Category: Features
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The history of tenpin bowling: rise, fall and revival
Martin Handley looks back at the rise, fall and revival of tenpin bowling.
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50 years of the Stranglers
To celebrate their 50th anniversary concert tour, Colin Mayo listens to the extensive back catalogue of the Stranglers
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Visiting Wookey Hole Caves – aka Voga, the planet of gold!
Simon Stabler goes underground to explore a popular Somerset cave system.
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Janet Fielding talks Doctor Who (& what came next)
Simon Stabler speaks to classic Doctor Who companion Janet Fielding about the various Doctor’s she’s worked with, her post-Doctor Who career & how her 2022 return to the show came to be.
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So long and thanks for all the fun – a look back at the work of Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams packed a lot into what turned out to be a sadly short life. Happily, he has left us with an excellent, often hilarious body of work and many fresh insights into the awe-inspiring sometimes bewildering nature of life, the universe and everything.
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Video: Smashing Success: Classic Smash TV Ads
Embark on a nostalgic journey as we revisit the iconic video advert series of Smash instant mash potatoes, where aliens from Mars invaded our screens, creating a blend of whimsy and culinary delight from 1973 to 1992. Join us in celebrating the quirky charm that made Smash a household name in the best of British…
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Dreaming of Jeannie
Two decades before Kylie Minogue became the UK’s favourite Australian import, there was Annette Andre. Perhaps best known as Jeannie Hopkirk, widow of Kenneth Cope’s spectral detective in the adventure series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Sydney-born Annette first trod the boards as a dancer, aged three. “I trained with a ballet school out there,” recalls…
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Pat Centre Stage
Pat Gorman’s standing at the BBC meant that he was never out of work and was popular among the Doctor Who production team. Here, pictured with Elisabeth Sladen and Tom Baker, Pat donned a Cyberman costume for a photocall to launch Baker as the new Doctor.
