Director's Commentary (w/ Alison Dennison & Nina Buckley)

Finding funny stuff on ITV since the turn of the century has been an arduous task. So it was quite the surprise to the 19-year-old Rob and Guy that late night on a Wednesday, one of the new darlings of British comedy, Rob Brydon, could be found as alter ego Peter De Lane performing fake director’s commentary on such classic Granada TV shows as Flambards, Only When I Laugh, and Mr and Mrs! As well as, for some reason, the classic US western TV show Bonanza, for which Brydon’s production company owned the rights to 32 episodes. This is a forgotten Brydon Classic. Shortly after the success of Marion and Geoff and Human Remains, the BBC turned down the opportunity for Brydon’s latest venture with collaborator Paul Duddridge, so their loss was Granada’s gain, and it would serve the dual purpose of giving ITV a comedy vehicle with the man everyone wanted a piece of as well as reminding audiences of some of their back catalogue.So for our second Rob Brydon-related round table episode, we’ve enlisted the help of two of our favourite former guests to make up a classic De Lane Four. Alison Dennison and Nina Buckley returned to discuss their love (in one case) and disdain (in the other) for a show that neither had previously remembered.Join the four of us for a deep dive into the world of Peter De Lane, Denny Hall and Lord Cheggers of Oddbins, and we’ll also discuss our favourite real-life director's commentaries and lots more to boot. Thanks as always to our payingest Patreon, Andrew Greenwood!Eurovision 1977 - Stewart Morris Talkbackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTgCLfYdRo4Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Quentin Tarantino director’s commentary on Spacedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOQH76BZbQMike Scully calls John Schwartzwelder on the Simpsons commentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAWE0Kjn8ac&t=1sDirector’s Commentary - The Duchess of Duke Streethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVB_tW_KXQDirector’s Commentary - Flambardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Df03uATMMGrace Jones at the Golden Jubileehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIicwZrkEhY&list=RDkIicwZrkEhY&start_radio=1The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Burgoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v37TG6uG3c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices