G&TV: Up Yer Festival Quickies Posted by Ian Symes on 27th August 2021, 12:59 As we approach the August Bank Holiday weekend, and therefore the conclusion of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, let's travel back in time to 31 years ago. It was a time when the festival had more of a reputation for weird and wonderful variety acts than a focus on stand-up comedy, when multi-channel television was in its infancy in this country, and when Norman Lovett still had hair. These three states of affairs combined to form episode seven of Up Yer Festival, a daily show broadcasting live from the Fringe to an audience of tens on BSB, an early satellite service that was very briefly on air from March to November 1990, when it merged with fellow fledgling broadcaster Sky Television to form the more familiar BSkyB. Produced by Noel Gay Television, at the time the parent company of both Paul Jackson Productions and the newly formed Grant Naylor Productions, the show combined a sample of acts from the festival with specially shot sketches, all linked together by a guest host, including on one occasion, recent Edinburgh migrant Norman Lovett. It's an obscure show on an obscure channel that aired on an obscure satellite service over thirty years ago, but thanks to the magic of the internet (and also to our good friend Jonsmad for pointing us towards it), the full series is available on YouTube, uploaded by the show's producer Richard Hearsey. Read more →
Norman Lovett’s Slide Show Reviews Posted by charliebob on 10th August 2007, 10:28 Norman takes you through almost a year of his life in pictures and has a moan or two on the way. Read more →
Hattie and Norman interview News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 29th July 2007, 01:30 As part of their pre-Edinburgh publicity, Hattie and Norm have a short but perfectly formed interview for Times Online. Read more →
Cappsy’s Newsround – 27/07/07 News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 27th July 2007, 19:24 *Three* updates! And a strange man being overexcited about the fact he gets his first 'Newsround'. Read more →