Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“Been enjoying Hi de Hi re runs on BBC Two this week and wondered what the cast was like in real life. There's a recent video on You Tube where Ruth Madoc is approached by a Royal Marine in Liverpool who is a fan and she seemed really keen to chat with him, a complete stranger. Apparently she is really down to earth and keen to speak to fans. I know many of the cast are dead now, but has anyone met a star from this old sitcom?”
I spotted Su Pollard sitting opposite me on the tube way back in the 90s , She was reading a newspaper but wearing all the bangles and necklaces that you'd possibly expect from her character, though she was on her own and not talking of course. On the Central line so possibly on her way to the BBC TV centre at the time maybe?
Also, used to spot Paul Whitehouse getting on the train at Clapton station (my local at the time) he used to live in Hackney. Again probably going into Liverpool St to get onto the Central line for the BBC centre at White City at the time (now closed)
Like Su Pollard, he also had a newspaper with them, I think possibly it is way of keeping their head down so they avid eye contact or recognition when travelling.
Or they could just want to read to pass the time...
The Scottish actress, Siobhan Redmond, who sat opposite me on the overground train once, who was reading Errol Flynn's biography "My Wicked wicked Ways"