On the Qualcast this week: Dom Littlewood’s one-man crusade against scrounging ne’er-do-wells, Alan Bleasdale and Lord Charles, how Yentob got in at the BBC, Spud-u-like’s luxury dining options, Intellectual Big Brother, the Two Doms, the failed attempt to establish Arthur Negus and Patrick Mower as a double act, the vital importance of forehead cleanliness in show business, Derek Jacobi’s abortive career as a panel game host, and the night that Lance Percival got the better of Terry Scott and the Six Million Dollar Man.
006 - A NEW BEGINNING
From this week, the BO Problem is now dead, long live Barfe and Owen’s Qualcast. A quality podcast (hence the name) with more than a few references to lawnmowers (hence, er, the name). We celebrate the change of name by discussing the terrible events that struck the BBC Television Theatre in 1958, and the statesmanlike way in which Billy Cotton handled them.