SPOOF INVESTIGATIVE reportery with a heavy dose of ROGER COOK-chiding, reworked from Radio 4′s Delve Special which starred, as did DAVID LANDER, the delightfully shiny STEPHEN FRY in a blond wig. Earnest exposing of cover-ups and miscarriages of trivial justice that always transpired to be molehills not mountains. Titular David moniker passed, baton-like, to less appealing fellow Oxbridge simperer TONY SLATTERY for DAVID HARPER follow-up. Bob Wellings to Michael Grade on BBC1′s Open Air: “I saw David Lander and wasn’t very sure about it”…
This is David Lander/This is David Harper
1988 to 1990 on C4
TV CREAM SAYS: ...MICHAEL GRADE TO BOB WELLINGS: "YES, THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT
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David Bowie – Five Years
Saturday, 21.20, BBC2Been a shitty week for deaths, one of the saddest being Trevor Bolder of the Spiders of Mars, which adds extra poignancy to this big new documentary. In it they’re going to take five turning points in the career of Dave Bowie of The Dave Bowie Band, and though we don’t think he’s interviewed for it, seemingly everyone who’s ever worked with him is and there are loads of rare clips.
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