Bernard Cribbins OBE, is an English actor, comedian, and singer whose career has spanned over 70 years. Cribbins made his first West End theatre appearance in 1956 at the Arts Theatre, playing the two Dromios in A Comedy of Errors, and co-starred in the first West End productions of Not Now Darling, There Goes the […]
The Manchester Passion
Manchester Passion is a television special which was broadcast by BBC Three on 14 April 2006. Created and scripted by Andy King-Dabbs and Stephen Powell as a follow-up to BBC Classical Music’s previous BBC Three special, Flashmob – The Opera, it was a contemporary retelling of the Passion of Jesus set to popular music, broadcast […]
Adult Wednesday Addams
Wednesday Addams is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Addams gave her the name “Wednesday”, based on the well known nursey rhyme line, “Wednesday’s child is full of woe”. The idea for the name was supplied by the actress and poet Joan Blake, an acquaintance of Addams. The character has also appeared […]
Singing Nuns
This has become something of a phenomenon since the first nun picked up a guitar and had a hit record with Dominique in 1963, although it hasn’t always ended well. Jeanne-Paule Marie “Jeannine” Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire (”Sister Smile”) and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian singer-songwriter and […]
I’ll Fly Away
“I’ll Fly Away” is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Brumley’s writing was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad ‘The Prisioners Song’. “I’ll Fly Away” has been called the most recorded gospel song and it is frequently […]
The Jeeves & Wooster Theme
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy drama television series adapted by CliveExton from P.G.Wodehouse’s “Jeeves” stories. The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman and Granada Television. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Series. Set […]
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In 1935, Davis received his first trumpet as a gift from John Eubanks, a friend of his father. He took lessons from “the biggest influence on […]
Musica Piccolino
Musica Piccolino is an innovative Japanese edutainment TV show which is designed to help children helps children to visualize and respond physically to musical sound by taking its basic mechanisms and weaving them into a story. It takes place within the imaginary world of Musicamundo, where Monstoro, a monster suffering from amnesia, performs music. The […]
The Accidental Death of An Anarchist
Today, a favourite of mine. In these days of fake news and conspiracy theories Dario Fo poses the questions: ‘Will society ever be free of corrupt and incompetent politicians, the fascists and their false flag view of the world?’ Today is Groundhog Day, a day of repetition if you have seen the movie, but also […]
‘The Sermon’
The sermon is a strange beast, being as it is, a monologue during which the preacher traditionally stands six feet above contradiction. As such it has become the vehicle of much comic parody. As so I thought for this Sunday I would share with you the best of these parodies because as preachers we need […]