James Walton

Not merely funny but somehow also joyous: Sky One’s Brassic reviewed

Plus: the central argument of BBC Four's Stories of Australian Cinema was that Australia was 'a nation of storytellers' (ie, a nation)

John Thomson's scene-stealing turn as a down-on-his-luck clown called Mr Popov – or Colin to his friends. Image: Sky UK ltd
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