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Old 13-08-2014, 17:02
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My sister comes into regular contact with David Bradley and she's always been full of praise for him. He's very polite and quietly spoken and always has time for anybody who approaches him to give an autograph or have a quick chat.
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Old 13-08-2014, 17:10
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I was so lucky to have met my fave idol actor Iain Glen (Ser Jorah Mormont from Game of Thrones), Downton Abbey a couple of weeks ago at a Cricket charity event.

He is seriously gorgeous, sweet, kind and very friendly. Gave a lot of his time to me. He even wrote back to me when I gave him a letter and told him I run a website on him and he wanted to see it. He wrote me a lovely 2 page letter saying amongst other things how impressed he was with the website.

http://www.visions-of-you.com/iaingl...mages/igst.jpg

http://iainglenfans.org/
Fantastic stuff, he is great in Game Of Thrones. Good to know he is appreciative of his fans and takes the time to chat and have photos. Nice website too btw.
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Old 13-08-2014, 18:55
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Baker always strikes me as a lovely man ever since he was very amusing on the program that aired on the last DW anniversary (not this one but the one before although there is a skit still available on You Tube called 'The Fiveish Doctors' which features Baker, Davidson and McCoy happily sending themselves up which was tied to this one) and all accounts of him on the Doctor Who Live Journal forum have confirmed this - in fact pretty well most of the DW/Torchwood casts have been great with fans.
Colin Baker was lumbered with problematic scripts and production decisions with which he was not comfortable. He was also caught in internal BBC politicking that he did not start and really wanted nothing to do with. Then they unceremoniously dumped him.

It's quite amazing, really, that he wants anything to do with Dr Who at all, when you consider how poorly he was treated. And yet, he consistently proclaims that he loved his stint on the show, throws himself into conventions with gusto, and generally acts as an unpaid Who ambassador-at-large. I think that says everything that needs to be said about what sort of person he is.
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Old 13-08-2014, 19:06
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Lawernce Llwellyn Bowen-snobby prat who stood outside his car door for about 10 mins until his driver came and opened it for him. Wouldn't acknowledge me when I served him, no manners-his driver was lovely though.

Cannon and Ball-lovely guys
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Old 14-08-2014, 01:00
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I've heard he is a top bloke.
My brother- in-law frequently goes to a certain pub in Yarm & he's seen Janick in there a few times, being a massive maiden fan he was gobsmacked when he first saw him, but he said Janick was brilliant, got a photo with him & chatted for a while.
I've heard you can find him in Yarm pubs too! I felt like I was the only person in the north east who hadn't met him somewhere. Apparently playing Iron Maiden in a pub makes him walk out as if people are taking the mick out of him, but I don't imagine this could be true!
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Old 14-08-2014, 09:22
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Cannon and Ball-lovely guys
A lot of experience of Cannon and Ball, and the latter was an odious **** on all occasions.
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Old 14-08-2014, 11:05
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A lot of experience of Cannon and Ball, and the latter was an odious **** on all occasions.
Was this before or after he became a 'Born Again Christian'?
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Old 14-08-2014, 11:06
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Colin Baker was lumbered with problematic scripts and production decisions with which he was not comfortable. He was also caught in internal BBC politicking that he did not start and really wanted nothing to do with. Then they unceremoniously dumped him.

It's quite amazing, really, that he wants anything to do with Dr Who at all, when you consider how poorly he was treated. And yet, he consistently proclaims that he loved his stint on the show, throws himself into conventions with gusto, and generally acts as an unpaid Who ambassador-at-large. I think that says everything that needs to be said about what sort of person he is.
That's a nice little tribute to a seemingly decent bloke!
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Old 14-08-2014, 11:19
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Colin Baker was lumbered with problematic scripts and production decisions with which he was not comfortable. He was also caught in internal BBC politicking that he did not start and really wanted nothing to do with. Then they unceremoniously dumped him.

