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ISSUE 45 LANDING 17.02.22

BLOCK BUSTER!

With time on his hands after the immersive theatre show he worked in was flooded by raw sewage - there’s a joke there somewhere - Mark Campbell looks back at one of his favourite old humour comics…

BLAKE’S SEVEN SERIES THREE

Eugene Smith presents a critical episode guide to season three of the popular BBC space opera, Blake’s Seven -and he reckons that it was the best of the entire series!

PREHISTORIC HAMMER

Howard Hughes looks at Hammer’s ventures into caveman times: One Million Years B.C., Prehistoric Women, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth and Creatures the World Forgot…

MOLESWORTH’S MUSINGS

Richard pays tribute to the late Bob Baker, a great writer who gave us two memorable canine creations: Doctor Who’s robot dog K9 and the comically expressive Gromit in the Oscar-winning Aardman Animation films

Shooting For The Moon

Fancy a trip to the moon? Greg Kulon has apparently been there a number of times, which of course qualifies him to write this fascinating feature on the history of moon-based theme park rides!

JUST FLICK TO KICK!

Michael Todd takes to the miniature pitch to reveal how a war veteran-cum-eggcollector invented Britain’s legendary tabletop favourite, Subbuteo!

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

CONFESSIONS OF A GORILLA’S MATE

The One With The Short, Fat, Hairy Legs

PAST MASTERS OF COMEDY

MARTIANS INVADE THE 02!

Tony Earnshaw speaks to The War of the Worlds musical creator Jeff Wayne about the popularity and longevity of his timeless creation – and its undercurrent of horror…

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