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    17 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

     

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    American actor  Brad Davis died on this day in 1991 aged just  41.

    His first big break in acting was in an NBC television network soap opera  called  How to survive a marriage  (1974) but he Spon progressed to film within less than two years.

    Undoubtedly his biggest hit was Midnight Express (1978) . A prison drama directed by Alan Parker  in which he played the lead role of Billy Hayes.Bo Hopkins,  Randy Quaid  and John Hurt were part of the cast too.   

             Davis won a Golden Globe  award for new star of the year for his performance  and received two BAFTA nominations for most promising newcomer  and Beat actor in a leading role.

    Roles in Chariots of fire(1981),  A small circle of friends (1980), Cold Steel (1987) alongside a then largely unknown  Sharon Stone and  the lead role in Larry Kramers pretty much autobiographical  play  The Normal heart.

    He married casting director  Susan Bluestein in 1976 and they  had one child together.  

    Brad who was bisexual , was diagnosed with HIV in 1985 but largely due  to the hysteria especially in the showbiz industry in Hollywood  kept his diagnosis private until shortly before his death.  His wife Susan revealed six years after his death that he committed suicide by drugs overdose. 

     

     

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    brad was gorgeous in his prime.

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  5. Posted

    1 hour ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

    I was wondering if there is a list anywhere of living people who have had a death sentence commuted in the UK?  

     

    I was reading about Liam Holden, still only 68, who was sentenced to death in 1973 (Northern Ireland abolished the death penalty shortly afterwards).

     

    Jersey and the Isle of Man were still giving out death sentences  in the 1980s and there must be a few survivors of the 'pause' on executions in the 1960s from the UK mainland, but a definitive list isn't readily available so far as I can see, let alone who might still be alive.

     

    Tony Teare was the last person on Isle of Man to be given the death sentence and that was in 1992. He would only be in his 50s now so possibly still alive.

    Other people given death sentence on IOM since it was abolished in UK are

    James Lunney in 1973 aged 21

    Graham Frankland in 1980 aged 27/28

    Michael Pate in 1981 aged 21

    Stephen Moore in 1982 aged 18

     

    I think that's it. All of them could potentially still be living.

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  7. Posted

    I have been watching old Brookside episodes and wondering about a couple of people.

    Cliff Howells (George Jackson). He seems to have had a steady if not exactly stellar career until about 20 years ago, then nothing.

    Ann Haydn-Edwards (Teresa Nolan) also seems to have stopped working over 20 years ago, but never did that much anyway.

    I know they are not big names but they were in some big storylines and I am curious. I have given up on finding out of Shelagh O 'Hara is still around.I

     

    Not in Brookside, but does anyone know if actress Dawn Beret is still around.

     

     

  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, Toast said:

     

    Well, Archie's family need to be open about it.  Keeping it all hush-hush won't save the lives of other kids who may try it.

    We only have the mum's word that this is what happened. I could also have been suicide.

  9. Posted

    25 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    Still no explanation of what may have caused him to be unconscious and brain dead.   "His mother believes he may have been taking part in an online challenge."

    Well, what?  Isn''t it worth a "Don't try this at home, kids" warning?

    Some kind of choking game I believe. I know of someone who lost their son in a similar manner, though he was a couple of years older than Archie.

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    2 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    I kind of expected more soap operas, but then Falcon Crest got banned... But yeah, where's Dynasty, Dallas, or my second choice Santa Barbara, The Bold and The Beautiful, Golden Girls, etc, etc..... I also thought The Love Boat would have been too risky to pick...

    I was considering a soap, not one of those mentioned, but thought it would have been chosen. I was also considering another programme which I am amazed wasn't chosen but I won't say what it is as I may use a theme for next year's DDP.

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  12. Posted

    Quick question. Does a cast member have to be credited as the same character in their episodes or is it ok if they have had several appearances but as different chatacters?

    Edit. Submitted my pick. 

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  13. Posted

    6 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    I know the face.... I know the face... but from where? Never watched Twin Peaks, maybe Star Trek VI?

    Maybe Titanic or Avatar? He seems to have been in everything. He was the voice of Jon Irenicus, main villain of RPG Baldur's Gate II. 

     

    Edit: Also an actor in Time Bandits, but then who wasnt... 

    He was in an Inside No. 9 episode as well.

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  21. Posted

    42 minutes ago, One shot Paddy said:

    I saw a video taken from Bray a few seconds after the crash and wish I hadn't. I know all the guys over here wear Id with name and blood group but as they are from France maybe not? I'll have to ask someone what the regs are for the TT.

    I believe they are supposed to wear ID.

  22. Posted

    7 hours ago, Grim Up North said:

     

    Imagine the condition of them both for mistaken identity. Doesn't bear thinking about.

     

    Having written these two contrasting instructions I've decided to leave, ludicrous though it is to state 'imagine' and then suggest not thinking about it.

    A friend 's husband witnessed the accident. It sounds every bit as horrific as you are trying not to imagine and I wish she hadn't told me. I feel so sorry for Cesar Chanal's family.

  23. Posted

    I have only seen one house near me decorated with British flags. They also have Gary Barlow cardboard cut-out in their window!

    All the focus here has been on the first TT since 2019 rather than the Jubilee.

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