BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are ? : Paul Merton

BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are ? : Paul Merton

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28 August

BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are ? : Paul Merton

The image (by Stephen Perry (?)) seems more like
the tristesse of Chris Patten than a resemblance to Merton ?

As if, time after time, each thing that he was told about, first, his grandadwas really no more interesting than the price of sprouts* - with 'Oh. Wow.' as a common reaction...

* Pat's (Anita Carey's) pet comment in series 2 of Peter Tinniswood's I Didn't Know You Cared (1976)

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Admittedly, more patent when seen with the hard-of-hearing sub-titles (complete with the lack of care that they exude), but there should be an example here :https://t.co/xSwKNRPFjk

Or here is the full programme (on @BBCiPlayer) :https://t.co/qNjSdmtQqV

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One might think that Paul Merton* (on BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are ?) had forgotten that this was meant to matter :https://t.co/fX6l6WFV1R

Jasper Rees (for @Telegraph) is behind a pay-wall, but may well agree ? :https://t.co/GITIjkiY8v

* Historic family-name of Martin

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After Martin in Leonard's shoes... (1)

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23 January

Fascinated by Martin Clunes taking the lead in remaking Reggie Perrin (i.e. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), I have conceived a project where he would re-create the role of Edmund in Blackadder the Second. (It may, for the sake of completeness, be released in the boxed set, but who gives a hang about The Black Adder? – after that, it’s a miracle that we ever got the BBC fund any other series!)


The supporting cast is as follows:

Percy – Neil Morrissey*
Baldrick – Bob Mortimer
Melchett – Paul Merton
Nursie – Jo Brand
Flashheart – Vic Reeves


Yes, you have spotted an important omission – I just cannot cast anyone better to play Queenie than the original Miranda Richardson (and don't even try suggesting that other Miranda!).

And so the whole plan may fail (unless I persuade Bill Bailey that he does look good in a frock)…


* My first instinct had been - for some reason - Dylan Moran, but Clunes' old on-screen flatmate seemed a better proposition: not that I'm typecasting.


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