A Curious Song I’ve always liked the popular swing number ‘Mack the Knife’ since I first heard it over 50 years ago. Since there are few songs out there that attempt to glorify murder, I was particularly drawn to its tale of gore. So, how did the song’s unusual lyrics come about and exactly who…
The “Boswell Sisters” are arguably best-remembered as the earliest pioneers of the all female close-harmony group. The vocal trio consisted of three siblings: Martha (b. 1905), Connie (b. 1907), and Helvetia “Vet” (b. 1911). They managed to gain celebrity status as children in their hometown of New Orleans, virtue of the new medium of radio….
Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is an iconic British sitcom that was created by comedy screenwriter John Sullivan (1946 – 2011). Seven series of the show, consisting of either 6 or 7 episodes, were broadcast by BBC 1 between 1981 and 1991. There were also 16 Christmas specials of the comedy series…
The Young Ones The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer. Mayall, along with Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, were the co-stars of the show. The whacky, surreal comedy was first televised in 1982 on BBC2 and ran for six episodes. A second…
Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is an iconic British television sitcom written by husband and (then) wife, John Cleese and Connie Booth. It first aired on the BBC for a total of six in episodes in 1975. A second series of a further six episodes was screened four years later. The multiple award-winning show is often…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a British TV comedy sketch show that was broadcast on the BBC between 1969 and 1974. The much-loved surreal comedy series was largely written by and starred five Oxbridge graduates, namely Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The sixth member of…
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