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Old 07-02-2008, 03:12 PM   #16
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I liked him in the film PICKWICK PAPERS .
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I'm sure I've discerned Bernard Cribbins' voice in a new TV advert for something or other recently.......... I don't suppose he's too bothered by his career nowadays.........
BC has always done alot of voice overs on TV commercials
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I've heard BC's voice on an advert. Unless it is volentary,but he is underused on television
Bernard Cribbins was in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special and will also appear in the series starting in the spring.
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Old 07-02-2008, 04:52 PM   #18
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He also read a series of short stories for Radio 4 last Christmas - Cribbins at Christmas.

"A Walk in the Park with Hodges" by Alan Plater
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" by Stephen Wyatt
"The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
"Mr Bromley's Folly" by Roy Apps
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He should have become a bigger star with his talent. But for a stray plastic bullet he would have been a Carry On regular and he would have done more films with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries if one of Sellers cronies hadn't said "ere Pete, that Lionel Jeffries is even funnier than you are". Sad because they were a wonderful 'team' in Two Way Stretch and The Wrong Arm Of The Law.
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They were 'in need' because their home in London was being bombed. George and his mum were evacuated to stay with Alastair & Naomi Sim.

I don't think that Alastair & Naomi ever formally adopted George but he did stay with them for some time after his mum went back home.

George was just the first of a few young actors that Alastair & Naomi coached and nurtured. One other one was Karl Howman who started off very well with things like Brush Strokes and Mulberry but finished up becoming best known for doing ads for bathroom cleaners. Still, I suppose it pays the bills.

Naomi's memoir of her life with Alastair, Dance and Skylark is well worth reading

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He also read a series of short stories for Radio 4 last Christmas - Cribbins at Christmas.

"A Walk in the Park with Hodges" by Alan Plater
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" by Stephen Wyatt
"The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
"Mr Bromley's Folly" by Roy Apps

He also read some audiobooks (Dickens)...

SilkSoundBooks.com: Performer Detail | George Cole OBE Audiobooks

In fact, looking at all the performers on their site they've got some stunning British actors reading stuff!!

Edward Fox, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Ian Richardson to name a few!
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George Cole is being interviewed by Mark Lawson on BBC4 next Wednesday. Should be worth watching.
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George Cole is interviewed by Mark Lawson on BBC4 tv on
Wednesday 26th March at 11.00pm. This has been an excellent series of
hour-long interviews and I'm sure this one will be well worth watching

Hope there are some good clips from the whole range of George Cole's career, from COTTAGE TO LET, HENRY V, ST TRINIANS, MINDER, A LIFE OF BLISS (tv) etc
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What about George Cole in 'Blott on the Landscape'.......hilarious and absolutely brilliant
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What about George Cole in 'Blott on the Landscape'.......hilarious and absolutely brilliant
I saw him on stage in the 80s as Major General Stanley in the G&S Pirates of Penzance. Not at all his usual sort of thing and he was absolutely brilliant.
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I saw him on stage in the 80s as Major General Stanley in the G&S Pirates of Penzance. Not at all his usual sort of thing and he was absolutely brilliant.
Pamela Stephenson wasn't bad either
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love the episode when arthur daily cant smoke a cigar cos he keeps smelling burning rubber. absolute quality
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Don't I remember "A Life Of Bliss" as a radio series in the 1950's ? with George Cole and his dog "Sykie" I think. Sid
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Don't I remember "A Life Of Bliss" as a radio series in the 1950's ? with George Cole and his dog "Sykie" I think. Sid
It did transfer briefly to television in the 50s.
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Really! Does Billy know?
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