Mr Majeika (Mr Majeika, 1)

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You can remember them as the FANBOYS joining words. There are also lots of conjunctions you can use to join a main clause to a subordinate clause. I think Mr.Majeika is the main character because his name is on the front cover and he comes with a unusual prop . Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter (Associated-Rediffusion/Channel 5, 2019, Subject/Interviewee)

During the 1960s, Baxter had his own show on BBC Radio Scotland. [4] In 1994 he returned to radio, taking the role of Noël Coward in the BBC World Service Play of the Week, Marvellous Party [5] directed by Neil Cargill. Written by Jon Wynne-Tyson, it also starred Dorothy Tutin as Coward's lifelong friend, Esme Wynne-Tyson (Jon's mother). Also with Cargill, he read Whisky Galore [6] and Jimmy Swan – The Joy Traveller [7] for BBC Radio, providing the voices of all the characters. Stanley Baxter's bedside book of Glasgow humour (Book, 1986). [WorldCat.org]. 22 February 1999. OCLC 13795450. Mr Majeika is the title of a series of children's books, written by Humphrey Carpenter and published between 1984 and 2006. It was adapted into a children's television series of the same title and produced for the ITV network by TVS. The show aired between 1988 and 1990 and starred Stanley Baxter as Mr. Majeika. [1] The stories have also been broadcast on radio. We will focus on reading the text, we will answer questions using inference skills and make predictions. Mr Potter was angry when he saw the plate of chips because one of the rules at St Barty’s was that you weren’t allowed chips in school.Teach Yourself To Speak Scottish – 4 – Parliamo Glasgow". 11 January 2008 . Retrieved 9 June 2012– via YouTube.

Carpenter was an expert on children’s literature, and was particularly fascinated by the lives and works of the Inklings, the group of writers which included C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Carpenter adapted Mr Majeika into a musical in 1991. This was premiered in Oxford by his children’s theatre group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Group.After a lengthy spell in self-imposed retirement, he appeared in 2004 in a series of four half-hour radio sitcoms for BBC Radio 4, entitled Stanley Baxter and Friends; [8] the success of this has led to further series entitled The Stanley Baxter Playhouse in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2016, and Two Pipe Problems with Richard Briers in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Two further plays in this series were broadcast in 2013 with Geoffrey Palmer taking the Richard Briers role. In 2009 Eddie Izzard presented The Stanley Baxter Story on BBC Radio 2. [9] A further series of 'Playhouse' commenced airing on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018. Enjoying this activity? Why not have a go at some fun Bitesize activities to practice these skills further… Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014.