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| "Lyttelton's Britain" (ISIHAC tie-in book) to be published in October |
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 Thanks to wackywales for spotting this.
A book entitled "Lyttelton's Britain: Humphrey Lyttelton's Gazetter of the British Isles" is scheduled to be published in the UK on 2 Oct 2008. Here's a description, from Amazon.co.uk:
For 35 years Humphrey Lyttelton and the team of Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden have toured this great country in search of the perfect audience. In the next 30 or 40 years, they hope to brush with at least one. At every venue a short history is presented both to the audience and their delightful scorer Samantha (who it seems is always happy to rub along with the local gentlemen). This is a collection, a Baedeker, an AA guide if you will, of things little-known about our great island, seen through their eyes, travelling from the celebrated Judi Dench Cottage in the Lakes to the 'Venice of the South' also known as Camden's Hawley Arms. 'Britain, Britain, Britain,' as was once said by lesser mortals. Well, now here it is...
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Posted by lisa at 29/05/2008 00:00 GMT |
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| Tim article in The Times - "Why The Goodies had to 'get back' at Mary Whitehouse |
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 The following article appears in The Times Online at
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3984004.ece:
From The Times
May 24, 2008
Why The Goodies had to 'get back' at Mary Whitehouse
Tim Brooke-Taylor recalls The Goodies’ best efforts to irritate Mrs Whitehouse
Normally I love stories where the little man or woman takes on the Establishment and wins. I did enjoy Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, in spite of this particular little woman winning. I was not a fan of Mary Whitehouse, who did more harm to the arts than anyone I can think of. She certainly, for a time, hurt me.
It was possibly the most depressing moment of my life. I was at a party to celebrate the making of the first series of The Goodies. Our producer, John Howard Davies, stood on a chair to make an announcement. It was a letter from one of our viewers saying that she thought The Goodies was a great addition to the BBC’s output. Quite nice, we thought, until we heard the dreaded words – “from a Mrs Mary Whitehouse”. The room fell silent.
Many claims have been made for the Sixties. It was a time of change and, to my mind, nearly always for the better. But if it was truly permissive I didn’t see much of it, and Mrs Whitehouse tried her best to make sure I saw none of it at all.
On radio we’d had a hard time with censorship, but that only encouraged double entendre. Round the Horne got away with so much because the top brass didn’t understand. I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again once had an odd cut. We asked the producer why. He said, “Because the audience laughed.” He just assumed it was filthy.
Somehow we had to get back at Mary Whitehouse. We decided to do a show all about her. The character was called Mrs Desiree Carthorse and was played by Beryl Reid. In the show, Mrs Carthorse thought that we were the ideal people to make a clean film about the facts of life: Mrs Carthorse: “I don’t find you reading dirty books, looking at filthy TV programmes and playing around with girls. You are obviously . . .” Graeme Garden: “Unlucky.” Tim B-T (wanting the job): “Unlucky . . . no, no we’re pure, pure.”
We made a film, entitled How to Make Babies by Doing Dirty Things, with such narration as “Now we all know about the rude bits. Aren’t they rude? And as we get older they get ruder and ruder.”
We made Mary Whitehouse, we hoped, seem crass, with lines like: Bill: “What does your husband do?” Mrs C: “He keeps his distance.”
We then waited for Mrs Whitehouse’s reaction. But we heard nothing. Absolutely nothing.
The most pornographic pieces around as far as I was concerned involved horrific violence, but Mrs Whitehouse didn’t seem to mind that. Racially offensive stuff didn’t bother her, either. She was worried about language, the human body and procreation. My character once had to say “bloody hell”. I was made to redub it as “ruddy hell”. The BBC acknowledged that this was the power of Mrs Whitehouse. It was afraid of her.
We did finally shake off the curse of Mrs W, in an episode entitled Saturday Night Grease. I played a John Travolta type getting dressed to Night Fever on the record player. As I struggled into a pair of tight jeans, my Y-fronts were revealed to have a large carrot painted on the front. To this day it looks pretty innocent to me. But not to Mrs W. She sent a telegram to the Director-General of the BBC complaining specifically about the carrot. Phew! We were back in business, our street cred intact.
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Posted by lisa at 23/05/2008 00:30 GMT |
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| May C&G now available |
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This month's Clarion & Globe newsletter (#150) is now available on the website. It can be accessed from either the "Articles/Guides" menu on the left or from the "Last Articles" box at the bottom of this page.
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Posted by bretta at 15/05/2008 13:02 GMT |
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| Bill on "Star Portraits", Goodies repeats, and other upcoming shows |
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A full list of upcoming shows of interest to Goodies fans can be found by using the "click here for more" link below. Here are a few of the highlights from that list:
* Sun, 18 May - "The Goodies" episode "The Baddies" is being repeated by The Comedy Channel in Australia at 10:00pm.
