>Who on earth is she?
>

She was Anna Daptor in the lovely Radio Active and the average KYTV. She does adverts for mineral water and is married to John Morton, author of "People Like Us".

Also "Style Trial".

And OTT

And she was in Craig Ferguson's pilot show for ITV in 1987/8, which was so good it did not lead to a series.

Blackadder III was one character short of a situation, if you ask me. They needed a Melchett character....in fact they needed Stephen Fry.

On the subject of Ben Elton (sort of), does anyone agree that his books are fucking hilarious, better than his standup stuff?

>On the subject of Ben Elton (sort of), does anyone agree that his books are fucking hilarious, better than his standup stuff?

Stark - all over the place; still confused about whether he wanted to write or do stand-up

Gridlock - Still too much stand-up getting in the way, although funnier than Stark

This Other Eden - Not bad at all; more focused

Popcorn - Genius. Spot on. Deserved the hype.

Blast From The Past - Starts off interesting, but quickly reveals itself to be one of the worst novels you've read. You'll probably read it to the end in the hope that it will sort itself out - but it won't.

Haven't read the baby one yet, sorry.

Anyone (know anyone who's) seen any previews of "The Beautiful Game" yet?

The trouble was that Tim McInn (can't spell it, the one who played Percy anyway) suudenly noticed he was only getting offers to play stupid characters, so, fearing he was getting typecast, he ducked out (appeared in the Scarlet Pimpernell episode) and instead did 'A Very British Coup'. So that's why it lacked a charcter: it did, Percy, because TI didn't want to play him that series.

He also appeared with Helen Arkinson-Wood in the Oxford Revue in the late 70s. The Comic Relief sketch reprints a sketch they did.

I mean 'sketch book' - the one compiled by Douglas Adams, of old sketches that people could perform for free if they gave the proceeds to CR.

Shhh! Careful what you say about the availability of scripts!

Just to stir up trouble, didn't the Comic Relief sketch book feature a sketch written by Graham Chapman and editor Douglas Adams?

And was it, by any coincidence, from a script that used to be online at this website but has since been removed?

No, but it did have an eerily prophetic sketch about someone who keeps stopping other peole having fun because they infringe some copyright or other. It was called "Jim Yoakum is an annoying git", and it was by Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.

Didn't Tim McInnenenenenenennennnnenenery do stuff on Tracy Ullmans series around the time of BA III

I saw Tim Mcinnerny in a production of Twelfth Night at The Royal Exchange in Manchester.
He was very good.
Interestingly (to the Griffiths) the actor who I have most often seen performing in plays at the RE is one Mr Derek Griffiths.
Again, he was rather good on all occasions.

In the film Wetherby TM plays a PhD student who blows his head off in front of Vanessa Redgrave.

Actually, he shows a lot of range in the different incarnatioons of Percy. It's when he does serious roles (Wetherby, AVBC) that he strikes me as stilted and one-note.

>I saw Tim Mcinnerny in a production of Twelfth Night at The Royal Exchange in Manchester.
> He was very good.

I saw that! And yes indeed he was - born to play Malvolio.

Tim McInerney (?) was also in Edge of Darkness - yet another good reason to see it!

>I saw Tim Mcinnerny in a production of Twelfth Night at The Royal Exchange in Manchester.
> He was very good.
>Interestingly (to the Griffiths) the actor who I have most often seen performing in plays at the RE is one Mr Derek Griffiths.
>Again, he was rather good on all occasions.

Heads and tails, here we go! Heads and tails!