Saturday Morning Archaeology: Going Live
Stuart Millard posts
Nuking the Fourth Wall – Byker Grove's Wild Finale
You may remember the written version of this, as a Great Moment in Pop Culture, 3 years ago, and so far I've stayed away from full-on adaptions of previous pieces as it feels like a bit of a swizz. However, I was really happy with how this turned ...
2022-07-17 23:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostMasterspy
I grew up in an era where pseudo-spying was a popular trend for kids, with Usborne's handbooks giving parents a brief respite from our whines of being bo...
2022-07-07 23:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Owt Good On, Mam? – Su Pollard Special
Though she's an ever-present reference, even taking a small but pivotal role in a Patreon novella, I've yet to really dig into... not so much the career,...
2022-06-07 23:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostJubilee Bonus Post - The Guffer
Half my first day was spent signing NDAs before they even told me what the job entailed.
The pay isn't spectacular, they said, but such service is ...
2022-06-02 10:36:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Pauline's Quirkes
As a one-line pitch to sell me on something, 'chat-cum-magazine-cum-sketch show hosted by a teenage Pauline Quirke' is hard to top. The title's even got ...
2022-05-08 23:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Brian Conley
Brian Conley's another of those cultural oddities who were massive for years, endlessly quoted in classrooms and offices, yet never deemed worthy of a DV...
2022-04-08 23:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Owt Good On, Mam? - When Game Shows Had The Horn
As a terribly repressed figure, bloated with shame and self-loathing, it's with some trepidation I must wade into the suspiciously-sticky waters of – w...
2022-03-10 00:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The 11 O'Clock Show
Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show was one of the most reviled series of the early 21st century, by critics and audiences alike, only fadi...
2022-02-08 00:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday Morning Archaeology at Christmas
As this is the final post of 2021, I'm afraid I have to do a Yarwood – “and this is me” – and give massive thanks to everyone who's supported me through another year of content. Knowing I have an audience really pushes me to keep ...
2021-12-23 00:01:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Important note re: that last post.
If you read my stuff via email, I'm a dunce who accidentally pressed 'publish now' instead of 'save as draft', so you got the Mike Reid piece a couple of days early. Hence why it's a bit of a state, with notes to myself included and various format...
2021-12-02 13:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostMike Reid's Pussy in Boots
Though I did eventually clear my plate of Jim Davidson's rancid old trilogy of Christmas cum jokes, what kind of pop culture historian would I be without...
2021-12-02 13:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Little and Large at Christmas
Like the inevitability of Only Fools and Horses novelty socks from the auntie you never see, once I started diving into the lads, I think we all...
2021-11-14 00:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow
Yep, I'm back on my bullshit again. Having already penned tens of thousands of Noel-centric words, perhaps I should just leave him be, but then, could I ...
2021-11-04 00:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post