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Sir Ken Barlow
With the new years honours announced so.
Does anyone else reckon Bill Roache aka Ken Barlow should become a Sir. After 51 years in the same role is an amazing achievement |
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No. Many people stay in the same job for years they do not get recognised
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Certainly not, along with Dot Cotton he has the cushiest TV gig going, earning great money for doing very little.
Don't get me wrong, I love Ken - but save the knighthoods for those that truly earn them. |
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I joined the civil service in 1974, and after I had only been ther a few weeks my immediate boss , just one grade higher than me, was awarded the MBE. He was about 60. I assumed he must have done some great charity work or something like that , but no , all he had done was to turn up at work for the previous 25 years.
Honours should go to those who really deserve it. As much as I like Bill Roache the awards should go to special people. |
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I don't think so.
50 years is all very well and really commendable - I have a huge respect for him as an actor myself for having such commitment - but in fairness, Bill Roache has made me cringe alot in the past few years. He's not a good actor, just a lucky one. |
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Would it really matter if he got one? Knighthoods have become a joke in recent years, culminating in mick jagger and bruce bloody forsyth.
But I agree with those who say he's been paid an awful lot of money over the years, for a not especially demanding job, which he doesn't do particularly well anyway. |
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Brian Blessed should be knighted.
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Knighthoods should go to those that most deserve them ...
... like me for my lifetime devotion to Strongbow!!
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He cant act to save his life, remember the tram crash when he said Peter's in their" he didnt even seem to care.
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ken is the "goto" guy when someone has to make a speech.
is he still the only corrie character who got an education? |
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