hour shows were pre-recorded in front of a live audience and replicated the original series’ trademark mix of preposterous sketches, appalling jokes, raillery and general silliness. Improvisation abounded, with the occasional blunder retained in an irreverent approach summed up by Cryer as ‘Laugh-In without the gloss, only desperation and rot’. A typical show might feature advice on looking after an armadillo, teaching your dog to samba or making your very own space rocket from a yard of lint, an operation on a false moustache, or even a gala dinner with the officers and crew of the Nancie Celeste...
This first-time release on DVD contains all 12 existing episodes from 1976. Unfortunately episode 10 no longer exists in the archive.
Parts of Tim, John and Barry appear by permission of the Official Receiver. Other parts are played by people, with the exception of Denis King who appears by arrangement with the Natural History Museum.
Catalogue Number: 7953267
Time: 300 mins approx
Region: 2 / PAL
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono / English
Picture: 1.33:1 / Colour
Number of Discs: 2
Classification: 15
Barcode: 5027626326746
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Posted by lisa at 05/06/2010 03:07 GMT |
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| lost episode of "At Last the 1948 Show" recovered |
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Thanks to Jenny Gibbon for finding this news and jeffers for posting it in the GROK forums:
http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000316/frankie_howerd_1948_show_missing_believed_wiped/
from the article:
"Dick Fiddy, TV consultant at the BFI, says that a private collector is to thank for the recovery of a missing edition of At Last The 1948 Show (pictured), one of the sketch shows that lead almost directly to the creation of Monty Python's Flying Circus...
...All but two episodes of At Last The 1948 Show were destroyed in the late 1960s - a show now considered very important in British comedy history as its stars included John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, all of whom would go on to be huge stars.
Mr Fiddy said: "The 1948 Show episode plugs yet another gap in what has become the most successful rebuilding project of the entire Missing Believed Wiped initiative. Material has come back from Sweden, Australia, industry personnel and private collectors to rebuild the once-thought-lost programme. This latest retrieval is a near-complete episode which can be restored with the help of an existing clip of one of the two missing sketches and an audio recording of the other."
Both items will be shown later this year at a Missing Believed Wiped special event at BFI Southbank."
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Posted by lisa at 03/06/2010 03:57 GMT |
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| photo of The Goodies from the “Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere” recording |
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The producer of the forthcoming BBC Radio 4 show "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere” has been kind enough to share this photo of Tim, Graeme, and Bill with Ross Noble (who is presenting the documentary).
The photo was taken at a recording for the documentary in London on Wednesday.
"Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere” is scheduled to be broadcast in November, in honor the "The Goodies" 40th Anniversary.
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Posted by lisa at 28/05/2010 22:46 GMT |
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| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Slapstick 2011 Fundraising Event) |
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Tim, Graeme, and the rest of the "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" team will be doing a fundraising event for Slapstick 2011 on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at Colston Hall in Bristol, England. Following are the details about the event. Tickets can be booked from Colston Hall, either online
(http://www.colstonhall.org/boxoffice) or by calling the booking line at 0117 922 3686
EVENT DETAILS:
BBC Radio's multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns with their sell out 'best of' touring show.
Join Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and special guest host Rob Brydon for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense.
Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.
"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
This is a special fundraising event with all profits being donated to arts and community projects including Bristol's Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival.
To book a child seat online please select INTCHILD. To book a Bristol Silents concessionary seat please select INTERCON and enter your password when prompted.
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Posted by lisa at 21/05/2010 15:13 GMT |
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| Gremlins strike the C&G! |
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The latest edition of the Goodies Clarion & Globe newsletter (#174) was posted up on the website a few days ago but unfortunately some gremlins have struck and despite several attempts at reposting, the C&G keeps coming up as a blank page (or maybe it's "The Best Of Rolf Harris" instead!)
Similarly my attempts at posting up the latest Goodies crossword and solution keep drawing a blank as well, so anyone desperate to obtain a copy of the latest C&G (or crossword and solution) is welcome to e-mail clarion@goodiesruleok.com and I'll send it to them directly until it finally appears up on the website.
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Posted by bretta at 16/05/2010 11:25 GMT |
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| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailout - 14th May 2010 |
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The following is a mailing from the Official I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List.
-----Original Message-----
From: ISIHAC Info [mailto:isihac@btinternet.com]
Subject: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailout - 14th May 2010
Dear I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List Member,
I bring you notice of three rather exciting shows in the next month or two. They will take place as follows...
* Friday 28th May at the Sands Centre in Carlisle.
A recording for BBC Radio 4. Tickets are priced at £9, £7, £6 and £4, and are obtainable via the theatre's box office, from 9am on Tuesday 18th May.
The Box Office number is 01228 625222, and it stays open until 9.30pm.
Tickets can also be booked online via www.thesandscentre.co.uk or www.ticketweb.co.uk 24 hr tel: 08448 472276 (ticketweb). Online ticket purchases are made with TicketWeb and not the Sands Centre. Ticketweb has an allocation of seats to sell.
The show starts at 7.30pm (doors 7pm) and finishes around 10.15pm.
The recording features Jack Dee in the chair, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Colin Sell at the piano. The guest is Sandi Toksvig.
* Tuesday 29th June at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge.
Another recording for BBC Radio 4. Tickets are priced at £9, £7 and £5, and are obtainable via the theatre's box office on 01223 357851, from 10am on Wednesday 19th May.
Tickets can also be booked online at www.cornex.co.uk
To book online simply go to the what's on page and click on the 'book now' icon next to the show of your choice. Please note that only MasterCard, Maestro and Visa are accepted when booking online.
Tickets can also be purchased by calling in person at The Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QB The box office is located on the same side of the road as the venue - 2 doors down. The Box office opening hours are Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm (or 30 minutes after the start of a show on performance days). The phone lines close at 6pm.
The show starts at 7.30pm (doors 7pm) and finishes around 10.15pm.
The recording features Jack Dee in the chair, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Colin Sell at the piano.
The guest is David Mitchell.
* Friday 18th June at the Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre.
We will be performing our acclaimed 'live' theatre show as part of this year's Meltdown Festival at the Southbank. We have been invited to take part by this year's Festival Curator, the brilliant Richard Thompson (he of Fairport Convention etc). The show will be hosted by Rob Brydon and will feature a line up of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Jeremy Hardy and Colin Sell at the piano. This is the online link for tickets: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/dance-performance/tickets/im-sorry-i-havent-a-clue-53714
Tickets have started to sell for this event - so you'll need to book quickly.
Finally, thank you to all who came to the wonderful Memorial Concert for Humph on Sunday 25th April. I received many lovely emails from people who were there and enjoyed it. It was a terrific celebration of the great man.
If you didn't make it - don't despair. The show was recorded for Radio 4 (broadcast date TBC) and will be released in full on CD in due course. All money raised to go towards the Humph Trust, devoted to supporting and encouraging young jazz musicians.
That's about it for now. Hope to see you at one or more of the above.
With best wishes,
Jon Naismith
Producer, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
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Posted by lisa2 at 15/05/2010 16:50 GMT |
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