mostly david ephgrave

One of the contestants on today's episode of Pointless complained she had no spare time because she was busy planning her wedding. I found this ironic, as I was in the queue to watch a recording of the show when I booked mine.  This sounds like a lie.  It isn't. I didn't do it on a whim. There was a bit of forward-planning. I popped the question to my girlfriend a few days before. We decided we wanted get married the same year, and to book a date before we told people, to make it tangible. So it was that I found myself on the phone to Marylebone Register Office whilst in line outside Elstree Studios, waiting to watch my favourite early evening game show.  It wasn't the best time to make the call, if I'm honest. I hadn't thought it through. The people at the register office were very helpful and offered me a few dates, but told me that a Registrar would have to speak to me before anything could be confirmed. They said I should expect a phone call within t...

Today Glyn and I went to the recording of one of the episodes of Reeves & Mortimer’s new sitcom, House of Fools, at Elstree Studios. Despite having been involved in countless sitcom read-throughs, neither of us had been present at a recording, either as punters of performers; sadly nothing we’ve been a part of has ever been snapped up (we weren’t the deciding factor). As a result, today was an interesting experience – though frustrating; neither of us are good at being in the audience. It’s not the first time I’ve seen Vic & Bob in the flesh; back in 1998 they performed a stage version of Shooting Stars as part of a double-bill with The Fast Show at the Hammersmith Apollo, which I went to with my friend Chris. I remember thinking Shooting Stars didn’t work so well in that environment, without the benefit of an edit to tighten it up – but it was still exciting to see the duo in person. I’ve just realised that was fifteen years ago. CHRIST. The downside of atten...