Where is Needham when we need him/ham? Posted Tue Aug 8 11:55:50 BST 2000 by H Paw

I too had my memory jogged by the TV Hell strand above regarding Chris Needham's TV diary. Does anyone remember his mate who had a dog called Pagan (I think) and who did the most impressive piece of headbanging that has ever been televised? Also, I vaguely recall the lads from "Manslaughter" hilariously misreading the Macdonalds / Wimpy menu i.e. substituting every instance of the word "corn" with "porn".
Anyway, does anyone know what happened to Chris? Someone said he was the person who used to do pranks on that Dani Behr vehicle (Couch or Potato something) but I don't think that's right. How about some sort of campaign to get him to do a "10 years on" piece?

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Posted By TJ on Tue Aug 8 12:26:22 BST 2000:

I agree. Chris Needham must be found.


My favourite bit was where they were all drinking typical teenage cheap cider, and just in case we hadn't managed to figure out what they were doing, they pointed at their half-swilled cans and shouted "we're drinking!!!".

Class television.

I actually ran an article on 'In Bed With Chris Needham' a couple of issues back - http://www.bluejam20.freeserve.co.uk/ for anyone who's interested.

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Posted By Al on Tue Aug 8 23:11:03 BST 2000:

Another magic moment is when the band are discussing what to do about the drummer - who is so hopless he makes the rest of them sound passable. It goes something like:
"Well, if he's gonna stay in the band..."
<general discussion>
FAIRLY INTELLIGENT KEYBOARD PLAYER: Wait, go back a minute. Say what you just said
OTHER MEMBER OF MANSLAUGHTER: Well I just said, if he's gonna stay in the band..."
FIKP That's just it. I don't want him in the band.

Pure Spinal Tap, but real and with Loughborough accents. Classic.
BTW - I've only got the edited repeat. Anyone got the full unexpurgated version?.

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Posted By Justin on Tue Aug 8 23:24:44 BST 2000:

Al! You had the same thought as me!

My favourite bit is when Chris (having just delivered a dour, despondent piece to camera in his bedroom) walks very solemnly down a path to the garden shed/rehearsal room, while a friend of his semi-seriously intones, "We really don't know why Chris gets into these moods..."

What am I saying? It is all great.

I would willingly (almost) sell my house and all its contents to help the BBC people (find Chris and make another documentary about him - although this time they'll probably get in Jamie Oliver and Jamie Theakston for their opinions, of course).

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Posted By Jon on Wed Aug 9 07:55:25 BST 2000:

I never saw it, but I remember the corresponding Radio Times piece. I remember it because the young fellow seem to be the perfect hybrid of everyone at school that I hated. Well, mainly that kid with the Bon Jovi hair who listened to Europe albums on his walkman whilst reading Metal Hammer in the library. God, he was a twat.

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Posted By H Paw on Wed Aug 9 09:26:33 BST 2000:

I used to have the unedited version but rather unfortunately left it at my parents house when I moved away, and I think they may have recorded a BBC costume drama over it. I would therefore be prepared to pay cash money for a copy if anyone still has it and is willing to lend it to me. To be fair I think it is pretty much priceless, if only for the "We're Running Free" rock montage. Could The Corpses do their usual in depth analysis / edit news on this, as I think that it is a gem that everyone should share?

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