Category Archives: Comedy

Tesco Adverts with Prunella Scales


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To add on to the tribute I made to Prunella Scales recently, I enjoyed her in some of the Tesco adverts that I used to see as a kid when I watched kid’s TV shows in the 1990s. It’s amazing that I saw Prunella Scales in those adverts as well as Sybil in ‘Fawlty Towers’. 🙂 Continue reading

Christopher H. Bidmead (1941-2005), Nabil Shaban (1953-2005) & Prunella Scales (1932-2005)

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I’d like to pay tribute to three people that we sadly lost this year – Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, Nabil Shaban and Prunella Scale. I never got to meet these three in real life, sadly, but I have enjoyed their contributions to certain TV shows I’ve watched many times. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’

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Yes, I know. I’ve talked about ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’ twice already having seen it twice in the Apollo Theatre in London back in February and August this year. But recently, a special recording of the theatre play was shown on TV via U&Gold, which is pretty amazing. Continue reading

DVD Reviews – ‘Dad’s Army: The Missing Episodes’

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Back in January 2024, I shared a quick review on the ‘Dad’s Army – The Missing Episodes’ DVD, which was released in 2023. This contains animated reconstructions of missing ‘Dad’s Army’ episodes from Series 2 and ‘Christmas Night with the Stars’. It’s taken me a while, but I’ve updated my ‘Dad’s Army’ reviews accordingly, based on the ‘Dad’s Army – The Missing Episodes’ DVD release. Continue reading

Quick TV Reviews – ‘Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Keeping Up Appearances’ & ‘Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’

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This year, we sadly lost Dame Patricia Routledge, well-known for playing Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced ‘Bouquet’ 😀 ) in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ and has played Hetty Wainthropp in ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’. I will cherish very fond memories of watching her. 🙂 Continue reading

BB@10 – Reflection on ‘The Brittas Empire’


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As well as ‘Fawlty Towers’ and ‘Dad’s Army’, I’m very pleased that I’ve shared my thoughts on the BBC sitcom TV series ‘The Brittas Empire’. For many, Chris Barrie played Arnold Rimmer in ‘Red Dwarf’. For me, he played Gordon Brittas in ‘The Brittas Empire’. 🙂 Continue reading

BB@10 – Reflection on ‘Dad’s Army’


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I love ‘Dad’s Army’! 🙂 It’s a BBC sitcom TV series that I don’t think will ever be unfunny as the years go by. It’s a comedy series that’s still being talked about, even today. I’m glad to have shared my reviews on the episodes featured in the series and its many adaptations. Continue reading

BB@10 – Reflection on ‘Fawlty Towers’

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We continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of ‘Bradley’s Basement’ in September by talking about one of my favourite BBC sitcom series ever made – ‘Fawlty Towers’. I still love ‘Fawlty Towers’ as a comedy series to this day, both on TV and audio CD. Continue reading

Quick Movie Review – ‘Clockwise’

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This past week in the UK, we had Bank Holiday Monday in August 2025. This is what I did on Bank Holiday Monday. I cooked a lasagne for me and my parents for lunch. Later on, we saw the 1986 comedy film ‘Clockwise’, starring John Cleese, via Amazon Prime Video. Continue reading

Quick Film Review – ‘The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It’

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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Say, have you ever wondered what a ‘Fawlty Towers’ and ‘Dad’s Army’ combo would be like? Me neither. But my best friend from school, Stephen, shared a YouTube video with me of a Sherlock Holmes spoof film made in 1977, starring John Cleese and Arthur Lowe. Continue reading