"Britain caught up in Beaky-mania", ran the headlines 30 years ago. Truly, the past is another country. This tribute night to Jeremy Lloyd's Captain Beaky poems made them seem positively Edwardian – ...

Life of crime: Keith Michell's original designs for the sleeve of 'Captain Beaky Vol II' In 1980 an odd slogan began appearing across Britain. “Hissing Sid is Innocent!” was printed on T-shirts and ...

Re-live one of the great children’s hits of the Seventies with Captain Beaky and His Band at the Royal Albert Hall. Join Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful Owl and Batty Bat for a festive evening on ...

One example of The Revillos’ bad luck is when their rising (and only) micro-hit “Motorbike Beat” is offered a spot on Top of the Pops. The band are given no time to rehearse or perform as the day has ...

An operation to fix a mute rooster's beak has been hailed as a success and raised hopes he will cock-a-doodle-doo for the first time. Captain Beaky, who also struggled to eat, went under the knife to ...

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The barmy bird has been terrorising pensioners Peter and Jan Hallett and their neighbours near Cleobury Mortimer for months. It comes after the Shropshire Star reported how another pheasant, ...

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