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  1. Posted

    Still not dead

     

    When I first saw this picture I wondered why Chris Patten was holding her up?

     

    I had no idea that Mark Thatcher had been knighted.

     

    He has this title as the 2nd Baronet because his parents were given hereditary peerages. He has been Sir Mark since Dennis died.

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    I am feeling bad about all the comments on this site about Sandi Toksvig. So i am going to say nice things about her.

     

    She is very very funny and although she can come across as smug, this is in the same sense as Stephen Fry who slightly sends up their own pomposity.

     

    If any one is in doubt of her comic talents they should watch The Big One (C4 romantic sit com with Mike McShane) which she co-wrote and starred in. The perfect demonstration that not just beautiful people can fall in love. It is criminal that this has never been released on DVD. I can't even find it on Youtube.

     

    So a big hearty cheer for everyone's favourite Danish Comedienne.

  5. Posted

    As promised the Babylon 5 thread.

     

    Below is a list of the main players and selected guest cast. There are at least 5 early deaths. Is the show cursed?

     

    Bruce Boxleitner (1950-

    Michael O' Hare (1952-2012)

    Claudia Christian (1965-

    Jerry Doyle (1956-

    Mira Furlan (1955-

    Richard Biggs (1960-2004)

    Andrea Thompson (1959-

    Bill Mumy (1954-

    Jason Carter (1960-

    Tracey Scoggins (1953-

    Stephen Furst (1955-

    Patrica Tallman (1957-

    Peter Jurasik (1950-

    Andreas Katsulas (1946-2006)

    Jeff Conaway (1950-2011)

    Robert Rusler (1965-

    Julie Caitlin Brown (1961-

    Mary Kay Adams (1962-

    Tim Choate (1954-2004)

    Ed Wasser (1964-

    John Vickery (1950-

    Marshall Teague (1953-

    Walter Koenig (1936-

    Ardwright Chamberlain (1957-

    Joshua Cox (1965-

    Theodore Bikel (1924-

    June Lockhart (1925-

     

    J Michael Straczynski (1954-

    Christopher Franke (1953-

     

    D C Fontana (1939 -

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  7. Posted

    http://tennis.si.com...hreat-shanghai/

     

    Anonymous bloggers on a Chinese website have threatened Roger Federer ahead of next weeks Shanghai Masters Tournament which now will have security amped up.

     

    Assassinating Roger Federer doesn't seem to be a very good threat. He always comes across quite well and difficult to dislike in contrast to some other tennis players I will not mention.

     

    But they are hoping it is only an oral threat!

     

    Plus he's Swiss, they generally don't do much to merit being assassinated

     

    He's a tennis player, and a pretty high-profile one; if you're going to exterminate tennis, its as good a place to start as any.

     

    I think there are other sports I would rather exterminate than tennis. American Football - just don't get it!

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  8. Posted

    http://tennis.si.com...hreat-shanghai/

     

    Anonymous bloggers on a Chinese website have threatened Roger Federer ahead of next weeks Shanghai Masters Tournament which now will have security amped up.

     

    Assassinating Roger Federer doesn't seem to be a very good threat. He always comes across quite well and difficult to dislike in contrast to some other tennis players I will not mention.

     

    But they are hoping it is only an oral threat!

     

    Plus he's Swiss, they generally don't do much to merit being assassinated

     

    Does hoarding Nazi gold count?

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    The Hollywood actor Turhan Bey has died aged 90.He was big in the 1940s apparentely, but sadly not big enough for an english obit yet http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Turhan_Bey

     

    Another for the Babylon5 cast deaths......... maybe they should have a thread of their own?

     

    I might try and do this when I get time unless of course they all die first

     

    You predicting a plane crash or summat?

     

    No just that a lots of them seem to die relatively young, Stephen Briggs, Michael O' Hare, Jeff Conaway & Andreas Katsulas which if you compared them to the cast of Star Trek most of those lasted until they were quite old. Also, as my wife will surely testify, there can be long gap of time between me saying I will do something and it actually getting done!

