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Videos
Rhys Thomas has released a reel of deleted scenes from The Kemps: All Gold.
Aired last Christmas, the Spandau Ballet brothers the mockumentary retunited Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary with the comedian and film-maker , three years after the cult hit All True.
And here’s seven minutes that were cut from the finished product, also featuring Dexter Fletcher as the director of a fictional biopic of the duo.
Read a feature about the show here.
The Kemps: All Gold deleted scenes
With Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp
With Stephen Merchant and Jessica Gunning
Robin Ince bring porn into the pulpit
..at his father's funeral
Jerry Seinfeld on Saturday Night Live
On the Weekend Update segment