G&TV: Hattie Hayridge on Friday Night Live (08/04/1988) Quickies Posted by Jonathan Capps on 31st May 2020, 13:25 Considering Saturday Live is basically the primordial soup from which most of the 90s British comedy establishment first emerged, it should be no real surprise that many members of Dwarf royalty got if not their first, then certainly a good chunk of, their early TV exposure from the show. In fact, Chris Barrie's episode as host in the first series is what kicked off G&TV to begin with. By the second series Ben Elton was on permanent hosting duties and by the third it had moved to Friday nights and added a 'Night' to the title, because why not. It's in this series that Hattie Hayridge got what must've been her first TV appearance. Read more →
G&TV: Space Cadets Quickies Posted by Ian Symes on 28th February 2019, 13:26 We're going back 22 years for this month's G&TV, a fact that will no doubt unsettle any readers who remember watching it at the time. Not to be confused with a completely unrelated Channel 4 show called Space Cadets, which involved tricking gullible young people into thinking they were going into space when in fact they were just in a big warehouse, this Space Cadets was a 1997 panel show dedicated to science-fiction, following in the wake of other single-topic shows like They Think It's All Over and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. It was hosted by Greg Proops, with team captains Bill Bailey and Craig Charles. It wasn't very good. The format was pretty run of the mill - a what happened next round, then a picture round, a bit of Call My Bluff with sci-fi props and a final quickfire trivia round - with nothing particularly unique or memorable to set it apart. The shows were often shambolic, with panellists shouting over each other and Proops coming up short in keeping control, the editing slapdash and the production values failing to disguise the evidently low budget. Although I did like Greg's Davros-inspired chair. The first episode is available in full on YouTube, complete with original in-vision continuity announcement, and one of the guests is another familiar Red Dwarf face: Read more →
High & Low: Holly Scenes Features Posted by Ian Symes on 19th February 2019, 13:24 Behold! Former G&T regular feature High & Low, in which we compile both the top ten and the bottom five of a particular Red Dwarf topic, is back, just three years and ten months after the last one. That's about average for a second-class fansite. We're no longer attempting to make it a monthly occurrence, but we fancied bringing back the format as an option to use from time to time. And as we not only promised back in 2015 that the next edition would be Holly Scenes, but even went to the trouble of getting Hattie Hayridge herself to pick one of the entries, we'd better finally crack on with it... Read more →
DwarfCast 60 – Hattie Hayridge Interview DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 14th April 2015, 17:44 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Hattie Hayridge, the comedian and actress who played Holly in TV's popular Red Dwarf programme, popped round to G&T Towers for a cup of tea, so we shoved a microphone in her face and discussed such topics as the impact and legacy of Red Dwarf, whether it's worth watching any episodes that don't have Hattie in, and a surprising amount about poker. We also asked some of your burning questions, and graciously allowed Hattie to pick her favourite Holly moment for inclusion in the next edition of High & Low. Ian Symes is your host, and his posse consists of Danny Stephenson and Jo Sharples. Read more →
Ask Hattie Hayridge Anything News Posted by Ian Symes on 10th April 2015, 19:46 Good news, everyone! We’re going to be interviewing Hattie Hayridge early next week, for a very special Dwarfcast. And we’re giving you the opportunity to ask her anything you like about Red Dwarf, her career, or anything else you feel she might want to talk about. Just leave a comment on this post, and we’ll put your question to Hattie. Unless it’s shit. You have until Monday morning.
I’m Not With Andrew News Posted by Seb Patrick on 5th November 2010, 13:57 I'd always assumed that Red Dwarf associate (or should that be "exec"?) producer Andrew Ellard spent his entire life immersed in the show, even when it wasn't being made. I've always had this picture of him sitting at his desk, watching the DVDs over and over again, occasionally having a chat with Doug, and just counting down the days until Friday so that he could post news items on the official site. But it turns out that no. That perception is a good few years out of date. Because Andrew actually has an entire non-Dwarfy CAREER as a writer and somewhat renowned script editor, a career that's just yielded a radio sitcom pilot that you can download for free RIGHT NOW. Read more →
Hattie Hayridge at Karaoke Circus! News Posted by Tanya Jones on 12th February 2010, 12:02 Hattie did a belting version of the Beatles' "Oh Darling" at Karaoke Circus, London's very best night out. But don't take it from me: here's video proof! Read more →
And do you know why we can’t hear anything? News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 24th June 2008, 00:40 While I try to remember how many times we've used a variation of (or EXACTLY THAT) title for a news item, let's have a bit of an old catch up. Read more →
Ian’s Newsround News Posted by Ian Symes on 8th March 2008, 09:24 The return of a historic G&T feature that will delight upwards of no people. Let's see what TOS has got in the old magic bag here... Read more →
A Spring Of Hollies News Posted by Ian Symes on 14th January 2008, 21:51 As Norm revealed on his news page, erm, yesterday: Hattie Hayridge and I will be touring the country in the Spring doing a double header stand up comedy show. Dates will be announced very soon. Read more →
