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Post by coyote on Dec 10, 2022 12:55:10 GMT
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Post by ltd on Dec 10, 2022 16:01:34 GMT
Used to watch Hi-Di-Hi when I was young. I think it's quite underrated in some ways. Simon Cadell put in a wonderful comic performance of excrutiating embarrassment, but Ruth Madoc as Gladys was his equal, alternately coquettish with Mr Fairbrother, and utterly venomous to the other Yellowcoats. Her announcements were a high point of the show as well.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Dec 10, 2022 17:29:42 GMT
That's sad news , her rapport with Simon Cadel was TV gold.
RIP Dear Lady
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Post by gra966 on Dec 10, 2022 18:28:44 GMT
Very sad news , as it wasn't long ago , she contributed , in a brilliant programme on Channel 5 , about Hi Di Hi. R.I.P Ruth.
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Post by AlanH on Dec 10, 2022 19:53:38 GMT
Funnily enough, we only watched that Channel 5 tribute programme a week ago (things can sit on our hard drive undisturbed for ages!) and thought that she looked fabulous for 79. Such a shame she's gone, clearly earlier than anyone expected. Very sad. A great talent, possibly underrated due to her big role in Hi-De-Hi! which dominates her legacy. RIP. Ho-de-ho-no!
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Post by westldner on Dec 10, 2022 22:55:11 GMT
RIP Ruth Madoc. I hadn't known her in Hi-De-Hi but I see she was in Little Britain in minor roles and other popular later shows over the years. Surprised if someone like that was still active if they were popular during the 1980s.
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Post by daz on Dec 11, 2022 6:31:52 GMT
A shame to read this. Hi di Hi was a big series when I was a kid and having watched it all quite recently it is actually of a decent standard and possibly doesn't quite get the respect it deserves and in which Ruth Madoc certainly played her part.
RIP
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Post by jjmolloy on Dec 11, 2022 16:03:17 GMT
As Gladys Pugh she awakened all sorts of new feelings for this adolescent. Those sensual eyes, the smooth velvety Welsh accent. As said above Hi Di Hi is underrated in a lot of ways, but watching reruns it's comedy gold. As maybe we get older we appreciate the different characters. RIP Gladys/Ruth.
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Post by metro1962 on Dec 11, 2022 16:55:27 GMT
Very sad news,it has been a real horrible year so far.
R.I.P Ruth.
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Post by jno on Dec 12, 2022 3:20:25 GMT
RIP Ruth Madoc
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Post by AlanH on Dec 12, 2022 17:43:18 GMT
As Gladys Pugh she awakened all sorts of new feelings for this adolescent. Those sensual eyes, the smooth velvety Welsh accent. As said above Hi Di Hi is underrated in a lot of ways, but watching reruns it's comedy gold. As maybe we get older we appreciate the different characters. RIP Gladys/Ruth. It's funny. She was depicted as something of a vamp and those bland Yellowcoat girls as the totty, but she was immeasurably more alluring than they were... |
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Post by coyote on Dec 16, 2022 20:38:46 GMT
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Post by ltd on Dec 17, 2022 9:34:07 GMT
As Gladys Pugh she awakened all sorts of new feelings for this adolescent. Those sensual eyes, the smooth velvety Welsh accent. As said above Hi Di Hi is underrated in a lot of ways, but watching reruns it's comedy gold. As maybe we get older we appreciate the different characters. RIP Gladys/Ruth. It's funny. She was depicted as something of a vamp and those bland Yellowcoat girls as the totty, but she was immeasurably more alluring than they were... Yes, there was something quite otherworldly and exotic about the way she played Gladys. |
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Post by spacecadet on Dec 21, 2022 9:23:49 GMT
Never took to Hi-Di-Hi - always preferred Dad's Army. RIP Ruth.
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