Norman Wisdom.....his story

[y2blade]

BBC2 tonight 21:00

[Marcia]

I'm just watching this too

[Legacywr]

Me too.

[Legacywr]

That was hard to hear! Noone should ever have to hear that!

[zollburgers]

Hearing that people are watching a programme on Norman Wisdom gets me everytime too, I think I might cry.

[y2blade]

that was well worth watching, what a wonderful person

such a sad loss

[Marcia]

y2blade said:

that was well worth watching, what a wonderful person

such a sad loss

Looked like a really lovely chap.

[SPR2]

A great and talented character - perhaps last of the great comedy actors?
Have any of his films been on since his death?

[y2blade]

SPR2 said:

A great and talented character - perhaps last of the great comedy actors?
Have any of his films been on since his death?

I don't know, sorry
but I have made a few notes of ones a really want to watch now

[williamp]

lovely story with a very harsh upbringing.

Interesting Leslie Philipps angle: not all gushing

And I never realised that was Honor Blackman in the uniform...

[Halb]

I thought the Leslie Phillips interview was good as well.

Two of his films on today.
One I love one I haven't seen before.

[a boardman]

on the beat just starting now on bbc 2

[Halb]

They shudda shown Early Bird, my fave.
Wonderland bow on, I watched this when it was first on, a bizarre insight into his last years

[williamp]

I love On the beat. My favourite bit is the medical, where they discover he can sing, so they use another eye chart where he has to hit the notes (eg B sharp, C major) to pass.

And then the walk over on one stilt.

So daft. So wonderful.

[qooqiiu]

Tough story about his dad!

What a b'stard eh.

A proper little rags to riches story.