It feels like only yesterday we were getting stuck into some Porridge and now Series 2 of BritCom Goes to the Movies, draws to a close with 2004’s Churchill: The Hollywood Years. A movie that was met with a lukewarm critical reception and a limited release, leaving it with a somewhat tarnished at worst, and forgettable at best legacy.
...but is any of that fair? Both Rob and Guy remembered loving it. The film had the cream of TV comedy talent of the time and all masterminded by Mr. Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, with a blueprint similar to one of his best episodes, The Strike. Is it really as bad as all that?
There’s a deep dive into The Comic Strip from its early days as a cabaret show, to a mockumentary directed by Julian Temple, to the opening night of Channel 4. This show gave the world Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, French and Saunders, Robbie Coltraine, Keith Allen, Alexi Sayle, Phil Cornwell...the list goes on!
There’s the small matter of crowning the series quiz champion, with Rob needing an absolute miracle to defend his title. What a series it’s been, with two new number ones, could we have a third?
The Comic Strip Presents – Julian Temple Doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-4QTIyWmXA
Channel 4 – First Broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03c9vit5G4w
Comic Strip Presents – Five Go Mad in Dorset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KfQ0pD2gw
Comic Strip presents – The Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beyNSIUEIxk
Four Men in a Car – Sounds of the 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1Igdckll0
Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYB7aSWSyOI
Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Full Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fouJZyxFCSU
Leslie Phillips - I Must Resist Temptation (from Crooks Anonymous) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOuvUt3VZaI
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