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Why does Brian Blessed ....

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SirGawain · 03/07/2018 22:07

.... do so many tenth rate tv adds for so many tenth rate products? He can't need the money!

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DGRossetti · 03/07/2018 22:12

HES BRIAN BLESSED

GORDONS ALIVE

NewYearNewMe18 · 03/07/2018 22:12

According to networth.com he's relatively poor. A stage actor doesn't get he same money film actors do. And he does a lot of those dressy-uppy-sci-fi weekends out of season in Butlins etc

SneakyGremlins · 03/07/2018 22:13

BECAUSE HE'S BRIAN BLESSED AND EVERYTHING HE DOES IS INCREDIBLY LOUD AMAZING

5foot5 · 03/07/2018 22:14

I am often surprised how many quite well known people do voice work on TV and radio ads. I can only assume it is easy work and pays very well.

FlaviaAlbia · 03/07/2018 22:14

Because he knows you can never have enough Brian Blessed on TV.

LanguidLobster · 03/07/2018 22:15

BOOM!

He makes me laugh. Haven't seen ads.

Hygge · 03/07/2018 22:20

Better him than that blonde one with the nose who bleats on about work and Shakespeare on sofas.

FreudianSlurp · 03/07/2018 22:22

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5foot5 · 03/07/2018 22:23

dressy-uppy-sci-fi weekends
Ha ha Grin I love this description. I went to one of those many years ago. It was the Blakes 7 20th anniversary convention. Brian Blessed wasn't there but he was in one episode of Blakes 7. Apparently he was embarrassed about it because he thought he went a bit over the top!

flumpybear · 03/07/2018 22:25

Because good people who are talented have less rating than shitty crap bolloxy tits and teeth 'celebs' no talent, shit for brains, dicks
Brian rocks !

LanguidLobster · 03/07/2018 22:26

5foot5...Brian Blessed...? Thought he went over the top??

That's his default mode, surely?!

YouTheCat · 03/07/2018 22:26

I'm going to see An Audience with Brian Blessed in September. Can't wait! Grin

Processedpea · 03/07/2018 22:26

he's an actor and goes where he's hired perhaps Grin

Hobbes8 · 03/07/2018 22:27

I love him in Peppa Pig. IS ANYONE ELSE MISSING CHEESE?

MsHomeSlice · 03/07/2018 22:28

blimey that's got to be on Youtube surely? BB in Blakes7 , overacting! Hmm Shock :o :o

GoodFortuneAttendThee · 03/07/2018 22:28

Did you know that Brian Blessed happened across a poor lady giving birth in a London park and bit through the umbilical cord with his teeth? The man is a legend!

52FestiveRoad · 03/07/2018 22:30

How poor is relatively poor?

Tinuviel · 03/07/2018 22:31

He was fab in Blake's Seven! Doesn't get a happy ending!

magoria · 03/07/2018 22:33

Blakes7 is on youtube (-:

BellMcEnd · 03/07/2018 22:37

My DS is like an 8 year old Brian Blessed.

VERY loud, eccentric and loves the ladies.

I’d watch B.B. in anything.

5foot5 · 03/07/2018 22:41

He was fab in Blake's Seven! Doesn't get a happy ending!

Well he doesn't deserve one IIRC. Or was that Blakes 7 your meant?

Toooldtobearsed · 03/07/2018 22:45

Doesnt he spend everything on his animal sanctuary?

Need to go and go9gle, but i am pretty sure i saw him talking about it a few years ago. He is a lovely, lovely man.

Amanduh · 03/07/2018 22:46

Because he’s fabulous

LanguidLobster · 03/07/2018 22:47

Toooldtobearsed yeah he's someone you'd instinctively trust. Even if you did need earplugs.

5foot5 · 03/07/2018 22:47

Blakes7 is on youtube

What. All of it?