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Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:18 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:49 am Cricketman Dickie Bird.

Not to be confused with Dixie Baird.

Posted: **Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:57 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:18 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:49 am Cricketman Dickie Bird.
Not to be confused with Dixie Baird.

And definitely not to be confused with S78 contestant Dickie Bird!

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2025 12:17 pm**

Menzies "Mingis" Campbell. Decent runner in his time.

Posted: **Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:47 pm**

Arguably we need a new contender for the greatest living scientist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9qyw2ewl2nt

Posted: **Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:54 pm**

Dame Jane Goodall

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 11:40 am**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:47 pm Arguably we need a new contender for the greatest living scientist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9qyw2ewl2nt

Sad news but surely an exaggeration.

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:55 pm**

Patrick Murray, actor (Mickey Pearce, OFAH) 68. RIP.

Arguably, we need a new contender for the greatest living actor in a minor role in a sitcom.

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:50 pm**

Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:55 pm Patrick Murray, actor (Mickey Pearce, OFAH) 68. RIP.

Arguably, we need a new contender for the greatest living actor in a minor role in a sitcom.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Brenman ?

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:49 am**

I will have to give that to Michael from I'm Alan Partridge or Jim from Friday Night Dinners

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:58 am**

Mark Heap just played the Mark Heap character in Friday Night Dinner. It's what he does in everything.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:03 am**

Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:11 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:58 am Mark Heap just played the Mark Heap character in Friday Night Dinner. It's what he does in everything.

I'm guessing you haven't watched Lark Rise to Candleford then.
I guess his character in Spaced is similar insomuch as him being an oddball

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:30 pm**

Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:03 am Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.

How long have you had this lined up?

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:08 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:30 pm
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:03 am Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.
How long have you had this lined up?

I'm waiting for Mick Hucknall to go so I can say Simply Dead

Posted: **Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:48 pm**

Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders

Posted: **Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:19 pm**

Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:48 pm Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders

She was 88?! I thought she was like half of that. West Yorkshire massive RIP

Posted: **Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:34 pm**

Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:19 pm
Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:48 pm Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders
She was 88?! I thought she was like half of that. West Yorkshire massive RIP

She was a DC guest in 2005 during the Des Lynam era

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2025 5:06 pm**

The one that isn't H from Steps...

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2025 6:36 pm**

Surprised he lasted so long

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2025 10:36 pm**

Diane Keaton, Oscar winning actress, 79...RIP

Posted: **Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:02 am**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 6:36 pm Surprised he lasted so long

Well deserved in my opinion

Posted: **Fri Oct 17, 2025 11:34 am**

Ace Frehly, guitarist with Kiss, 74. RIP

Posted: **Sun Oct 19, 2025 9:40 am**

English-American actress Samantha Eggar

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2025 11:15 pm**

Dave Ball keyboardist from Soft Cell

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:09 am**

Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2025 12:48 pm**

Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:09 am Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP

She died on 27th October which is also John Cleese's birthday.

Posted: **Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:25 pm**

Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 12:48 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:09 am Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP
She died on 27th October which is also John Cleese's birthday.

She was in the Tesco's adverts in 1990s that were really popular at the time

Posted: **Sat Nov 01, 2025 1:30 pm**

I found out the other day that philosopher John Searle who came up with the Chinese Room argument died in September.

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:05 pm**

Dick Cheney former VP to George W Bush

Posted: **Fri Nov 07, 2025 12:14 am**

Shirley Valentine actress, Pauline Collins, 85. RIP

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:51 am**

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xdypnz32o

James Watson

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:48 pm**

Quentin Wilson!

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2025 4:06 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:48 pm Quentin Wilson!

One of those ones that feels oddly surprising.

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2025 11:53 am**

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 4:06 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:48 pm Quentin Wilson!
One of those ones that feels oddly surprising.

Not unless he WASNT a heavy smoker

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:59 pm**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 11:53 am
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 4:06 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:48 pm Quentin Wilson!
One of those ones that feels oddly surprising.
Not unless he WASNT a heavy smoker

That's like a triple negative or something. Can't you put that in a way that isn't easier to not understand?

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:47 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:59 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 11:53 am
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 4:06 am

One of those ones that feels oddly surprising.
Not unless he WASNT a heavy smoker
That's like a triple negative or something. Can't you put that in a way that isn't easier to not understand?

Ok sorry in my mind I was trying to illustrate that a heavy smoker is much more likely to die of lung cancer

Posted: **Wed Nov 19, 2025 10:16 pm**

TV Ark has reported that Andrew Wood passed away on 16th November, 2025.

He, along with comedian Norman Vaughan, created the legendary game show Bullseye.

Posted: **Mon Nov 24, 2025 4:43 pm**

Jimmy Cliff
https://youtu.be/-y9Q7ud7Or0?si=1Eqp7pDK9VqBAkLL

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