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15 minutes ago, Vlad Magic said:

Very keen fisherman.

 

Sad news.

 

 

He was indeed, always came over as an absolute gent and genuinely looked to love his fishing, a sad loss.

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3 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

He was indeed, always came over as an absolute gent and genuinely looked to love his fishing, a sad loss.


His series The Complete Angler was fantastic.

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Just now, Vlad Magic said:


His series The Complete Angler was fantastic.

It was, it's still repeated on tv now and again, well worth a watch even if you don't fish.

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3 hours ago, neilnunb said:

Loved Butterflies as a kid. Just checked Wendy Craig's age...86. Yikes.

Every time I've seen him over the years it has always reminded me of Butterflies. 👍

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3 minutes ago, Robbo-Jambo said:

Every time I've seen him over the years it has always reminded me of Butterflies. 👍

Him pretending to like his wife’s cooking on that show is what I always remember. 

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Very sad news. Was the master of the forlorn, sardonic look. Master at delivering very dry witty one liners.

Was also good in the Bond films he was in.

RIP Geoffrey Palmer.

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There's this from the Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Geoffrey Palmer played Jimmy, Reggie's brother in law IIIRC as a former army guy promoting right wing conspiracy theories. It actually reads as remarkably fresh considering it was 40+ years ago
 

Reggie: So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?

Jimmy: Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

Reggie: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, P***-bashers, queer-bashers, C****-bashers, basher-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

Jimmy: Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult.

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12 minutes ago, RobboM said:

There's this from the Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Geoffrey Palmer played Jimmy, Reggie's brother in law IIIRC as a former army guy promoting right wing conspiracy theories. It actually reads as remarkably fresh considering it was 40+ years ago
 

Reggie: So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?

Jimmy: Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

Reggie: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, P***-bashers, queer-bashers, C****-bashers, basher-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

Jimmy: Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult.

 

There's been a cock-up on the catering front

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11 hours ago, RobboM said:

There's this from the Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Geoffrey Palmer played Jimmy, Reggie's brother in law IIIRC as a former army guy promoting right wing conspiracy theories. It actually reads as remarkably fresh considering it was 40+ years ago
 

Reggie: So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?

Jimmy: Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

Reggie: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, P***-bashers, queer-bashers, C****-bashers, basher-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

Jimmy: Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult.

:rofl:

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16 hours ago, GinRummy said:

Him pretending to like his wife’s cooking on that show is what I always remember. 

😅 

 

Bit like me actually 😜

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38 minutes ago, Robbo-Jambo said:

😅

 

Bit like me actually 😜

Yeah me too. I pretend to like your wife's cooking😉

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15 hours ago, John Findlay said:

Very sad news. Was the master of the forlorn, sardonic look. Master at delivering very dry witty one liners.

Was also good in the Bond films he was in.

RIP Geoffrey Palmer.

 

I liked him in Fairly Secret Army too, a show which featured two of my fantasies of the time, Liz Frazer and Diane Fletcher.

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Found 1st episode of Reggie Perrin on Youtube last night. Rossiter was superb - GP not in that one but will look forward to his contributions as I work my way through them.

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16 hours ago, RobboM said:

There's this from the Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Geoffrey Palmer played Jimmy, Reggie's brother in law IIIRC as a former army guy promoting right wing conspiracy theories. It actually reads as remarkably fresh considering it was 40+ years ago
 

Reggie: So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?

Jimmy: Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

Reggie: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, P***-bashers, queer-bashers, C****-bashers, basher-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

Jimmy: Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult.

 

Tremendous scene from a brilliant show. RIP

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On 06/11/2020 at 21:44, RobboM said:

There's this from the Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. Geoffrey Palmer played Jimmy, Reggie's brother in law IIIRC as a former army guy promoting right wing conspiracy theories. It actually reads as remarkably fresh considering it was 40+ years ago
 

Reggie: So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?

Jimmy: Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

Reggie: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, P***-bashers, queer-bashers, C****-bashers, basher-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

Jimmy: Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult.

 

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