* Mon, May 19 - episodes of "The Goodies" (probably from the LWT
series) will be repeated on Paramount Comedy 2 in the UK at 21.00 & 21.30.
They will be shown again at 24.00. Paramount Comedy 2+1 will show the episodes an hour later than the main channel. (Thanks to Jenny_Gibbon for posting the info in the forums and Michael C. for posting additional details to goodies-l)
* Tues, 20 May - "Star Portraits with Rolf Harris" on the ABC (Australia) at 8:00pm is supposed to be the episode featuring Bill Oddie (details at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200805/programs/ZY8744A003D20052008T200000.htm). Thanks to mynameishelga, RatDog, and Daniel B.for posting the details in the forums & on goodies-l
* Mondays - "The Unbelievable Truth" returns for a second series on BBC Radio 4 at 18:30. The show will be available online at
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/unbelievabletruth]www.bbc.co.uk/radio4[/url[ and for a week after broadcast from Listen Again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/unbelievabletruth.
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Posted by lisa at 15/05/2008 00:00 GMT |
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| "An Evening with Graeme Garden" in Leafield June 6th |
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According to an Oxford Mail article at http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2261251.0.lots_of_goodie_goes_on_offer.php, Graeme will be taking part in an Oxford area arts festival in the village of Leafield. His session, "An Evening with Graeme Garden", will be held on Friday, June 6th at 8pm at St Michael's Church. Tickets are £6; they can be booked by calling 01993 878000.
Here's the article:
Lots of Goodie goes on offer
By David Horne
A village with just 800 residents is to stage its first arts festival.
Organisers at Leafield have booked Inspector Morse author Colin Dexter and former Goodies star and comedian Graeme Garden to make appearances, and are also laying on a heavy metal gig and scarecrow competition.
The week-long festival will be held in various venues, including the church, primary school, village hall and village green, from Friday, May 30, to Saturday, June 7.
Simon Bentley, who helped put the event together, said: "It is a small village, but there is a lot of enthusiasm to make it a success."
The festival includes six main events, but organisers are still planning other attractions, includ- ing a photography exhibition.
Jeanette Cayley, principal organiser, said: "We want to involve every aspect of the village and put it all together into one big celebration.
advertisement"We have the children at the village primary school making an eco-village model, local bands putting on a heavy metal gig in the village hall, a barbecue on the village green and, not forgetting, our annual competition with people putting out their scarecrows in their front gardens.
"We are looking for sponsorship and hope to make ends meet, but we have had a grant from West Oxon Arts.
"The village church has great acoustics, so we are making good use of it for some of the musical evenings."
MAIN EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 30: 17th century costume band The Oxford Waits, St Michael's Church. 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (residents/Friends of Wychwood £7). Call 01993 878893.
SATURDAY, MAY 31: Barn Dance, village hall, with Woodpeckers Folk Band. 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (£6 residents). Call 01993 878585.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4: Authors Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse) and Ann Granger (Mitchell & Markby) discuss their books, The Navy Oak restaurant. 8pm. Numbers limited, book on 01993 878000. Tickets £6.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5: Earl of Abingdon's Consort, music and readings from the 18th century, St Michael's Church. 8pm. Free.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6: An evening with Graeme Garden, St Michael's Church. 8pm. Tickets £6. Call 01993 878000.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7: Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir, St Michael's Church, 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Call 01993 878000.
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Posted by lisa at 09/05/2008 01:00 GMT |
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| BBC 7 competition to win signed ISIRTA box set (open to UK residents only) |
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The new issue of BBC 7's newsletter
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/newsletter/newsletter_thisweek.shtml) says "After the recording [of Graeme's "I Did It My Way", the producer] asked him if he would autograph some sleeves of CD boxed sets of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" and he was more than willing to oblige. As a result, we have 3 boxed sets of 8 CDs of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, consisting of 15 programmes from the groundbreaking series, including the first programme ever, plus the 25th anniversary edition. All beautifully packaged, and signed by Graeme Garden."
The competition info, from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/newsletter/newsletter_thisweek.shtml#13:
To enter the competition, all you have to do is answer the following question Q "On what date was the first programme in the first series of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" broadcast, and what were the names of the entire cast?"
Email your answers to "Graeme Garden Competition" at bbc7@bbc.co.uk
Or alternatively send your entry by post to:
BBC7
Room 4015
Broadcasting House
London W1A 1AA
The competition closes at noon on Friday 30th May, when 3 names will be chosen at random from the BBC 7 Hat. Competition rules can be found by following this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/help/rules.shtml
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Posted by lisa at 09/05/2008 00:30 GMT |
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Just a reminder that the new series of "Springwatch" will be available from the BBC iPlayer at 
