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Deep Purple
The top-ranking heavy metal rock band, Deep Purple, have had so many different members that perhaps they should…
‘Dad’s Army’
Several of the actors in the sitcom ‘Dad’s Army‘ died shortly after the last episode in 1977, since…
Dame Shirley Bassey
Dubbed the ‘Tigress of Tiger Bay’, Dame Shirley Bassey (1937-) was born in a poor, cosmopolitan part of…
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Sir Cliff Richard was born Harry Webb in 1940 and grew up in London, where he met…
‘Black Adder’ & ‘Blackadder’
There were four Seasons of six episodes each in the ‘Black Adder’ or ‘Blackadder’ TV comedy series. They…
Jasper Carrott
Robert Norman Davis (1945-) from Birmingham acquired the nickname ‘Jasper‘ as a boy, added ‘Carrott‘ in his…
Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne
Rock group Black Sabbath can lay claim to initiating the sub-genre of ‘heavy metal’ with its high-volume,…
‘Red Dwarf’ space comedy
One of the most successful British sitcoms is ‘Red Dwarf’, which had 52 episodes in 1988-99 on…
The ‘Carry On’ films
A carry-on is defined as a rumpus, a commotion, and this, with a big dose of fun,…
Penguin paperbacks
Bristol-born Sir Allen Lane (1902-70) was the genius with the driving force to create a revolution in…
Glastonbury Festival
Sir A.J. Michael Eavis (1935-) was born and brought up in Pilton, Somerset, and inherited Worthy Farm,…
TV sitcoms
The British ‘sitcom‘ (situation comedy) began life on radio after WW2 but it quickly moved to television…