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Lillian triangle - can anyone fill in the gaps for me

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DuffyMoon · 31/01/2013 19:20

I dip in and out so am a little confused... Couple a weeks ago I heard Lill n Paul having a final goodbye telephone call. About a week later I heard them on the phone again and Paul seemed to be pressurising Lillian to meet him...she was free on Tuesday but said she would meet him on Friday. Just heard tonight's and everyone was saying Tiger and Puss have never looked so well/happy etc which means that something awful is going to happen...what have I missed? I though Lill n Paul had split?

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ppeatfruit · 11/02/2013 13:59

Does anyone remember Julie Walters as Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques? she was ever so posh off screen in a huge pixx take by Victoria Wood it was great Grin.

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Ponders · 11/02/2013 13:17

oh yes, seeker, she's another!

do you think they have to be able to do posh-thesp before they're allowed to graduate from drama school?

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seeker · 11/02/2013 12:27

The actor who plays Dot Cotton is fantastically posh-thesp in real life- it's wonderful!

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Ponders · 11/02/2013 12:20

it's is weird when an actor is associated with one particular character to hear how they really speak.

Anita Dobson (Eastenders) & Sue Nicholls (Corrie) spring to mind - esp Sue Nicholls, who is an Hon, & sounds like one Grin - it always sounds as if they're putting the real accent on, not the acting one!

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ppeatfruit · 11/02/2013 10:25

I heard the actress interviewed on R4 and she speaks the "Queen's english" no accent at all.

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NuzzleMyScratch · 11/02/2013 09:41

She sounds a bit like Pam Eyres

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Ponders · 10/02/2013 22:27

she does, doesn't she? but we'll get used to it soon enough

I don't remember listening when she left all those years ago, but I was when Clarrie II died, & when Clarrie III took over I definitely thought that she sounded very strange to begin with Wink

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Sulawesi · 10/02/2013 19:12

Oh she sounds so strange!

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ppeatfruit · 09/02/2013 14:33

Yes ponders I'm glad she's got her job back. I will say that I never noticed the voices of the 'Clarrie' actresses changing so that was clever of them!

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NuzzleMyScratch · 09/02/2013 14:07

Sorry my mistake :(

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Ponders · 09/02/2013 13:53

I did say Clarrie II, Nuzzle...Confused

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NuzzleMyScratch · 09/02/2013 13:51

Actress who has just left was Clarrie III and left to spend time with her family. It was Clarrie II (Fiona Mathieson) who commited suicide.

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Ponders · 09/02/2013 13:47

well, that was more than 25 years ago. I suspect their policies will be more user-friendly these days

& they have given her the job back now!

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ppeatfruit · 09/02/2013 13:42

Blimey Shock Sad that says a LOT about the disgraceful management of TA. The Beeb really do need an overhaul don't they?

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Ponders · 09/02/2013 13:17

she was sacked apparently - she insisted on going to the funeral of the actor who previously played Joe Grundy when it clashed with a recording.

you'd think they could have rescheduled the recording Hmm

Clarrie II committed suicide Sad

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ppeatfruit · 09/02/2013 13:12

I didn't know that Clarrie mk 2 had died Sad I wonder why Clarrie Mk 1 left in the first place?

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Ponders · 09/02/2013 11:46

'Watch out for a new Clarrie on Sunday. Or, strictly speaking, an old Clarrie as this Clarrie was also the first Clarrie. Spooky or what?'

I knew I recognised the name - Heather something, she was mentioned in a linky thing t'other day. I didn't realise it was Clarrie Mk I! (but of course it couldn't be Mk II because she died in RL, didn't she?)

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Ponders · 09/02/2013 11:39

oooh, thanks for the heads-up, ppeat!

\link{http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/07/a-month-in-ambridge-archers\here it is}

I adore Nancy Smile

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ppeatfruit · 08/02/2013 16:57

Thanks songbird for the article, the comments are great; Nancy Banks Smith's article in yesterday's Grauniad was very funny (sorry I'm not good with links)

I DO have to DUH myself though calling the Trevor Howard\Celia Johnson film Close Encounter Blush but it was quite apt for the alien meeting in TA Grin.

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NuzzleMyScratch · 08/02/2013 16:21

Ouch! Great comments! It was a poor episode. Paul is a pathetic simpering prawn (lifted from the blog comments...)

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Songbird · 08/02/2013 15:34

Enjoy the comments below this article

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Pancakeflipper · 08/02/2013 15:11

Paul used to be almost interesting. Now he has the personality of a soggy lettuce.
And Lillian needs a tiger.

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ppeatfruit · 08/02/2013 15:07

Yes cutted and yesterday's (that I just heard BTW) WTF a straight lift from Close Encounter; DUH what are the S.W's on ????

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CuttedUpPear · 06/02/2013 19:34

mumytime is right about the scriptwriters - it's like that game they play in 'I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue' where everyone is desperate not to be the one who finishes the story and it keeps going round and round.

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NuzzleMyScratch · 06/02/2013 19:30

And the undercover SFO officer...

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