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Bottle Boys (1984-85): Best-forgotten 80s sitcom
Season 4, Ep. 29
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We look at Bottle Boys, a 1980s sitcom with Robin Askwith, which Beatles scholar Mark Lewisholn hated. There's a milk quiz and music from Joe Adehmar.
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