When you’re a Red Dwarf fan, it’s easy to forget how spoilt you are. The DVDs bombard you with deleted scenes and unused material. Want an early version of the opening episode, featuring an entirely different introduction to The Cat? The DVDs have you covered. Sadly, Red Dwarf is an outlier; a rare example of […]| Dirty Feed
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Over the past few days, I’ve been posting lots of interesting facts about exactly what’s on Onslow’s telly in Keeping Up Appearances. If I was somebody sensible, I would pretend I…| Dirty Feed
Last time in our look at Keeping Up Appearances, we saw Harold Snoad making a load of fake films for Onslow’s telly. But Onslow doesn’t just enjoy watching the offcuts of Snoad’s …| Dirty Feed
DAISY: There was a time when you used to chase me all over the house. ONSLOW: That was before we got colour, wasn’t it. — Keeping Up Appearances, “The Art Exhibition”, TX: 1…| Dirty Feed
OK, so my planned Summer hiatus really didn’t work. To be fair, would you rather have a nice walk outdoors enjoying the sunshine, or spend your free time working out what is showing on Onslow…| Dirty Feed
I have to be honest, I didn’t exactly have a rule against embedding GB News material on here. I didn’t think I really needed one. What was the likelihood that I’d ever have cause to do it?| Dirty Feed
Hello there. Welcome to another exciting instalment of “interesting studio recording dates for audience sitcoms”. And if you’ve managed to get past that sentence and onto this one…| Dirty Feed
As we come to the end of the year, it’s a time for reflection, and pondering exactly what you have achieved with your life. It’s a shame, then, that this is exactly the moment that I fi…| Dirty Feed
Yeah, yeah, I know. I don’t have a good record with this kind of thing. There is a very real possibility I’ll pick up writing this site again after a couple of weeks. But for various re…| Dirty Feed
Shooting audience sitcom has all kinds of unique production problems compared to other types of television. After all, any TV show has to decide whether to shoot a given scene on location, or in th…| Dirty Feed
Some of you may think I’m a little too obsessed with studio recording dates for sitcoms. It is surely something deeply unhealthy, which makes me look less like a proper TV historian, and more…| Dirty Feed
One of the ongoing projects bubbling away in the background here on Dirty Feed is an extensive piece on Keeping Up Appearances. Just exactly what is broadcast on Onslow’s telly in various epi…| Dirty Feed
Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four • Part Five On the 8th May 1984, at 9:15pm ((At exactly 21:15:12, if my calculations are correct.)), something very odd happened on …| Dirty Feed
On the 23rd December 1982, BBC2 broadcast the final episode of Series 3 of Yes Minister. Titled “The Middle Class Rip-off”, it’s an amusing satire on arts funding, and the nature …| Dirty Feed