It's quite amazing, really, that he wants anything to do with Dr Who at all, when you consider how poorly he was treated. And yet, he consistently proclaims that he loved his stint on the show, throws himself into conventions with gusto, and generally acts as an unpaid Who ambassador-at-large. I think that says everything that needs to be said about what sort of person he is.
I agree totally but then he's very much in the intelligent fanboy category which includes Tennant and Capaldi who was a huge fan before he got to be the Doctor. That it something that struck me on the anniversay program that he was obviously a massively intelligent guy with a great sense of humour who had the misfortune to be on the show at a bad time.
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Old 14-08-2014, 12:47
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Someone told me last week that Justin Fletcher, aka Mr Tumble is a terrible diva (this will only mean something to parents with toddlers-sorry)

Someone I know is very good friends with someone in children's tv and it's with his peers he's like this apparently, especially at awards shows. Apparently seems to think he's better than everyone else. No idea if this is just perception though

Ahhh I'm inclined to believe this. The relative of a boy I used to work with was (possibly is, or maybe married by now) engaged to him. The boy told me he wasn't as nice as he seemed on TV and refused to go to a younger child's birthday, even though they were soon to be family, because he didn't want to be Mr Tumble (not that he was asked to be).
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Old 14-08-2014, 12:58
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Was this before or after he became a 'Born Again Christian'?
After, and I mean I had a lot of experience with him, Tommy, kept himself to himself, Bobby, as nasty a man as I had ever encountered, really nasty.
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Old 14-08-2014, 15:44
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I am a bit of thespian so I know a lot of thespian-type people and one of my friends was in Oliver with Rowan Atkinson. Apparently he was a really, really nasty man. He treated the "non famous" people as if they were something on the bottom of his shoes. My friend was in a fairly long run of the show and so saw this behaviour on a pretty regular basis. One of his assistants had told the director that the chorus weren't allowed to speak to him off stage and at one point he even shushed the chorus during a warm up. The director had to politely remind him that they were actors too...

I've met Matt Dawson, Jonny Wilkinson, Ross Kemp, Jay Kay (Jamiroquai), Barbara Windsor, Alan Carr, Chris Barrie, Peter Andre, David Beckham (lush!) and a few others that I can't think of right now.

All of them were lovely - Matt Dawson helped me up when I slipped on some ice at the Wasps rugby ground. I was so embarrassed but he was lovely!

The "OK" lot...
Sean Connery was really scary - very intimidating (but not horrible per say) and Chelsea Healey was very cute but really loud during a film screening - constantly talking to her friend (loudly) and texting - WITH THE KEYBOARD CLICK ON!! But again, not horrible!

As for the not-so lovely, Alan Titchmarsh is an absolute b@stard (long, long story but he was vile),
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Old 14-08-2014, 16:16
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A friends son had to deliver a new car to Rod Stewarts house in Epping, and when he arrived, along with a colleague, Rod welcomed them and said "come in lads, fancy a bacon sarnie?"
They went into his kitchen, and after sorting out the paperwork for the car, had a bacon sarnie. and a cup of tea with Rod, who stayed and chatted to them for sometime.
He was really down to earth, and made them feel welcome.
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Old 14-08-2014, 17:08
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After, and I mean I had a lot of experience with him, Tommy, kept himself to himself, Bobby, as nasty a man as I had ever encountered, really nasty.
Thanks for replying. He'd kind of admitted to being an ar*e prior to his 'conversion' but I thought he was supposed to have had a bit of an epiphany since and seemingly become a better person. Looks like you've seen a different side to him. It seems, often, that a religious conversion can make an already obnoxious person even more so. I do know of people like that.
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Old 14-08-2014, 17:11
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In the 80s when she was a Southwark councillor and I was a journalist, I went to a conference which she also was attending and during the buffet lunch break, by mistake I sat at a table reserved for councillors. She totally blanked me. She could have pointed out in a friendly way that I was at the wrong table.

Tessa Jowell, who was a Camden councillor at the time, was the opposite. She was always friendly and chatty and polite to me.
I met Harriet Harmen in the early 90's, when she 'had' to visit the Care Home I managed. (One of my wonderful residents, who was 105 at the time was being interviewed for a TV programme about the suffragette movement as she had been one!!!) Harriet was as snotty then as she is now.
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Old 14-08-2014, 17:37
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As for the not-so lovely, Alan Titchmarsh is an absolute b@stard (long, long story but he was vile),
Do tell... don't leave us hanging!

