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Post by ltd on May 12, 2023 7:24:56 GMT
It mentions his role in Skorpion which I remember really enjoying when it was on. Quite surprising to see him as one of the good guys for a change. Not much chance of a repeat after all these years, but I wonder if it'd be ripe for a Notwork release - think it's part of a wider series with an ensemble cast? Skorpion, was a sequel (of sorts) to the 1981 series Blood Money, Michael Denison, Daniel Hill and Jack McKenzie, played the same parts, in both series's, also appearing in Blood Money, were Bernard Hepton and Juliet Hammond-Hill, Michael Denison, played the same character (Captain Aubrey Percival), in another series - Cold Warrior (1984), which also starred Dean Harris, who reprised his role (Danny Quirk) from Blood Money. Sounds like the whole thing would make a nice boxed set.
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Post by ltd on May 11, 2023 7:59:36 GMT
It mentions his role in Skorpion which I remember really enjoying when it was on. Quite surprising to see him as one of the good guys for a change. Not much chance of a repeat after all these years, but I wonder if it'd be ripe for a Notwork release - think it's part of a wider series with an ensemble cast?
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Post by ltd on May 9, 2023 17:49:57 GMT
Always remember him as Rhinehart in Secret Army, stitched up by Kessler at the end. Telegraph obit mentions he did a lot of voluntary work, recording audio books for blind people. Seems to have been a jolly good chap all round.
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Post by ltd on May 6, 2023 20:45:55 GMT
I saw him live once as Dame Edna at an event. Incredibly funny. So quick witted, a brilliant comedian and satirist. I was reading an excerpt from a Dame Edna interview he did with a pre-Downing Street Boris Johnson and it was absolutely bang on - he had the bloke measured up to a T.
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Post by ltd on May 6, 2023 8:35:04 GMT
Alexie Nolan is a very nasty and dogy piece of work is played very well by Sean McGinley.
I don't envy Ray being nutted by him - his cranium is ginormous, he's like a real life Klingon.
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Post by ltd on Apr 27, 2023 17:57:26 GMT
I cannot believe Jerry Springer was almost 80! Made a fortune and reputation out of dysfunctional American retards and exhibitionists. Whenever he was interviewed he came across as a very intelligent, even cultured, sort of chap. Difficult to square in some ways with his role as ringmaster on the TV show.
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Post by ltd on Apr 27, 2023 7:47:20 GMT
Wasn’t there another blooper where the Kenneth Colley character looks directly into the camera after he installs the alarm system. This is around 10 minutes 40 seconds into the programme. I don’t know if it was deliberate unprofessionalism, but unless there is a scripted breaking of the fourth wall (unlikely as Ron the burglar is only a guest character). Weird scene. Is that the bit where he's asking for his wages? Watching it last night I found myself wondering why Kenneth Colley seemed to be gurning in a rather strange fashion, almost as if he's in a different scene to everyone else.
Quite enjoyed this episode, thought there was quite a lot going on but the ending was a bit limp -can't see the feasibility test explanation satisfying the cops, least of all the over zealous young constable.
Fair to say the references to Rolf Harris and Michael Barrymore haven't dated well?
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Post by ltd on Apr 25, 2023 18:39:25 GMT
The actor Paul Reynolds, who played Gino, he seemed destined for big things back in the 90s, but just seemed to fall off the radar. I remember him being in Trevor's World of Sport as Trevor's business partner Sammy - he was memorably sleazy in that and him and Neil Pearson worked well together. Seems to be concentrating more on the production side these days.
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Post by ltd on Apr 25, 2023 17:01:54 GMT
Keep meaning to watch Odds Against Tomorrow - that looks really good.
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Post by ltd on Apr 23, 2023 10:29:09 GMT
Watched this one again last night and found myself enjoying it a lot more this time round. Per a previous post I still think you'd have to be some kind of mug to pull a caper with relatively low value coins as the loot. That said, Arthur seems to recognise this when he talks about the Dublin Mint robbery and taps his head while making a rather enigmatic remark that sounds like, "In with the washing. Back at three."
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Post by ltd on Apr 21, 2023 9:04:23 GMT
Watched this last night and really enjoyed it. Had sort of faded from my memory and I was surprised at how many good comic moments there were - Arthur's visit to the cinema and its aftermath being a particular highlight. Some hilarious goading of Arthur by guest star Kenneth Cranham as well.
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Post by ltd on Apr 19, 2023 10:08:20 GMT
As ever with Minder there are still some good moments e.g. "You been at the model airplane glue again?". ...........although wouldn't Arthur actually have said "You been at the Airfix glue again?" and then we could have panned to Ray who could have said "Of course, other model airplane brands are available". Only if they were on the BBC...which they weren't.
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Post by ltd on Mar 31, 2023 23:15:18 GMT
A big fan of The Avengers and, as such, one of us. Massive loss. RIP. There was a nice tribute from Linda Thorson, about how he'd saved her life during covid, calling an ambulance for her despite her fear of going to hospitals. I'm not that familiar with his work, but everything I've read about him since his death says he was one of the good guys.
