Re: Programme titles I don't get!


"Paul D" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was thinking about commonly heard programme titles recently and I
realised
that there are some titles that I don't get, or at least I don't
understand
their derivation! I know that often the names of programmes are
deliberately
meaningless and whacky, but others seem to have some elusive context.

For instance, where does the 'strictly' come from in programmes like
'Strictly Come Dancing/Dance Fever'? Obviously I understand its use in
notices like 'strictly no smoking' but what is its usage in this case?

Strictly Come Dancing is from the 1992 Australian film "Strictly
Ballroom".

Strictly Ballroom is a reference to competitive ballroom dancing
in proper costumes with judges etc as opposed to social ballroom
dancing. Where anything goes.



Also: 'Murder, She Wrote'. Is this taken from a book? What does it
actually
mean? (I've never seen the show).

....

"Murder She Wrote" was the title of a study of Agatha Christie published
in 1982. It was maybe taken from "Murder She Said" the title of a Miss
Marple film starring Margeret Rutherford.

....


Another one: 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' - ??

....

A reference to a release by a popular beat combo called the Sex Pistols
- "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols". The Buzzcocks were
another beat combo.



Any others?


Never heard of that one.


michael adams


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