Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

[En Passant 3,754]

8 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I have nothing to hide,

 

Apart from dishonestly and falsely masquerading as a member of parliament you mean?

[The Old Crem 3,628]

On 07/10/2024 at 20:54, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Cheryl Murray, Coronation Street's Suzie Birchall in the 70s and 80s, has a memorial website saying she died September 2023, nothing anywhere else, but it's happened before with a lot of other UK soap stars.

Confirmation from the The Sun. Includes a tribute from ITV.

 

Gets rapid breaking news notifications from the Sun, Mirror and Mail as soon as that statement from ITV was issued. 

[Ulitzer95 12,843]

Can’t name him for legal purposes but this geezer may or may not have been in Corrie and The Bill.

 

From that it’s not difficult to work it out.

 

One to watch.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31341686/tv-soap-star-arrested-suspicion-child-sex-offences/amp/

[The Old Crem 3,628]

8 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Can’t name him for legal purposes but this geezer may or may not have been in Corrie and The Bill.

 

From that it’s not difficult to work it out.

 

One to watch.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31341686/tv-soap-star-arrested-suspicion-child-sex-offences/amp/

Some papers have suggested he is a current soap star but there is nobody that fits so it’s a former one.
 

However guessing game cases like this are only going to push closer the introduction of no naming until conviction. 

[Ulitzer95 12,843]

49 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Some papers have suggested he is a current soap star but there is nobody that fits so it’s a former one.
 

However guessing game cases like this are only going to push closer the introduction of no naming until conviction. 

Dude, read my post again then do a little original research. You may work it out.

[The Old Crem 3,628]

13 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Dude, read my post again then do a little original research. You may work it out.

I whoever it is (I can’t work it out even through I really should be able to) the main reaction is mainly that their name shouldn’t be released until conviction, 

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,102]

33 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

I can’t work it out even through I really should be able to

If you're going by what Ulitzer said then there's loads of actors who have been in both The Bill and Corrie, but given the coverage it's more likely to be someone who had significant roles in both. Looking at the actors who appeared regularly in The Bill, from what I can see there are 3 male names who I recognise as being regulars in Corrie. One of them isn't old enough, so in my head there's two people who this could potentially be about, neither of whom are still in the show.

[Handrejka 1,911]

52 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

If you're going by what Ulitzer said then there's loads of actors who have been in both The Bill and Corrie, but given the coverage it's more likely to be someone who had significant roles in both. Looking at the actors who appeared regularly in The Bill, from what I can see there are 3 male names who I recognise as being regulars in Corrie. One of them isn't old enough, so in my head there's two people who this could potentially be about, neither of whom are still in the show.

If it's who I'm thinking of he was cleared of something similar about a decade ago. (Not Michael Le Vell)

[Toast 16,232]

Note: if the alleged offences were against teenagers, he is not a paedophile.

I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but we need to keep the word for offenders against young children.

[Ulitzer95 12,843]

6 minutes ago, Toast said:

Note: if the alleged offences were against teenagers, he is not a paedophile.

I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but we need to keep the word for offenders against young children.

Nobody above used the the words pedophile or children.

The articles in the press atm make it clear that it was teenagers. They don't however state if those teenagers were of legal age or not (or a mixture of both).

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,102]

36 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

If it's who I'm thinking of he was cleared of something similar about a decade ago. (Not Michael Le Vell)

I didn't know that, makes me a lot more likely to believe it's him over the other person who fits the criteria.

[Toast 16,232]

26 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Nobody above used the the words pedophile or children.
The articles in the press atm make it clear that it was teenagers. They don't however state if those teenagers were of legal age or not (or a mixture of both).

 

It's in the headline.  Paedophilia by definition involves underage children. 

Legal age is another issue.  Because having sex with a minor is illegal, people conflate it with paedophilia.  Legal age varies in different jurisdictions anyway so it's more complicated.

 

[The Old Crem 3,628]

28 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Nobody above used the the words pedophile or children.

The articles in the press atm make it clear that it was teenagers. They don't however state if those teenagers were of legal age or not (or a mixture of both).

Legal age back in the 1990’s was 21 until 1994 and then 18 until 2001. These offences are said to have been in the 1990’s. 
 

If he did commit suicide it would post it in the Bill thread - he is more remembered for that than his relatively short stint in Corrie. 

[msc 18,536]

I'm terrible at these guessing games. Not the chap from Kinda?

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,102]

15 minutes ago, msc said:

I'm terrible at these guessing games. Not the chap from Kinda?

I'm assuming that 'Kinda' is the Doctor Who episode and you're referring to Simon Rouse,

 

who, to be Frank, is not the name we seem to have collectively decided to Foster. 

[time 8,676]

Anybody dead yet?

[msc 18,536]

24 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I'm assuming that 'Kinda' is the Doctor Who episode and you're referring to Simon Rouse,

 

who, to be Frank, is not the name we seem to have collectively decided to Foster. 

Yep and good.

[Gisooo 3,462]

American actor Wayne Northrop (Wiki) who appeared in TV Shows like Dynasty and Days of Our Lives dead at 77 from Alzheimer's Disease.

 

[Undead In Ohio 156]

17 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

American actor Wayne Northrop (Wiki) who appeared in TV Shows like Dynasty and Days of Our Lives dead at 77 from Alzheimer's Disease.

 

 

That's the 2nd actor who portrayed Roman Brady on Days of Our Lives to die this year (Drake Hogestyn). The current Roman (Josh Taylor) has to be feeling a little bit antsy right now..

[GEMINEYE 207]

https://news.sky.com/story/neighbours-star-ian-smith-who-plays-harold-bishop-reveals-he-has-aggressive-non-fixable-cancer-13265162

 

Ian Smith, who has played Harold Bishop in Neighbours for decades, has terminal cancer. A cert for the 2025 list.

[Gisooo 3,462]

American actor Thom Christopher (Wiki) dead at 84

 

Best known for his ABC's TV Show One Life to Live, which was nominated 5 time and won only once a Daytime Emmy Award.

 

Also appeared in movies like Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Selena and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

 

[prussianblue 1,066]

Latest appearance of Anne Reid on Caroline Quentin's insta.

[msc 18,536]

25 minutes ago, prussianblue said:

Latest appearance of Anne Reid on Caroline Quentin's insta.

 

A future DLer but still acting, shouldn't concern us for a few years yet.

 

Didn't recognise Caroline Quentin, mind you. 

[Steve 640]

1 minute ago, msc said:

 

A future DLer but still acting, shouldn't concern us for a few years yet.

 

Didn't recognise Caroline Quentin, mind you. 

Anne Reid isn't a 2025 contender but I do think she looks a little frail and can see her being a contender around the 2027 time frame.