Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Playaway: starring Jeremy Irons and Tony Robinson!

Jeremy Irons - iconic British actor and star of such classics as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman and, erm, Die Hard 3!

And Tony Robinson - legendary Baldrick actor and Time Team presenter.

Both big stars these days but how many people remember the days before the two were properly famous and, instead, spent their days telling awful jokes and singing songs alongside Brian Cant on BBC juniors' show Playaway?

Check out the two clips below. Particularly worrying is the theme of the song in the second clip - "today kids, we're going to be singing about women in Harems..."






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Monday, September 15, 2008

Grange Hill: Just Say No!

As top school drama Grange Hill comes to an end after 30 years, we look back at the unarguable highlight of those three decades - the campaigning pop music might that was "Just Say No"!

The single was released in April 1986 following Zammo's dramatic drugs storyline in the series. The song got to number 5 in the charts and even saw the cast head off to America to promote the song in the States.


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