And so I ended up on the VHistory blog where, hidden in one of the sites earlier posts, I came across an early trailer for the first series of Red Dwarf.
Tag: Ephemera
An Oral History of 28 Days Later
Inverse has a short oral history of 28 Days Later – film I looked back at almost four years ago. It’s an interesting little piece and I’d not realise how close the 9/11 attacks had come to putting an end to the production of a film that, ultimately, turned out to be a major influence on the genre.
Death By Chair
Possibly my favourite ever Doctor Who death – the man-eating chair from 1971’s Terror of the Autons. It’s great fun with 70s Doctor Who remaining true to it’s nature – spending almost 30 seconds on inflating a plastic chair – and, as always, Roger Delgado remains the consummate professional through out.
The Young Ones Ephemera
A couple of bits of The Young Ones ephemera I’ve stumbled across.
Trailer
The first, a trailer – with a trailer – for the first season of The Young Ones.
(Pinched from here!)
Sellout
And in the second, a Friends Provident advert from 1990, Vyvyan and Neil sellout long enough to try and flog us insurance and investment products whist running around a supermarket.
(Pinched from here!)