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So has Diggory's absence been explained???

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What with Molly and Tyrone on their way to visit him when they crashed??

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  • Andy23Andy23 Posts: 15,925
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    It was mentioned last night that he visited Molly in hospital before the cameras started rolling.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,751
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    Has he actually ever appeared in the show? I've got a vague idea he did, but can't remember when or anything about him.
  • NathanTNathanT Posts: 1,010
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    Andy23 wrote: »
    It was mentioned last night that he visited Molly in hospital before the cameras started rolling.

    How convenient.
  • be more pacificbe more pacific Posts: 19,061
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    GetSmart wrote: »
    Has he actually ever appeared in the show? I've got a vague idea he did, but can't remember when or anything about him.
    Diggory was a regular character for a short period. He owned a bakery next to Roy's Rolls.
  • SteveOwenSteveOwen Posts: 30,430
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    GetSmart wrote: »
    Has he actually ever appeared in the show? I've got a vague idea he did, but can't remember when or anything about him.
    Yes. He was in the show before Molly. He ran a cake shop and had a rivalry with Fred Elliot, if I remember correctly.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,751
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    be more pacific wrote: »
    Diggory was a regular character for a short period. He owned a bakery next to Roy's Rolls.
    SteveOwen wrote: »
    Yes. He was in the show before Molly. He ran a cake shop and had a rivalry with Fred Elliot, if I remember correctly.

    Thanks - I think I remember... was he played by a well-known actor, or am I imagining it? Someone who usually played comedy roles... perhaps I'm just inventing all this.
  • Andy23Andy23 Posts: 15,925
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    NathanT wrote: »
    How convenient.

    I'm not sure what you expect though. The actor is probably working somewhere else, not sat by the phone waiting for his annual one episode return.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,189
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    Realism isnt exactly one of corries strong points anymore!! ;)
  • Andy23Andy23 Posts: 15,925
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    It's a TV show, it's not meant to be real. If it was meant to be like real life we would have an entire episode with Tyrone and Molly sitting on the sofa watching TV!
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    Andy23 wrote: »
    It's a TV show, it's not meant to be real. If it was meant to be like real life we would have an entire episode with Tyrone and Molly sitting on the sofa watching TV!

    There is meant to be elements of realism in soap operas ;)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,189
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    If they want viewers to believe in these characters then they should leave them true to form... Diggory would have gone out of his way to be at Mollys bedside.... Just not true to character!!
  • NathanTNathanT Posts: 1,010
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    Andy23 wrote: »
    I'm not sure what you expect though. The actor is probably working somewhere else, not sat by the phone waiting for his annual one episode return.

    I'm sure he isn't - in which case, I'd expect them to come up with another excuse for Molly and Tyrone to be driving round the countryside...or at worst have them on the way to the airport to visit Diggory in some far-away country, where he wouldn't be able to come over from easily.
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 80,033
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    Diggory didn't even turn up for his daughter's wedding...can't remember the excuse given for his absence though
  • TuvokTuvok Posts: 1,149
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    GetSmart wrote: »
    Has he actually ever appeared in the show? I've got a vague idea he did, but can't remember when or anything about him.


    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693426/

    http://www.ericpotts.co.uk/profile.htm

    At about 7mins in this showreel you can see him as Diggory

    http://www.ericpotts.co.uk/showreel.htm
  • callumfreemancallumfreeman Posts: 12,399
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    Hound of Love wrote: »
    Diggory didn't even turn up for his daughter's wedding...can't remember the excuse given for his absence though

    He had a stroke or heart attack and couldnt make it. Which just so happened to occur shortly before the wedding :D
  • riverside 57riverside 57 Posts: 14,380
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    HoxtonHoney wrote: »
    What with Molly and Tyrone on their way to visit him when they crashed??

    He was apparently at a confectioner's convention, which is the reason why Tyrone and |Molly stopped off for lunch and then decided to go for a drive to give him time to get back.

    Also explains why there was no answer at his house when Kevin knocked. I only know this from watching repeats, as I was wondering the same thing first time around :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,352
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    Thanks for all the replies! They could've added to the non-realism by using William from the local shop in Royston Vasey as Diggory's replacement!!:D
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