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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…
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-) from London and Sir Tim Rice (1944-) from Buckinghamshire, who met in…
Dame Julie Andrews
Dame Julie Andrews (1935-) was born in Surrey with a natural gift for singing. Her mother and…
Galton and Simpson
Raymond (Ray) Percy Galton (1930-2018) and Alan Francis Simpson (1929-2017) were both Londoners, both 6’4″ tall, both…