Rock on, Nigel
Spinal Tap star talks Stonehenge
Christopher Guest has reprised his Spinal Tap character Nigel Tufnel to promote a new series about Stonehenge.He has filmed a series of spoof interview in his rock star guise to promote a new National Geographic documentary about the stone circle.
In one clip, below, he claims that Stonehenge was made by one man, called Duncan:
In a classic scene from the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, the group performed a stage show set in Stonehenge, but a mix-upwith the set designer meant the giant rock monolith ended up being a few inches tall:
The new documentary follows Bill Bailey's recent History Channel programme about the same subject. Watch a clip:
Here are the rest of the Nigel Tufnel's interviews:
Published: 21 May 2008
