Frank

Frank Sidebottom - First TV Appearance on 'TX' (1985)

Thought lost to the ravages of time but rediscovered amongst my many vhs tapes - here it is, in all it's glory - 

Frank Sidebottom's first national TV appearance 

(as far as I'm aware) on the show 'TX' (1985). 

It features a very green-around-the-gills Tony Slattery, 

and the incomparable Professor Stanley Unwin.... 

'I am indeed-lobe'. 

RIP Frank/Chris.... hope this helps 

keep the memories alive forever!

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story reviewed by Mark Kermode

'Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story' explores the extraordinary secret life of artist Chris Sievey, best known as his alter ego Frank Sidebottom, the maverick Northern comedian in a fake head. 

Frank Sidebottom, his greatest creation, became a star - a manic, insane, mercurial star burning brightly from within a papier mâché head - a star who obscures his own creator. 

But who really knew Chris Sievey, 

the fractured genius underneath the mask? 

Chris Sievey was a musician, songwriter, artist, comedian,

 filmmaker, performance artist and wayward genius 

who created an alter ego that he grew to resent. 

Director Steve Sullivan pieces together Sievey's split personality through an extensive archive of personal notebooks, movies, art and music, alongside insights from his closest confidants, including Johnny Vegas, Jon Ronson, 

John Cooper Clarke, Ross Noble, and more. 

What he uncovers is an intimate portrait of a sensitive,

 tortured outsider artist, forever on the outside looking in.

Filth - 2014 - James McAvoy - Frank Sidebottom - Best Scene

Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. 

He is clearly the best man for the job - 

the rest of his colleagues are just idiots.

Annoyingly, there's been a murder 

and Bruce's boss wants results. 

No problem for Bruce. He's in Control 

and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, 

his wife will return to him. No problem.

But is life that simple? 

Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is? 

The tragic, hilarious and memorable answers 

unfold in FILTH...

FILTH, a Jon S. Baird film based on 

the acclaimed novel by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting). 

FILTH stars James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, 

Joanne Froggatt, Jim Broadbent, Shirley Henderson.