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the Show #26 – Action Caxton


Lube up for a hot Saturday of girth-u-tainment.

16:10 – Intro mix
\ Opening up with a summery stroll around Edinburgh accompanied by some fat beats.

16:45 – Bad Influence!
\ This week, how to cry into your 3DO without Mum noticing.

17:05 – The Krypton Factor
\ I found the weirdness of the debut series of The Krypton Factor strangely satisfying, so here’s another 1977 episode of middle-management twat-provery.

17:40 – I Love 1981
\ The BBC celebrates the recommissioning of its pop-culture ‘oh yeah’ format by juxtaposing Bullseye with assured nuclear destruction.

19:10 – Juke Box Jury
\ Full episodes of the reanimated 1990 series are very hard to come by – this one is nearly complete. It also stars Vic & Bob, Neneh Cherry, and a certain despondent Hawaiian.

19:35 – Denis Norden’s Laughter File
\ Clipboard clip show clapperboard frippery, as Denis Norden pilots a deviation from the Alright On The Night format – a home for mirthsome outtakes that are not strictly cock-ups according to the Geneva Convention.

20:30 – The Thick Of It
\ Departmental government spincom. Shadow minister Peter Mannion gets to park his tanks on the lawn of DoSAC, and tittle-tattle battle lines are drawn up.

21:05 – FILM: The Wind Rises (2013)
\ Feature length animation that was intended to be Hayao Miyazaki’s swansong. An epic tale of the young life of Jiro, a designer of fighter aircraft used by imperial Japan during World War II.

23:15 – Omnibus: Fools Rush In
\ A fascinating 1973 fly-on-the-wall study of the production of one episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show, as it unfolds.

00:05 – Banzai!
\ Another episode of the early-E4 comedy betting show, stylised as a Japanese programme but with peculiarly British obsessions.

Bonus spurtings throughout



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