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Old 14-08-2014, 18:00
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A friends son had to deliver a new car to Rod Stewarts house in Epping, and when he arrived, along with a colleague, Rod welcomed them and said "come in lads, fancy a bacon sarnie?"
They went into his kitchen, and after sorting out the paperwork for the car, had a bacon sarnie. and a cup of tea with Rod, who stayed and chatted to them for sometime.
He was really down to earth, and made them feel welcome.
Wow!!
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Old 14-08-2014, 18:48
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My Aunt met Richard O'Brien in the 90's whilst on a day out in a park in London. She said he was quite unassuming (weirdly!) but a completely wonderful guy who took the time to answer all my cousins questions about The Crystal Maze. All in all he spent about 20 minutes chatting to them and she said it seemed like it was a genuine pleasure to him, rather than doing it just to be polite.
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Old 14-08-2014, 18:50
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A friends son had to deliver a new car to Rod Stewarts house in Epping, and when he arrived, along with a colleague, Rod welcomed them and said "come in lads, fancy a bacon sarnie?"
They went into his kitchen, and after sorting out the paperwork for the car, had a bacon sarnie. and a cup of tea with Rod, who stayed and chatted to them for sometime.
He was really down to earth, and made them feel welcome.
Brilliant. This doesn't surprise me in the least.
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Old 14-08-2014, 19:31
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Brilliant. This doesn't surprise me in the least.
Love this story. You don't get more famous than Rod, and yet he is down to earth.
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:02
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I am a bit of thespian so I know a lot of thespian-type people and one of my friends was in Oliver with Rowan Atkinson. Apparently he was a really, really nasty man. He treated the "non famous" people as if they were something on the bottom of his shoes. My friend was in a fairly long run of the show and so saw this behaviour on a pretty regular basis. One of his assistants had told the director that the chorus weren't allowed to speak to him off stage and at one point he even shushed the chorus during a warm up. The director had to politely remind him t

As for the not-so lovely, Alan Titchmarsh is an absolute b@stard (long, long story but he was vile),
I have commented on him on other posts....there is something about him that has always struck me as false.Would love to hear your story.
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Old 14-08-2014, 22:17
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I agree totally but then he's very much in the intelligent fanboy category which includes Tennant and Capaldi who was a huge fan before he got to be the Doctor. That it something that struck me on the anniversay program that he was obviously a massively intelligent guy with a great sense of humour who had the misfortune to be on the show at a bad time.
Yes, he is intelligent, charming and humble. I've only met him very briefly at a few cons (and I haven't been to a Dr Who con for years and years), but he always struck me as thoroughly decent. He used to write a regular column in the Buck Free Press. I didn't always agree with him - in fact I often disagreed - but he wrote with conviction and charm, and was a pleasure to read.
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Old 14-08-2014, 22:44
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As for the not-so lovely, Alan Titchmarsh is an absolute b@stard (long, long story but he was vile),
OH is a gardener (I really good one) and he's always thought AT was a bit of a knob (he says half the time he talked a load of gardening bollocks!)
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Old 14-08-2014, 23:27
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From a friend who did an advert with George Cole.

He was quiet, but very professional. Didn't really talk much unless you approached him. Gave polite one-line answers to questions, but didn't really instigate any conversation. He seemed happier when talking about the people he had worked with in his older career (50s) than Arthur Daley etc. But a very easy bloke to work with due to his professionalism.
George is a quiet, softly-spoken man. That's how he always came across in the interviews he did to promote his recent autobiography. He makes no secret of the fact he found Arthur Daley a hideous person!
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Old 14-08-2014, 23:30
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Lawernce Llwellyn Bowen-snobby prat who stood outside his car door for about 10 mins until his driver came and opened it for him. Wouldn't acknowledge me when I served him, no manners-his driver was lovely though.

Cannon and Ball-lovely guys
It's a common theme in this thread. The low-rent no-marks often have the biggest ego and delusions of their own stardom.
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