Frank Sinatra’s arse splinters, shooting an audience sitcom in a flat on the site of a former TV studio, Stanley Johnson’s holiday down the static at Camber Sands, the environmental impact of Peter Wyngarde’s discarded fleshlights and Hughie Green’s months-long Araldite bender.
032 - THE SHITE OLD DAYS
Matters arising: John Bindon (slight return), Princess Margaret’s years running estate pubs, The Geneva Convention’s position on the ballistic qualities of Harry Monk, Jacob Bronowski - the Sitcom Years and the simple seasonal joy of finding the World in Action Annual in your stocking.
020 - TREADING GINGERLY
There are aspects of Ginger Baker’s career that he’d rather nobody remembered. We remember them, and we do so in this week’s Qualcast at hideous length. We also cover Joe Bugner’s abortive sitcom career and John Lennon’s attempts to branch out into county cricket and discover what links John Belushi with Farmhouse Kitchen’s Grace Mulligan.