I watched one of the more enjoyable episodes of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) tonight, it had Lois Maxwell in it and a supposedly haunted house - good fun because of course the now late Kenneth Cope played a ghost in the series. In the Times obit, it pointed out that the big joke of the series was that the Randall character was generally quite miserable and downbeat despite being alive while Hopkirk was always quite cheerful and upbeat, though you'd think he'd be upset at being dead.
"This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
Roger Moore 1927-2017
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Those of us fortunate enough to have enjoyed children's TV in the 60s have lost another piece of childhood. The voice of Parker ("Yes, m'lady"), Brains, Gordon Tracy, and many more including the Daleks has left us at 99.
ah, that's very sad, brilliant in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. always watchable. wasn't it Olivier who sized down her role as Desdamona in his film version of Othello because she was out-acting him? RIP Dame Maggie...
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I watched one of the more enjoyable episodes of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) tonight, it had Lois Maxwell in it and a supposedly haunted house - good fun because of course the now late Kenneth Cope played a ghost in the series. In the Times obit, it pointed out that the big joke of the series was that the Randall character was generally quite miserable and downbeat despite being alive while Hopkirk was always quite cheerful and upbeat, though you'd think he'd be upset at being dead.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Baron Samedi no doubt showed him the way:
Those of us fortunate enough to have enjoyed children's TV in the 60s have lost another piece of childhood. The voice of Parker ("Yes, m'lady"), Brains, Gordon Tracy, and many more including the Daleks has left us at 99.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj463gx8gyo
We kids who grew up in the 60’s were truly spoiled - RIP David Graham
RIP Dame Maggie Smith, at 89.
Known to youngsters from Downton Abbey or Harry Potter, Dame Maggie had a long and respected career.
She was awesome. She had that rare ability to be 'smug' (in a performance way) and remain endearing at the same time. Diana Rigg had that too.
Very fun, very talented actress. She will be missed.
Toby Stephens mam. Jean Brodie from The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, was my favourite role. I liked her as the old Dowager in Downton Abbey as well.
89 is a great innings.
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
RIP Dame Maggie Smith
ah, that's very sad, brilliant in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. always watchable. wasn't it Olivier who sized down her role as Desdamona in his film version of Othello because she was out-acting him? RIP Dame Maggie...