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CHO-TIME

Radical, Bush-bashing stand-up Margaret Cho starts a West End run tomorrow. I can't say my heart is skipping a beat, but I'll be interested to see how her humour goes down (no puns, please) with a London audience. I watched her new DVD, Revolution, the other day. Dire, absolutely dire. On the other hand, I definitely recommend the Arena documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Amnesty fundraiser The Secret Policeman's Ball. (To be shown on BBC4 next month.) I could have done without the script's glib attempt to draw parallels between Gitmo and Pinochet's Chile, but I suppose it's a small price to pay for another chance to savour the Dead Parrot and Four Yorkshiremen sketches.
If you want to read more, my Times feature on the Policeman's legacy is here.


END OF AN ERA

A once great British institution has outlived its usefulness. No, not the Conservative Party. I'm talking about the Top Of The Pops, which is being axed from BBC1. I stopped being able to recognize the bands somewhere around 1984.

(On the subject of feeling middle-aged, am I the only who sticks his fingers in his ears during the Dolby sound ads at the cinema? I found myself doing that on Saturday night. Very worrying.)

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