Television
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‘Don’t tell him, Pike!’ Remembering Ian Lavender from Dad’s Army
Note: I published this blogpost a year ago, but accidentally unpublished it a couple of months…
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The Last Mountain: the story of Tom Ballard and Alison Hargreaves
It was hard to hold back the tears. Back in 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a mother of…
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ITV’s Good Morning Britain features my reunion with Dad
None of us will ever forget living through the coronavirus pandemic. But for me the sweetest…
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Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket
Growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s, the BBC’s Test Match Special was my summer…
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Coronavirus: my 93 year old father praises care workers on UK national TV
I was a very proud son today. My 93 year old father Bob Skinner appeared on…
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On the move: how Bob Hoskins helped adults to learn to read
The sad news that Bob Hoskins had died prompted many memories of his part in great films…
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BBC’s George Entwistle: £450,00 reward for failure
On Saturday, George Entwistle’s resignation as the BBC’s director-general looked like the act of a decent…
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Will the BBC survive Newsnight and Savile?
Last night, the BBC’s director general George Entwistle resigned after just 55 days in the job…
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Don’t Panic! Remembering Clive Dunn
‘Don’t Panic!’ cried Lance Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army. It summed up one of the greatest…