SUDDEN LATE wind for STANLEY BAXTER courtesy of this kid sitcommery which found the titular wizard sent to earth from the planet Walpurgis as punishment for – ho ho – failing his O Level sorcery exam for the 17th time. Washes up in stereotypical quaint English village of Much Barty, whereupon he befriends children and bemuses adults, the like of which include PAT COOMBS, ADELE SILVA and ROBIN DRISCOLL.
Mr Majeika
1988 to 1990 on ITV (TVS)
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Wednesday, 22.00, BBC Radio 2I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor tonight, which allows us to mention that when it got to number one, Calendar showed a clip from its Whistle Test-inspired video and captioned it “amateur video”. In fact that video was the first we’d heard of them or it, when it was shown on Popworld in fact, and we never thought the record version was quite as good because it was a bit overproduced. Anyway, it’s included here because it started bands being broken via the internet and that rather than the major labels and Top of the Pops.
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