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Egotist’s tale of no consequence

After Today
Stage d’Or,
Riddles Court
Edinburgh

THE legendary Sex Pistols interview which brought punk rock fucking and shitting into the mainstream, and outraged a nation, was the swift killing of Thames Television’s Today show.

The programme’s presenter Bill Grundy, however, endured a slower, more painful death and this is the setting for After Today.

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