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Nanthology – I Am Death

Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead.  Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading

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Dithering…

For a few days now, while I’ve been away with friends, one writing topic has been bugging me. Nano 2015. You know, National Novel Writing Month where you spend November in a  frizz of anxiety and anticipation, trying to churn … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No 17

Hugh Dennis is a fab stand up with the sort of face that needs ironing; his greatest TV success is with Outnumbered. This is the story of a family where the children run the show. Here we have Karen the … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums no. 16

Olivia Coleman has a string of excellent parts behind her. A personal favourite is her role in Twenty Twelve which ran in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics and took the mick out of the Olympic Delivery Authority (called … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No. 15

Tom Hollander has his own series, Rev, in which he plays the vicar of an inner London church, with a falling congregation, is constantly under threat of closure and conversion into a supermarket. In this clip, his wife Alex surprises him in … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No. 14

Capaldi is a  serious actor but he starred as the brilliant Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. This is seriously rude but his torrential swearing is the funniest I’ve heard. In the Loop is a fab film with the … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No. 13

Mayall appeared with Edmondson and others in The Comic Strip Presents. Here’s an early pre young ones episode with the dangerous brothers above and Nigel Planer. And here’s the Dangerous Brothers, if you’ve not seen them. Don’t watch them all, … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No. 12

From Rowan let’s move to the Young Ones via Rik Mayall who appeared in several episodes with Rowan. Here’s Living Doll with Cliff. RIP Rik

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Nano Num-Nums No. 11

Let’s continue with Rowan Atkinson into Blackadder. These are outtakes, just to be different. And fir those of you who have seen his Jonny English super spy, here is the series of adverts for Barclay Card that provided the germ … Continue reading

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Nano Num-Nums No. 10

Stephen Fry appeared on Not the Nine O’clock News with amongst others Rowan Atkinson. Here’s a sketch from that show. One of his great solo sketches is his reading the school register. Or an earlier one with Griff Rhys Jones … Continue reading

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