Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted November 15, 2017 OK, this is getting beyond a joke now. This show started in 2007. This is the current necrolog: Wendy Richard (Sylvia): Died 2009 Geoffrey Hutchings (Mel Harvey): Died 2010 Kenny Ireland (Donald): Died 2014 Kate O'Mara (Barbra Simmonds): Died 2014 Cilla Black (guest star): Died 2015 Bobby Knutt (Eddie Dawson): Died 2017 Keith Barron (Deputy Mayor): Died 2017 Plus the cast has included at various points DDP longlist names Tim Healy and Vicky Leyton, as well as "keep an eye on them" figures like Joan Collins, Melvyn Hayes and Una Stubbs. Never watched the show. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 15, 2017 Never seen it either. Kenny Ireland was good in House of Cards and Taggart though. Is it filmed on an asbestos landfill? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted November 15, 2017 I watch it. IMO it's quite funny sending up the Brits abroad. I think this is a Marmite programme. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted November 15, 2017 According to Wikipedia, they're adding Hale and Pace to the cast next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted November 15, 2017 24 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: According to Wikipedia, they're adding Hale and Pace to the cast next year. That will be the first time they have been together since they were last together and as hilarious as eczema. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 15, 2017 Very harsh that, imo. Eczema is far funnier. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted November 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said: According to Wikipedia, they're adding Hale and Pace to the cast next year. The END is fecking nigh then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 15, 2017 Bendorm: where past-it comedy actors literally go to die... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,365 Posted November 15, 2017 Brian Murphy is the oldest guest star. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 15, 2017 16 minutes ago, themaninblack said: Bendorm: where past-it comedy actors literally go to die... Well, Last of the Summer Wine's gone... 13 minutes ago, Sean said: Brian Murphy is the oldest guest star. He was in that and all! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted November 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: According to Wikipedia, they're adding Hale and Pace to the cast next year. and the Chuckle Brothers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,365 Posted November 15, 2017 51 minutes ago, msc said: Well, Last of the Summer Wine's gone... He was in that and all! Yeah he was Noreens creepy love interest. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,942 Posted November 15, 2017 Absolutely love this show, whilst 7 of the cast have died, the show has been running for ten years, so that doesn't actually seem catastrophically high. The surprise is more which of the cast have died. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 15, 2017 ^ Ah, so just like pro-wrestling then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,365 Posted December 28, 2017 Tim Healy looks and sounds worse than ever in tonight's still open all hours.Hard to believe he is only 65.Looks older than David Jason and Geoffrey Whitehead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted December 28, 2017 24 minutes ago, Sean said: Tim Healy looks and sounds worse than ever in tonight's still open all hours.Hard to believe he is only 65.Looks older than David Jason and Geoffrey Whitehead. I thought that too. I also thought Bridget Forsyth sounded a little bit frailer than usual but I'd forgotten she's 77 so doesn't look too bad considering. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,176 Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Handrejka said: I thought that too. I also thought Bridget Forsyth sounded a little bit frailer than usual but I'd forgotten she's 77 so doesn't look too bad considering. Well her long running on screen husband in the Likely Lads has recently gone to meet his maker so probably not a great surprise 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted April 30, 2018 Cancelled. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 862 Posted April 30, 2018 52 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Cancelled. Hooray!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,156 Posted April 30, 2018 53 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Cancelled. Only 11 years too late.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted April 30, 2018 AFAIK, it was not just ITV that bought it to a close, I'm pretty sure that there is an article out there where the 'writer' Derren Litten was considering ending the show anyway as he was writing something else that was being commissioned by ITV or similar. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted August 12, 2021 Una Stubbs dead. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RolandDeschain 91 Posted August 12, 2021 Just now, Spade_Cooley said: Una Stubbs dead. Just seen it. Sad news indeed. RIP Good-bye Aunt Sally 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soapywater 17 Posted September 19, 2021 On 15/11/2017 at 11:48, Spade_Cooley said: Wendy Richard (Sylvia): Died 2009 Geoffrey Hutchings (Mel Harvey): Died 2010 Kenny Ireland (Donald): Died 2014 Kate O'Mara (Barbra Simmonds): Died 2014 Cilla Black (guest star): Died 2015 Bobby Knutt (Eddie Dawson): Died 2017 Keith Barron (Deputy Mayor): Died 2017 And since then, John Challis (Monty, died 2021) Una Stubbs (Diana, died 2021) Bobby Ball (Ron, died 2020) Roy Hudd (Maurice, died 2020) Barry Chuckle (Crostini, died 2018). It’s mostly male comedy actors of a certain age, so Tim Healy and Brian Murphy best be cautious. No regular female cast member has died (yet). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted September 19, 2021 Sheila Reid has looked decrepit for about 40 years. Tim Healy looked ghastly last I saw him on TV, doubt he has too long left now. (And Johnny Vegas has always struck me as a HA in waiting.) As long as any curses avoid Steve Pemberton... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
