Saying that Andy wouldn't be recognised in the street because he never has been.

When he drank in my local in his EE heyday we always shouted 'BARRY, YOU GOT ANY MOTORS?' at him across the bar

(Barry sorry for driving you away from the pub )

He is a genuinely lovely fella by the way. He did a lot of discreet fundraising/funding for the very sick kid who lived opposite us so he could have his dream of swimming with dolphins, I believe it was <3

Good on you Shaun

How will Andy be surely recognised because you recognised Barry?

I wouldn't be a fan, but I did lol when he said "I'm only a tax bill away from sitting on this (BB chair) for real

Nice to hear he's a decent sort .

He was a bit of a joke on EE and I wasn't a fan of the character but he's always been a good guy

I feel terrible now thinking back as he was just trying to have a quiet pint with his mates and we were shouting 'GOT ANY MOTORS?' at him all the time About as original as when my friend met Brucie and said 'nice to see you...' but rather larier

Blimey did anyone else think Rylan's intro to him was a bit 'sensitive' in light of Andy's meltdown, about him getting pushed down a cliff when he got married?

Andy will be recognised by all the people who saw him on their TV screens when he worked for the BBC

What did he do out of interest?

I don't mean this in a bad way but he looks very 'generic BBC/Sky TV presenter' to me, not one I'd recognise myself even if I did watch 'normal' TV.

Lol - the reference to be pushed down a cliff was to "Barry being pushed off the cliff by Janine" - how can that be "a bit sensitive to Andy?"

It's probably true that 'Shaun' isn't recognised though isn't it? Only 'Barry'. I know it's sort of a running joke now, helped by his role in extras, but its also a very accurate one. He's just 'Barry'. He'll always be 'Barry'.

I would recognise almost every news presenter being a watcher of news.

What does Barry do now apart from show up on BOTS?

That would have made a good segment on "You Bet!" back in the 90's.

A lot of musical shows I think.

he can do anything, he's extremely versatile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzJ1ZTWnshk

Thanks. I have never watched Eastenders and only know Barry from BOTS.

I've seen him on a couple of episodes of Pointless. He's pretty knowledgeable.

I know that Jilly I just thought mentioning people getting married and then pushed to their deaths was either a 'clever' wink at Andy's meltdown or a bit insensitive.


Ah thanks, so he was a news presenter. He seems very good at it in a generic way so I'm surprised he chose BB rather than just applying to Sky or another channel, seems like a risky career move.



Yeah apparently he's got a really good voice, he's big in panto too (no pun intended).