The next part of That BBC Continuity Thing That We Couldn’t Be Bothered Thinking Of A Proper Name For will be along soon, but in the meantime here’s a treat from the archives – an ancient article by me about pre-fame Peter Baynham/Alistair McGowan BBC Radio sketch show The Harpoon, along with an interview that Neil from Cook’d & Bomb’d and I did with series co-writer Julian Dutton. Pip Pip!
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