Richard O’Sullivan: The Invention Of The Human
Richard O’Sullivan’s ITV situation comedies in the Seventies and Eighties – ‘Man About The House’ and ‘Robin’s Nest’ – represent an over-arching artistic statement of what it is to be human.
Last Exit to Maidenhead
For Shadowplay’s ‘Project Fear’ blogathon: British-Burmese actor Me Me Lai’s turn in Tigon’s ‘Au Pair Girls’ is England in the raw, a suburban Home Counties cousin of the Italian cannibal films for which she’s probably better known.
Now Is The Time To Say Goodbye
For Shadowplay’s Late Show blogathon: say it softly, but there’s a secret about Pete Cook’s final years that’s hiding in plain sight. In his last decade, Cook not only seemed happier than he’d ever been. He was also at his peak as a comic actor.