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  • 2019 Christmas season kicks off with Argos’ Book of Dreams advert
    November 4, 2019

    2019 Christmas season kicks off with Argos’ Book of Dreams advert

    As we find our collective selves a mere 4 days removed from Halloween, it must be the beginning of the Christmas season, right? While we traditionally have a bit of a break as we wait for the greatness of the John Lewis ads or the brilliant long-running Heathrow bear ads, UK catalogue retailer Argos kicks […]

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  • Banned! — The songs deemed as too dangerous for the BBC!
    October 24, 2019

    Banned! — The songs deemed as too dangerous for the BBC!

    What could Bing Crosby (Deep in the Heart of Texas, I’ll Be Home for Christmas), Bobby Pickett (Monster Mash), The Shangri-Las (Leader of the Pack), Wings (Give Ireland Back to the Irish), The Kinks (Lola) and The Wizard of Oz Film Cast (Ding Dong the Witch is Dead) possibly have in common? Singing songs that were deemed too dangerous for BBC broadcast, obviously.

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  • Legendary Herman’s Hermits frontman, Peter Noone, talks music, the 60s and about ‘having fun’.
    August 10, 2019

    Legendary Herman’s Hermits frontman, Peter Noone, talks music, the 60s and about ‘having fun’.

    Over 60 million recordings sold, 14 gold singles and seven gold albums later, the legendary (and, absolutely delightful) Peter Noone lands in North Texas Saturday night at the Arlington Music Hall. In advance of his performance, Tellyspotting had the great good fortune to sit down for a very enjoyable chat with the English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor to talk music, the 60s and life in general.

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  • Sir Paul McCartney writing musical adaptation of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”
    July 27, 2019

    Sir Paul McCartney writing musical adaptation of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”

    Turns out Sir Paul McCartney has been spending his off-time leading up to and during his current “Freshen Up” tour working on a musical adaptation of Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life.  

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  • A pre-virtual fur look at ‘Cats’ with Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench!
    July 18, 2019

    A pre-virtual fur look at ‘Cats’ with Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench!

    Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) has herded a pretty spectacular feline litter together for the forthcoming film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats. Taylor Swift (Bombalurina), Sir Ian McKellen (Gus the Theatre Cat), James Corden (Bustopher Jones), Jennifer Hudson (Grizabella), Idris Elba (Macavity) and Dame Judi Dench (Old Deuteronomy) have all attended “cat […]

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  • Talk of a Kinks reunion is alive and well after 20+ year hiatus!
    July 15, 2019

    Talk of a Kinks reunion is alive and well after 20+ year hiatus!

    The Kinks, considered by many as one of the most influential rock bands of the 60s, are literally ‘getting the band back together’ after over two decades of being apart. Having formed in 1964, the legendary punk rock group originally split up in 1996 when tensions hit an all-time high between Ray and his brother Dave Davies. […]

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  • ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ is set to rise again … in musical form
    May 2, 2019

    ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ is set to rise again … in musical form

    David Nobbs’ late ’70s sitcom, ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin,’ is getting ready to have more lives than Reggie himself with word that a Perrin stage musical is in development.

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  • The day the British Invasion ‘invaded’ The Dick Van Dyke Show
    April 30, 2019

    The day the British Invasion ‘invaded’ The Dick Van Dyke Show

    By the mid-’60s, the British Invasion had taken America by storm. So much so that even popular TV sitcoms wanted to join in the fun. Often mistaken for another British singing duo, Peter & Gordon, Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde, aka Chad & Jeremy, made the leap to the small screen, appearing as characters on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Patty Duke Show, and as themselves on Batman.

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  • Lost footage of the Beatles on ‘Top of the Pops’ surfaces in Mexico
    April 16, 2019

    Lost footage of the Beatles on ‘Top of the Pops’ surfaces in Mexico

    Sadly, the silent 11 second bit is all that exists of the Fab Four miming to “Paperback Writer” in June of 1966. The lost footage was shot by a family in Liverpool filming their TV set with an 8mm camera.

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  • Mr. Carson hosts ‘Music from Downton Abbey’ at Highclere Castle in June
    April 10, 2019

    Mr. Carson hosts ‘Music from Downton Abbey’ at Highclere Castle in June

    Looking for that once-in-a-lifetime gift for the ‘Downton Abbey’ super fan in the family? If so, how about booking a magical summer evening on the stunning grounds of Highclere Castle, listening to beautiful music from the series performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London?

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