EPISODE 16: Comic books and TV

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In a very special episode, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White travel to Rebellion Publishing in Oxford, the home of the mighty 2000 AD comic. But Rebellion also holds the archive for all of the comics that were published by the International Publishing Company – better known as IPC – through the 20th century. And it's that archive they're exploring, to look at the very many times British comics crossed over with British TV, including School Fun 's Coronation Street School humour strip, The Goodies appearing in Cor! and, of course, the ever-changing jamboree of ITV-owned properties that were featured in the mighty Look-in magazine! Our thanks go to Ben Smith and Charlene Taylor for being…