maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 27, 2022 Our big voiced Brian is MCing a live version of Tubular Bells soon - ably supported by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - https://www.loudersound.com/news/brian-blessed-to-mc-mike-oldfields-tubular-bells-at-new-live-performance 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted March 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Our big voiced Brian is MCing a live version of Tubular Bells soon - ably supported by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - https://www.loudersound.com/news/brian-blessed-to-mc-mike-oldfields-tubular-bells-at-new-live-performance How does one MC a 50 minute instrumental piece? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said: How does one MC a 50 minute instrumental piece? You've not listened all the way through, then! Drop yourself in around three minutes into this: I suspect BB will go for power over the subtlety and wry satire of Vivian Stanshall 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted March 27, 2022 1 minute ago, maryportfuncity said: You've not listened all the way through, then! Drop yourself in around three minutes into this: Ah yes, I had forgotten about the instrument naming. What a cushy MC-ing job this is! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,116 Posted March 27, 2022 Can't beat this though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted March 30, 2022 I just saw him in a 50+-year-old Avengers episode on ITV4, using a relatively normal voice, in the middle of which was an RSPCA advert with an increasingly hysterical Brian voiceover. He’s certainly learned that hamming up it is the best way to please his bank manager. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,026 Posted March 5, 2023 Recent photograph of him at London Film and Comic Con. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,164 Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said: Recent photograph of him at London Film and Comic Con. Is that Sylvester McCoy next to him? Sadly, Blessed doesn't look especially well here to me. His eyes look very puffy in particular 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,026 Posted March 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Deathrace said: Is that Sylvester McCoy next to him? Yep and I think it's Sam Jones in the back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 12, 2023 Old news, right? I mean, they say he's 81. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said: Old news, right? I mean, they say he's 81. “You’re all cunts. I hope you all die of TB” While dressed as Henry VIII. Thats a good night out. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,007 Posted August 15, 2023 He'll be on Newsnight later as the BBC start showing I Claudius on the iPlayer. You're going to hear him roar.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: He'll be on Newsnight later as the BBC start showing I Claudius on the iPlayer. You're going to hear him roar.... For those that missed him... don't know who this Jules Rimenet is though. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,007 Posted October 13, 2023 Brian Blessed's wife, Hildegard Neil has reportedly died: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12629465/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Princess-Dianas-psychic-claims-Royals-consult-mediums.html An actress in her own right, she appeared in A Touch Of Class on film, and diverse TV roles such as Jason King, Space: 1999, Van Der Valk and The Professionals. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624680/ Quote With his booming voice and hearty laugh, Brian Blessed lights up any room. Sadly, he is now mourning his beloved wife of 44 years, Hildegard Neil, who has died aged 84. She was a distinguished actress who played Sir Roger Moore's wife in The Man Who Haunted Himself. She met Blessed on the set of a television drama, Double Agent. A family spokesman says Hildegard died 'after a long, brave fight against cancer and a heart condition'. Blessed, 87, has said his 'wonderful' wife called him 'primitive' in the early days of their romance. But he insisted it was a compliment and a marker of 'total sophistication'. The actor, who has climbed the world's highest mountain three times, said of Hildegard: 'It took greater courage to kiss her on the lips than it did to go up Everest. 8 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,579 Posted October 14, 2023 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Brian Blessed's wife, Hildegard Neil has reportedly died: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12629465/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Princess-Dianas-psychic-claims-Royals-consult-mediums.html An actress in her own right, she appeared in A Touch Of Class on film, and diverse TV roles such as Jason King, Space: 1999, Van Der Valk and The Professionals. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624680/ Hasn’t she been a DDP selection before? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,384 Posted October 14, 2023 Still alive on the likes of IMDB and Wiki, presumably because there've been no reports of Hildegard Neil's death anywhere other than the above mention in the Daily Heil and this below, which was posted by TV Producer Nick Shearman on Facebook, that states she died on 19th September. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted January 22 Classic, or summat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,164 Posted May 31 Photo of the man himself a couple of days ago being canvassed by his local Lib Dem candidate at the General Election 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbean1121 238 Posted May 31 26 minutes ago, Deathrace said: Photo of the man himself a couple of days ago being canvassed by his local Lib Dem candidate at the General Election is it mean to say that he looks kinda dead already here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,390 Posted May 31 33 minutes ago, jimbean1121 said: is it mean to say that he looks kinda dead already here? Of all the photos of lingering cadavers that get shared on this site, that above image wouldn't have especially crossed my mind as one. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,116 Posted May 31 38 minutes ago, jimbean1121 said: is it mean to say that he looks kinda dead already here? I think he looks ..... unenthusiastic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles De Gaulle 484 Posted May 31 1 hour ago, Deathrace said: Photo of the man himself a couple of days ago being canvassed by his local Lib Dem candidate at the General Election Could pass as someone thirty years younger tbh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,007 Posted May 31 I'll bet Brian tried to sell him one of those "Bust The Dust" things he pushes on the ad breaks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DDI 105 Posted May 31 3 hours ago, Charles De Gaulle said: Could pass as someone thirty years younger tbh. Yeah, I’d say he’s holding up almost as well as Shatner. I guess it’s true, fat don’t crack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,007 Posted July 8 Has opened up to the Times about his loneliness. Fortunately, the Mail steals the story so we can read about it: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13610157/Brian-Blessed-87-lonely-wife-death-michael-palin.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
