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LOWCULTURE THEATRE REVIEW OF THE YEAR
We’re near the end of 2009 so time to look back on the high and lowlights of the year. The others will be here with more traditional lowculture categories like TV and film, but this year we also started looking at how proper telly talent was appearing on stage in [...]

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Five go divorcing

by Nick Holland on November 16, 2009

in Drama, TV

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Oh I did so love The Famous Five when I was a young’un. The adventures of three spoilt siblings, their lesbian cousin and a dog, I particularly liked Dick (stop sniggering at the back.) Admittedly, even as a child I thought it was a bit much that one storyline involved him not knowing that Dick [...]

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Big Dad on Campus

by Nick Holland on November 6, 2009

in Comedy, TV

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It’s time once again for Comedy Showcase, Channel 4’s annual(ish) series of sitcom pilots. For the next 7 weeks they’ll be trying out new comedies, each of them hoping to be commissioned for a full series. Who knows, maybe this’ll be our first look at another comedy classic, just like that other one they greenlit [...]

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Every August, Edinburgh gets to be the UK’s theatre capital for a while, but by September London wants its crown back and starts running around shouting “Look at me! Look at me!” So this month there’s several big shows opening in the capital. Many of them star proper people off the telly, so we’ll be [...]

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