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I'm British and I have no idea who Andy Partridge is and thought you meant Andy Parsons. Even after googling I'm not really any the wiser and I'm still not sure who Dr Feelgood are either. Chris Woodhead on the other hand I'm all too familiar with.

Yes. Connie would be a great addition to the Missing in Action thread

Too many conspiracists on this forum for my liking. She had running health problems, reported long before her death aged 60 and was a 40 a day smoker. Just what would be the point in the government faking her death? Protection programmes are generally successful enough without the need to lie about anything. If it was later discovered that the government had "faked her death", that'd be enough to bring a government down for the sheer deceit, and with the power and persistence of the press in the UK I strongly doubt that one would slip by them.

So insanely nice to see dear Rhoda (and for me she will always be Rhoda Morgenstern), to see her health holding together as the year begins to fold. To a longer life and a cheerful '15!

I'm quite partial to the modern classic that is, The Darkness - Don't let the bells end It must be because of my immaturity, me thinks. Apologies if this is one of the above links, I have not had the time to check!

This is getting overlooked on the forum, it's proper Hollywood Babylon stuff. She was killed in a murder-suicide by her husband because she was cheating on him with Trey Songz (who will probably have to ditch the nickname "Mr Steal Ya Girl" now). Her husband allegedly committed both the murder and suicide while facetiming Floyd Mayweather.

These two statements don't seem to tally. I did have to look up JvdW but I presumed my total lack of interest in Rugby made that understandable. Even if you didn't know Wilko Johnson's name you would have heard of Dr Hook therefore I think his inclusion was more than justified combined with his high profile battle with cancer. Chris Woodhead is an odd one there have even been some UK comments on is he famous enough to be on here but we would happily inlcude Union Leaders and Churchmen so appointed high powered public officials should be fair game. To extend the Wilko analogy you may not know his name but you understand what Ofsted is right? If Steve of Canada ever does I have a little quiz for him. Ten thoroughly British types how many of them would you consider worthy of going on the list (ie you have heard of them) Sylvester McCoy David Steel Bill Morris John Craven Andy Partridge Deninis Skinner Patricia Routledge Tanni Grey-Thompson Nigel Lawson Kevin Kennedy Note even if you are not Steve of Canada you can comment on this list of Britishness. Thanks. I will take up the challenge. My take on it all: 1. Yes, internationally famous. 2. No, I had to Google him but someone a bit older than me would probably be familiar with the name. 3. I Googled him and I still not sure which Bill Morris you mean... Is it the cricketer? https://en.wikipedia...sambiguation%29 4. No, his television shows aren't internationally known. 5. The only Partridge musicians I know of are the Partridge family. That's probably more a reflection on me though since I don't follow pop music that much. I have vaguely heard of XTC and I might even know a song or two if you played them for me. 6. Yes, internationally famous. 7. Yes, internationally famous. 8. No, I had never heard of her until I Googled her just now. Not known internationally. 9. Yes, internationally famous (mainly because of his daughter.) 10. No, I avoid soapies like the plague at the best of times and I don't think Coronation Street is even aired over here. Just for fun, I will throw it back at you with some Australian equivalents. See how many you know.... Again, these are all household names in Australia. 1. Okay, I am stumped to think of an Aussie equivalent to Sylvester McCoy.... Maybe Barry Humphries in terms of quirkiness and fame-level. 2. Cheryl Kernot 3. Arthur Morris 4. Kerry O'Brien 5. Red Symons 6. Gareth Evans 7. Ruth Cracknell (dead but a good equivalent to Routledge.) 8. Melissa Carlton 9. Peter Costello 10. Peter Rowsthorn. Humphries of course and Cracknell yes ( I used to watch Mother and Son on Channel 4) and I've heard of an Aussie politician called Kerry O'Brien but I can't place the others. Edited to add I have heard of XTC but only because Dave Mattacks drummed with them so they are vaguely on my radar, couldn't name any of their work though.

I was actually thinking of the Trade Union leader but I think that answers the question.

