One Foot In The Gravy. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows)
One Foot In The Gravy

One Foot In The Gravy

  • TV stand-up
  • Sky Arts
  • 2011
  • 1 episode

John Shuttleworth takes to the stage at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. A TV broadcast of Graham Fellows' 2001 stage show. Stars Graham Fellows.

Press clippings

The poet laureate of parochialism and the mundane, John Shuttleworth is on fine form with this show from 2001. Fans of the Radio 4 presenter and retired security guard are in for a treat with his analysis of impending disasters. Of course, while it could be a catalogue of misery, Shuttleworth habitually celebrates minor triumphs and finds the remarkable in the routine. If flooding does affect his Sheffield home, he has absolute certainty that he'll be able to use the car port as a jetty. And if things did go really wrong, he'd be happy to go caravanning. If, like Shuttleworth, you're amazed by the convenience of contemporary living, you'll find yourself agreeing with his tributes to fleeces and comfy footwear and singing along to his ode to the carvery, "Mary had a little lamb, green beans and new potatoes." Few performers have been able to wring such depths of emotion from a portable Yamaha electronic organ as Shuttleworth. Graham Fellows's character is true one-off.

Geoff Ellis, Radio Times, 4th June 2011

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