Mollie Sugden et al

[YoungWillz 21,179]

Jean Boht dead? 

 

[Bibliogryphon 9,639]

1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Jean Boht dead? 

 

 

 

Very soon after her husband.....

[Spade_Cooley 9,624]

God I fucking hated Bread.

[Bibliogryphon 9,639]

6 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

God I fucking hated Bread.

 

There should have been a gluten free alternative....

[time 8,674]

Jean Boht Brown Bread, surely?

[time 8,674]

28 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

God I fucking hated Bread.

Me too. The Mrs. Brown's Boys of its day.

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 376]

49 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

God I fucking hated Bread.

Me too. It wasn't helped by one of the cast being the son of a teacher I had at school, as I couldn't see his name without thinking what a twat his father was.

[Imelda 625]

25 minutes ago, time said:

Me too. The Mrs. Brown's Boys of its day.

 

Split the household. My Northerner dad liked it (the first couple of series, anyway) and my mum hated it. She'd go off and do the ironing when it was on.

[Cerberus 304]

Boht has sailed ... 

 

Thought she went a couple of years ago, for some reason. I wonder who I was thinking of? 

[Spade_Cooley 9,624]

49 minutes ago, Cerberus said:

Boht has sailed ... 

 

Thought she went a couple of years ago, for some reason. I wonder who I was thinking of? 

Carla Lane?

[Handrejka 1,911]

On 13/09/2023 at 12:34, Imelda said:

 

Split the household. My Northerner dad liked it (the first couple of series, anyway) and my mum hated it. She'd go off and do the ironing when it was on.

It was similar in my  Merseyside household.  My dad hated it, my nan loved it, my mum and I watched it because we fancied  Peter Howitt and Victor Maguire respectively. 

We had the same wall paper in our bathroom that they had in their kitchen which amused me more than anything in the show.

[MarkF 60]

Geoffrey Davies the Doctor In The House and all it's sequels has died.  I think that leaves George Layton as the only surviving main cast member.

 

Geoffrey Davies obituary (msn.com)

[YoungWillz 21,179]

On 28/07/2020 at 22:43, YoungWillz said:

On 23/01/2014 at 22:18, Guest guest said:

Pretty much every major character from the peerless Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74) is still with us 40 years on, that's not bad going.

 

James Bolam (Jun 16th 1935)

Rodney Bewes (Nov 16th 1937)

Brigit Forsyth (Jul 28th 1940)

Sheila Fearn (Oct 3rd 1940)

Well, there comes 80 Brigit Forsyth.

 

Probably the three remaining are fringing the radar now...

Brigit Forsyth dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67590697

[The Old Crem 3,628]

2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Brigit Forsyth dead. Link to follow.

Sad news. 
 

Second hit for the Pointless theme team in two days. 

[YoungWillz 21,179]

Brigit Forsyth's turn as Thelma in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? is a tour de force of comedic acting, imo. Never played for laughs, and all the funnier for it. A welcome sight whenever I saw her on the tellybox.

 

Can't say I saw her in Still Open All Hours, as I dislike the original intensely (worst thing after Clarence that Ronnie Barker ever did imo) so I never watched the update.

 

She's a Doctor Who alumnus as well - all episodes of Evil of the Daleks.

[Master Obit 852]

A sad loss. 

 

On Open All Hours - I absolutely loved the original, but the remake was a bit of a catastrophe with the way they drew it out. Still, she seemed like a very talented actress and an unfortunate add to the string of recent deaths.

[alt obits guy 3,384]

John B. Hobbs, a prolific sitcom producer and director whose credits included Brush Strokes, 'Allo 'Allo!, Terry & June, Butterflies, and Mulberry, has died. He was 87.

 

https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/7808/sitcom-maker-john-b-hobbs-dies/

[YoungWillz 21,179]

Death notice for John Clegg, Gunner La Di Da Graham and Paderewski of the It Ain't Half Hot Mum troupe, aged 90: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/clegg-notices_58462

 

DDP pick.

 

Been watching the series, now over half the regular cast are dead. RIP John, an inspiration to a young YoungWillz. 

[Leon Brittan 297]

36 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Death notice for John Clegg, Gunner La Di Da Graham and Paderewski of the It Ain't Half Hot Mum troupe, aged 90: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/clegg-notices_58462

 

DDP pick.

 

Been watching the series, now over half the regular cast are dead. RIP John, an inspiration to a young YoungWillz. 

RIP mr lah de dah gunner Graham 

[Ulitzer95 12,843]

53 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Death notice for John Clegg, Gunner La Di Da Graham and Paderewski of the It Ain't Half Hot Mum troupe, aged 90: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/clegg-notices_58462

 

DDP pick.

 

Been watching the series, now over half the regular cast are dead. RIP John, an inspiration to a young YoungWillz. 

Of the actors that were in more than 3 episodes:

Windsor Davis, Donald Hewlett, Don Estelle, Christopher Mitchell, John Clegg, Dino Shafeek, Kenneth MacDonald, Michael Bates, Andy Ho, Ishaq Bus are dead.

Melvyn Hayes (b. 1935), Michael Knowles (b. 1937), Stuart McGugan (b. 1944), Mike Kinsey (b. 1939), Barbar Bhatti (b. 1949), George Layton (b. 1943) and John D. Collins (b. 1942), and Renu Setna (b. c. 1929) are still alive.

Ashwin Patel (b. ?), Mohammad Shamsi (b. 1929), Saad Ghazi (b. ?) I have no idea if they're still alive.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,477]

Update on Still Game's James Martin:

 

[YoungWillz 21,179]

The opposite of Dying Off The Radar?

 

Annie Leake, who many had presumed died in 2006 and was one of the stars of Beryl's Lot, now reportedly dead aged 96: 

Love Thy Neighbour and Only Fools And Horses among her other credits.