Pans People - Interviews - Crumpet! A Very British S*x Symbol TX - 28/12/2005
- 10 years ago
They were the glamour girls and the girls-next-door. They were the vampire victims dispatched in the first reel of Hammer Horrors. And they were the Carry On dolly birds, guaranteed to elicit a ‘Phwooar’ from Sid James. They were Crumpet!
Tony Livesey sets out to rescue Crumpet from the condescension of history. Recalling his own childhood, growing up in front of the TV in a Burnley terrace, Tony takes us on a trip through three decades of popular culture. How did our thirty year fascination with Crumpet come about – and why did it end? What does it say about the unique British sense of humour. With contributions from Honor Blackman, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Hill’s Angel Sue Upton, Leslie Philips and Wendy Richards, Tony gets to the bottom of this uniquely British phenomenon.
This segment features Dee Dee Wilde & Babs Powell recalling their memories of being a Pans Person, intercut with clips.
Tony Livesey sets out to rescue Crumpet from the condescension of history. Recalling his own childhood, growing up in front of the TV in a Burnley terrace, Tony takes us on a trip through three decades of popular culture. How did our thirty year fascination with Crumpet come about – and why did it end? What does it say about the unique British sense of humour. With contributions from Honor Blackman, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Hill’s Angel Sue Upton, Leslie Philips and Wendy Richards, Tony gets to the bottom of this uniquely British phenomenon.
This segment features Dee Dee Wilde & Babs Powell recalling their memories of being a Pans Person, intercut with clips.