These two statements don't seem to tally. I did have to look up JvdW but I presumed my total lack of interest in Rugby made that understandable. Even if you didn't know Wilko Johnson's name you would have heard of Dr Hook therefore I think his inclusion was more than justified combined with his high profile battle with cancer. Chris Woodhead is an odd one there have even been some UK comments on is he famous enough to be on here but we would happily inlcude Union Leaders and Churchmen so appointed high powered public officials should be fair game. To extend the Wilko analogy you may not know his name but you understand what Ofsted is right? If Steve of Canada ever does I have a little quiz for him. Ten thoroughly British types how many of them would you consider worthy of going on the list (ie you have heard of them) Sylvester McCoy David Steel Bill Morris John Craven Andy Partridge Deninis Skinner Patricia Routledge Tanni Grey-Thompson Nigel Lawson Kevin Kennedy Note even if you are not Steve of Canada you can comment on this list of Britishness. Thanks. I will take up the challenge. My take on it all: 1. Yes, internationally famous. 2. No, I had to Google him but someone a bit older than me would probably be familiar with the name. 3. I Googled him and I still not sure which Bill Morris you mean... Is it the cricketer? https://en.wikipedia...sambiguation%29 4. No, his television shows aren't internationally known. 5. The only Partridge musicians I know of are the Partridge family. That's probably more a reflection on me though since I don't follow pop music that much. I have vaguely heard of XTC and I might even know a song or two if you played them for me. 6. Yes, internationally famous. 7. Yes, internationally famous. 8. No, I had never heard of her until I Googled her just now. Not known internationally. 9. Yes, internationally famous (mainly because of his daughter.) 10. No, I avoid soapies like the plague at the best of times and I don't think Coronation Street is even aired over here. Just for fun, I will throw it back at you with some Australian equivalents. See how many you know.... Again, these are all household names in Australia. 1. Okay, I am stumped to think of an Aussie equivalent to Sylvester McCoy.... Maybe Barry Humphries in terms of quirkiness and fame-level. 2. Cheryl Kernot 3. Arthur Morris 4. Kerry O'Brien 5. Red Symons 6. Gareth Evans 7. Ruth Cracknell (dead but a good equivalent to Routledge.) 8. Melissa Carlton 9. Peter Costello 10. Peter Rowsthorn. Good call without resorting to Google only Barry Humphries registers with me.

Patricia Routledge? It'll be a sad day when the Bucket woman finally kicks the said Bucket.

Patricia Routledge?

Anyway, I've no idea who Kevin Kennedy is, nor do I want to know anything about that sad dump of a TV Show that is Corrie! PS the only real reason I have Liz Dawn on my team is that I really, really hate Corrie.

These two statements don't seem to tally. I did have to look up JvdW but I presumed my total lack of interest in Rugby made that understandable. Even if you didn't know Wilko Johnson's name you would have heard of Dr Hook therefore I think his inclusion was more than justified combined with his high profile battle with cancer. Chris Woodhead is an odd one there have even been some UK comments on is he famous enough to be on here but we would happily inlcude Union Leaders and Churchmen so appointed high powered public officials should be fair game. To extend the Wilko analogy you may not know his name but you understand what Ofsted is right? If Steve of Canada ever does I have a little quiz for him. Ten thoroughly British types how many of them would you consider worthy of going on the list (ie you have heard of them) Sylvester McCoy David Steel Bill Morris John Craven Andy Partridge Deninis Skinner Patricia Routledge Tanni Grey-Thompson Nigel Lawson Kevin Kennedy Note even if you are not Steve of Canada you can comment on this list of Britishness. Thanks. I will take up the challenge. My take on it all: 1. Yes, internationally famous. 2. No, I had to Google him but someone a bit older than me would probably be familiar with the name. 3. I Googled him and I still not sure which Bill Morris you mean... Is it the cricketer? https://en.wikipedia...sambiguation%29 4. No, his television shows aren't internationally known. 5. The only Partridge musicians I know of are the Partridge family. That's probably more a reflection on me though since I don't follow pop music that much. I have vaguely heard of XTC and I might even know a song or two if you played them for me. 6. Yes, internationally famous. 7. Yes, internationally famous. 8. No, I had never heard of her until I Googled her just now. Not known internationally. 9. Yes, internationally famous (mainly because of his daughter.) 10. No, I avoid soapies like the plague at the best of times and I don't think Coronation Street is even aired over here.

Feelgood. To be fair Steve from Canada is likely to be more familiar with Dr Hook than Dr Feelgood.

Agreed. I mean, when I started lurking on here a long time ago, I'd never heard of George Melly (a generational thing) or Anne Feeney (an obscure folky thing) yet now love both. I'm still not really sure who Shaw Taylor was, but still, its cool to be introduced to new things. On the flipside, people I assumed were widely known (Timothy West, for example) drew blank faces from others. In other words to the guest, its a small world, aye, but no need to be small minded in it.