Beano 75th Birthday.

[stevezodiac]

Just seen this in the latest Radio Times. The celebrations are starting early. Its Monday 28th january by the way.

[Digifiend]

London? Not again! First Just Dandy was only in Scotland, and now this! At least it'll be on iPlayer.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Well, in this increasingly-shrinking world, it's nice to see the BBC still like to segregate us a bit (sarcasm).

To the iPlayer!

[Digifiend]

You can skip the first 20 minutes or so. It's only a third of the programme.

As more and more councils resort to on-the-spot fines to raise revenue, Wendy Hurrell asks if the public are being unfairly penalised. Iain Lee reveals why so much of London is ending up in private hands. And - comedian Roy Hudd celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Beano.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 8_01_2013/

[stevezodiac]

Eight and a half minutes. I recorded it. I went to those Fleet Street offices a few times in the 70s but I don't remember the lift - I must have walked up. I worked as a messenger boy in Fleet Street after I left school. Great days.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Well that was enjoyable - nice to see/hear what Barrie Appleby looks/sounds like after all these years. And the Cartoon Museum's a brilliant place, I've been there twice (bought one of that kid's comics last time I was there as well!).

That "Dennis the Menace from Venice" song is new to me, I'm off to YouTube to find it.

[AndyB]

Thank you for the link! I found it quite curious that they still have the Fleet Street offices - they've long since stopped mentioning that they exist on their publications, and of course the Beano office proper (including Mike and Craig's normal desks) is in Dundee.

[Digifiend]

You don't read Beano's next time page?

Published in Great Britain by DC Thomson & Co. Ltd, 185 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2HS

[AndyB]

I was sure it said the Kingsway offices (former print works) rather than the former premises of S Todd, esquire! Shows how much attention I pay...

What I can tell you is that Mike was not interviewed in no. 185. Like the Courier offices, it's being refurbished!

[stevezodiac]

The latest Yours magazine (for the middle aged like me) has a follow up to the tv programme with Roy Hudd's monthly column.