     

    I would not wish anything bad to happen to the lovely Claudia Christiansen

  11. Posted

    Richard Wilson, so start bringing out yer " 6 foot in the Grave' jokes, dusting em off and hold a Dachshund to yer ear for slight amusement.

     

    Pip Pip

     

    icicle

     

    A couple of years ago I saw Richard Wilson play Malvolio at the RSC. For someone who is well over 70 he was remarkably sprightly and cavorted around the stage, so unless there is some medical suggestion of an underlying problem I would not take any bets on him for 2013.

     

    He's showing no signs of slowing down, I'd wager he'll be around for a while yet

     

    However I think his character of Gaius in Merlin will be dead before the end of November - This is a guess not a spoiler!

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  12. Posted

    http://tennis.si.com...hreat-shanghai/

     

    Anonymous bloggers on a Chinese website have threatened Roger Federer ahead of next weeks Shanghai Masters Tournament which now will have security amped up.

     

    Assassinating Roger Federer doesn't seem to be a very good threat. He always comes across quite well and difficult to dislike in contrast to some other tennis players I will not mention.

     

    But they are hoping it is only an oral threat!

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    I knew it was the tip of the iceberg and I reckon the BBC knew and covered it up. glitter , savile and another unnamed celeb abused a girl in a BBC dressing room in the 70s .

     

    Any idea's who it could be ?

     

    couldnt possibly comment.could have done an act with an agressive blue bird though.alledgedely

     

     

    Rod Hull is conveniently dead. So that leaves the police with the challenging problem of arresting the one surviving participant - Emu - and charging him with either assisting a rape or - at least - withholding evidence. He's excitable; they'd better send a mini bus load of their toughest guys.

     

    At least the suspicion has shifted from Rod Hull.

     

    We now know that there was nothing sinister about his invitation to children to visit his pink windmill.

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  20. Posted

    My father-in-law leant my daughter the DVD of the Ladykillers. Herbert is the only surviving member of the cast but my daughter (aged 16) loved it. Superb film. So gentle but wickedly funny

     

    Does your father in law have any DVDs of Margaret Thatcher he could lend your daughter by any chance? :)

     

    I hope it doesn't work like that otherwise David Jason and Lynda Baron should be scared. :)

     

    Good grief! Whatever happened to Lynda Baron?

     

    She is alive and well and appeared in the 2011 episode of Doctor Who Closing Time.

     

    It would be a very long shot to consider her for any Deathlist.

  23. Posted

    Michael O'Hare at 60, was Commander Sinclair on Babylon5

     

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    from producers Faecesbook page

     

    I regret that I must convey the sad news that Michael O'Hare passed away today. He suffered a heart attack on Sunday and was in a coma until his passing this afternoon. This is a terrible loss for all B5 fans and everyone involved with the show wishes to convey their condolences to the O'Hare family. He was an amazing man.

     

    This is a bit scary as quite a few of the cast of this show have died relatively young.

     

    We have just started watching it through.

     

    Very Sad.

  24. Posted

    Ok, I get the fabulous TV star but Im hoping we aint talking about Lesley Judd here for the other one, dear GOD not wonderful Lesley!!!!!

     

    A little bit later, LFN. Let's just say Duncan was not the only one who was daring...

    ??? We cant be talking about St Peter, surely? Then again... :ph34r:

     

    I thought it was ''Green is the colour''............

    Ah, thats more plausible. She once went down on Mike Smiths Chopper.....................

     

    I'll bet she rimmed Pip Schofield as well.

     

    I remember when I was 13 or so and my older sister speculated that Schofield "slept his way to the top". I naively thought there was a surprising amount of women in top positions at the BBC! :blink:

     

    If you consider the top to be presenting This Morning!

  25. Posted

    My father-in-law leant my daughter the DVD of the Ladykillers. Herbert is the only surviving member of the cast but my daughter (aged 16) loved it. Superb film. So gentle but wickedly funny

     

    Does your father in law have any DVDs of Margaret Thatcher he could lend your daughter by any chance? :)

     

    I hope it doesn't work like that otherwise David Jason and Lynda Baron should be scared. :)

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