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Post by ltd on Mar 18, 2023 19:46:38 GMT
Used to turn up in loads of US TV. I remember him being particularly good in prison series "Oz".
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Post by ltd on Mar 5, 2023 18:54:42 GMT
I've gone with Moses Jones, as he's the best thing in it and he does something different with his cockney cheeky chappy personna - Frank Costello's a more ambivalent character than he usually plays and the scene where he beats up the exiled African dictator turned toilet attendant is good fun. Honourable mention for Bobbo in Lives and Loves of a She Devil.
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Post by ltd on Mar 1, 2023 8:50:08 GMT
A formidable lady, and a fine speaker - didn't put up with any nonesense from grandstanding MPs. That some of her successors have been so lacklustre only serves to set her time in the role into sharp relief.
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Post by ltd on Feb 17, 2023 20:36:22 GMT
The posh rotation stating " British Rail Butter" and Arthur almost spraying out his wine was another great comedy moment. Watched it again last night and I laughed out loud at that bit, even though I've seen it a few times before. Testament to Mr Cole's comic timing, he can even make gurgling funny.
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Post by ltd on Feb 13, 2023 16:40:18 GMT
Khan's Dad in Gangsters as well - his innocent abroad was one of the better things about the rather uneven second series.
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Post by ltd on Feb 10, 2023 17:42:48 GMT
Walk on By for me, especially The Stranglers version which has a real sense of anger about it. A great song can carry numerous intepretations I think.
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Post by ltd on Jan 18, 2023 15:51:29 GMT
Clarkson/ Morgan/ Trump / Cowell - All are supposed to be odious. That’s the whole point. Complain grass is green? The late Mr Michael Winner knew he was odious. he would revel in it, he had it as an art-form. Get the joke, and he was hilarious. Clarkson/Morgan/Trump et al, unlike the others on the list, none hide from the fact. They're professional front-bottoms... and that’d be why they exist. It's not about liking them. There's no pretence to be worthy. You're told what to expect, and then they deliver. It ain't grey. I think it was the late PJ O'Rourke who said Trump's bid for the presidency was a piece of self publicising performance art that had got well and truly out of hand. Trump himself probably the most surprised that he won. Morgan I don't like because under the odious facade, he is genuinley odious - the mock POW abuse photos and his insider dealing being particularly egregious examples. Cowell's a relentless promoter of cr*p music and worthy of the death penalty for that alone. Clarkson I'd have a bit more respect for if he'd not apologised to the Sussexes. He can forget his invite to the Coronation now.
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Post by ltd on Jan 12, 2023 14:01:33 GMT
Used to watch his show when I was at my grandparents' house. My gran liked him which always surprised me as she wasn't a big fan of comedy generally.
He always seemed like an amiable chap. As Albert said his show was very popular and it is surprising he didn't have a more high profile career.
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Post by ltd on Jan 3, 2023 19:03:23 GMT
Hugely influential satirist and a decent actor to boot. Favourite role: Hemingway in A Very Peculiar Practice. RIP. Ditto - he was really shifty in that, much as I suspect many senior academics are, the ones who are more interested in administration than their actual subject.
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Post by ltd on Dec 28, 2022 10:35:48 GMT
Saw him recently in the Public Eye documentary that's on Youtube. He seemed to be on good form. Came across as a very erudite chap. Always brought a certain presence to anything he appeared in. I think he was in line for Brian Cox's role in Out at one point - that would have been interesting to see if he'd done it.
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Post by ltd on Dec 21, 2022 10:43:08 GMT
One of those directors who you wish had made a few more films. Always interesting and thoughtful in his interviews.
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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 ltd on Dec 15, 2022 18:07:57 GMT
Considering how ascerbic his humour was, it surprised me when he got on the box at all. Although the Inside Victor Lewis-Smith series was BBC2, he always felt more suited to Channel 4 which was always more edgy. I remember the Gay Dalek meeting Professor Stephen Hawking and being unimpressed by his arrogant celebrity attitude. It made me laugh although mocking the disabled is pretty low - then again the late Professor was thanked in the programme credits so maybe he was in on the joke.
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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 ltd on Dec 9, 2022 12:12:17 GMT
I hadn't realised that Jet was relatively so old when the band broke through. I always knew he was a bit older than the rest of the group and had been a fairly successful small businessman before his musical career took off. I like the story about the band going on tour in one of his fleet of ice cream vans.
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Post by ltd on Nov 23, 2022 12:04:24 GMT
Very distinctive guitar style and stage presence. When interviewed always came across as a genuine eccentric, in the best way of course. I liked the story Lemmy told about him (with some bemusement) about his preference for taking amphetamines before he went to bed.
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Post by ltd on Nov 17, 2022 8:47:18 GMT
Watched this again last night. Enjoyed it more than on previous viewings. The Larchlap shroud-of-Turin thing is pretty daft, but there's some top banter and the scene at the end where Arthur runs for the door then starts cringing in expectation of getting a smack off Terry made me laugh.
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