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| Mobson | May 2 2013, 10:25 AM Post #1 |
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This year, the actor Bernard Cribbins celebrates his 85th birthday and more than 70 years in showbusiness. "In this revealing two-part series he talks to his friend and producer Martin Jenkins about his extraordinary career, and a cast of friends share their memories of working with Bernard, including David Tennant, Barbara Windsor, Barry Cryer and the late Richard Briers. He's been directed by Hitchcock, starred alongside a galaxy of screen legends including Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams, is good mates with David Tennant, and has performed with Barbara Windsor wearing nothing but a bikini. Somehow Bernard Cribbins has earned a special place in the hearts of every generation; whether you're a fan of the Carry On films or his 1960s chart hits Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, grew up watching The Railway Children or listened to him read more than 100 classic tales on Jackanory. And he has continued to wow younger audiences as Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who, and most recently as the storytelling sailor Old Jack in the new BBC children's television series on C-Beebies." Only 41 minutes left to listen to the first of two programmes where Bernard looks back at his early career at Oldham Rep, where he started as an actor and assistant stage manager aged 13, on his national service with the parachute regiment in Palestine, and the big break that took him to London's West End, and from there to the Carry On films. Barry Cryer, Barbara Windsor, the playwright Ray Cooney and Richard Briers, recorded shortly before his death, share their memories of Bernard the man and the performer, and we hear Bernard's personal recollections of working with the legendary Peter Sellers, Alfred Hitchcock and Peter Cushing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0qms Part two will start in five minutes (@ 11.30am) on R4.... Edited by Mobson, May 3 2013, 08:13 AM.
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| rumbaba | May 2 2013, 12:45 PM Post #2 |
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Is it his real name? How perfectly it describes him, 'Bernard Cribbins', he couldn't have been called anything else, could he? Instantly recognisable on screen at any age. I sincerely hope he doesn't get arrested as part of 'Operation Yewtree'. Rolf Harris was a shock but I think we are on safe ground with a decent bloke like Bernard, my faith is unshakeable
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| Mobson | May 2 2013, 01:44 PM Post #3 |
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Thinking the same when I posted this thread....left space to say something similar.... Bernie being so involved in acting with children and teens in so many good productions...but no, like you I put it to the back of my mind...this is the trouble we will tend to wonder who next won't we, until someone comes forward with a name, an accusation, an incident.
Edited by Mobson, May 2 2013, 01:46 PM.
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| caissier | May 2 2013, 04:10 PM Post #4 |
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A very, very nice programme about a very nice man - seemingly completely unassuming and down-to-earth ..... full of pleasant conversation. I'm sad I missed the first one. Can you remember any bits please, Mobs? (About the Railway Children ..... a BBC4 programme about the growth of volunteer steam railways after the Beeching cuts had a a section about Lionel Jeffries changing the name of the station in the story to Oakworth, the real one being painstakingly being restored by the train-heroes of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway where the filming was taking place ..... which gave a big boost to the steam restoration movement.) ![]() Edited by caissier, May 2 2013, 04:18 PM.
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| waiting4atickle | May 2 2013, 11:20 PM Post #5 |
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I simply can't imagine Bernard in a bikini. |
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Instantly recognisable on screen at any age.



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