Pull the Other One (2)

Revision as of 01:34, 23 March 2016 (view source) Showells (Talk | contribs) ← Older edit		Current revision as of 20:10, 16 July 2024 (view source) Iweaver (Talk | contribs) (Donovan vies with Gillian Reynolds as the best radio critic in recent history; his assertion is worthy of note, if only to disagree with it.)
(One intermediate revision not shown)
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	<div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/p/pull_the_other_one/pull the other one 1.jpg" alt="pull the other one 1.jpg" width="150" height="169"></div>	+	<div class=box>
		+	== Host ==
-	<div class="box">	+	[[David Frost]]
-	== Host ==	+	== Co-hosts ==
-		+	Regulars: Ken Dodd, [[Leslie Crowther|Leslie Crowther]], Frank Carson, John Martin, Bernie Clifton
-	[[Paul Coia]]	+
	== Broadcast ==		== Broadcast ==
-	Action Time for Carlton Select, 1998	+	BBC Radio 2, 22 January 1987 to 6 February 1993 (54 episodes in 6 series)
	</div>		</div>
	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
		+	Three guests are given unusual news stories and were asked to tell the future Sir David what happened.
-	A kind of anecdote-based ''[[Call My Bluff]]''. In the first round, '''Spill the Beans''', celebrities told a shaggy-dog story about something that had happened in their lives... or had it? That was for the opposition to find out.	+	There was also a Christmas Special called ''Pull The Other Cracker'' in 1987.
-	In '''Dish the Dirt''', they did much the same thing except tell a story about another celeb they happened to know. How they could definitively verify these stories one can only guess.	+	Produced by Edward Taylor, who had previously made [[Does the Team Think?]]; the two shows were both improvisation comedies with arbitrary scoring. Paul Donovan, the influential radio critic, argues in his book ''The Radio Companion'' that ''Pull the Other One'' was a full revival of ''Does the Team Think?''; this opinion is not shared by other radio historians.
-		+
-	{{expand}}	+
	== Inventor ==		== Inventor ==
		+	Devised and researched by Andrew Palmer and Nell Brennan.
-	Devised by Stephen Leahy.	+	[[Category:Radio]]
-		+	[[Category:Bizarre]]
-	== Pictures ==	+	[[Category:News]]
-		+
-	<div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/p/pull_the_other_one/pull the other one 2.jpg" alt="pull the other one 2.jpg" width="225" height="165">''Fact, apparently.''</div>	+
-		+
	[[Category:Panel Game]]		[[Category:Panel Game]]
-	[[Category:Action Time Productions]]
-	[[Category:Carlton Productions]]

---

Current revision as of 20:10, 16 July 2024

Synopsis

Three guests are given unusual news stories and were asked to tell the future Sir David what happened.

There was also a Christmas Special called Pull The Other Cracker in 1987.

Produced by Edward Taylor, who had previously made Does the Team Think?; the two shows were both improvisation comedies with arbitrary scoring. Paul Donovan, the influential radio critic, argues in his book The Radio Companion that Pull the Other One was a full revival of Does the Team Think?; this opinion is not shared by other radio historians.

Inventor

Devised and researched by Andrew Palmer and Nell Brennan.

Feedback

To correct something on this page or post an addition, please complete this form and press "Send":
If you are asking us a question, please read our contact us page and FAQ first.

Name: E-mail: