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I don't think I can add much more to Ian's tweet below apart from saying that he was an exceptionally cool guy who was nice to us when we pestered him about things he did decades before when he didn't need to be (his contemporaries often weren't). Cheers, Robin - I'll miss the chats. https://twitte...

Well the Guardian's obituary was rubbish, though the majority of user comments at its tail were very uplifting, so I may as well add something here for posterity. I only met TBT once - when I had the great good fortune to sit in on the commentary recordings on the second Goodies DVD release, which ...

Simon36 wrote:Looked like he was advertising a pension plan.

That's in my head forever now.

There's a brand-new Action special coming out in March - one of many specials that Rebellion are doing in 2020. https://images.rebellion.co.uk/productVersion/a9/90/00.default.jpg If you buy them all from their website as a bundle then you'll also get (drum roll...) a facsimile of the pulped 23 Octo...

For those interested in such things, this is what I've stitched together for the coming year from various sources. 09/01 Third World War (Crisis) 23/01 Billy's Boots (Scorcher) ??/02 Air War Stories (War Picture Library/Air Ace Picture Library) ??/02 John Steel (Thriller Picture Library) 20/02 Batt...

I was probably in the wrong mood for it, really. Some bits worked - mostly the bits whipped/homaged from the originals - but the framing story with dear old Simon Williams didn't work for me at all. I know I'm being ungrateful - if it wasn't for Gatiss we would get nothing - but it really needed a ...

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