Posts Tagged With 'Daniel Peacock'

“A nudge and a wink and a cheeky cheerful song!”

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From 1986, Mel and Griff (and Daniel Peacock) lay waste to 70% of ’80s advertising at a stroke. We especially love Griff’s mugging at 1:08.

“We’ll maximise your market share in 30 seconds flat, impersonating chickens and behaving like a twat!”

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Valentine Park

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WITH A CAST consisting of KEN “NOW ‘ERE LISTEN MR MACKAY” JONES, DANIEL “I DO THE ONE TWO THREE FOURS!” PEACOCK and DAVID “A BIT OF A” THEWLIS, this alfresco sitcom, set around a country parkie and his tossy assistants, had to be a winner. The only minor thing holding it back from such a status was that it was an absolute bag of wank. First series shown Fridays at 8.30, criticised by all and sundry for being infantile, so already-commissioned second series was put on kids telly around DANGERMOUSE and DRAMARAMA, then binned altogether. Croony, John Denver-esque theme tune not dissimilar to that of THE SOOTY SHOW, but with words which ended “meet me in Valentine Park”. There’s a tempting offer.

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