In which Andrew Collins (who co-wrote Not Going Out) talks about how sitcoms written by the actors (eg Gavin and Stacey) can "plumb new depths of embarrassment and self-abasement", we wonder (with Fraser Lewry) if heavy metal is any less absurd than Devo or the Ramones but just doesn't have rock critics making serious points about it, ask if you can write a biopic about Elvis as there's no feelgood ending, and list famous people we only know one fact about eg Geoff Capes (kept budgerigars!), Jim Bowen (lived in a railway station!), Sarah Miles (drank her own wee!).

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