Paula Tilbrook (16/1/30-1/12/19, made public 15/7/20) Betty Eagleton in Emmerdale, Open All Hours Rocky Sharpe (26/11/52-5/12/19, announced 6/1/20), Replays leader Neville Buswell (20/1/43-25/12/19,...
A tribute to Des O’Connor We’re celebrating the career of one of the showbiz greats who we don’t think ever got the...
In 2015, TV Cream was fortunate enough to talk to Nicholas Parsons on the eve of the 71st series of Just A...
Ron Smith (?/24-10/1/19), Judge Dredd artist Dianne Oxberry (28/11/67-10/1/19), Simon Mayo breakfast sidekick, 8:15 From Manchester presenter, BBC North West weather presenter...
The artist formerly known as Vivian James was initially more famous for writing about television than appearing on it, with his column...
Doreen Keogh (5/2/16-31/12/17), first Rovers Return barmaid Concepta Riley and Mrs Doyle’s mainland friend Mrs Dineen Denise LaSalle (16/7/39-8/1/18), soul singer and...
TV Cream was sad to hear of the death of Peter Firmin, co-founder of Smallfilms (with Oliver Postgate). Between them, Firmin and Postgate created The...
Sid Roberson (15/03/1937 – 22/12/2016, reported January), award winning advert director, also directed the Sweeney and Fast Show Larry Steinbachek (06/50/1960 –...
Following the sad news of Keith Chegwin permanently ‘checking out’, we revisit the highs and lows of his career on camera. OPEN...
Not just Mr Saturday Night. Not just Mr Entertainment. Bruce Forsyth was Mr Television… SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (ATV 1959)...
“Sorry. Hold on will you?” It’s – what? – 10 years ago and here’s Bruce Forsyth. In one of our other guises,...
It was about 10 years ago TV Cream found a reason to call Adam West at home. As the transatlantic wires crackled...
John Noakes’ route into telly was somewhat curious and owed a lot to Biddy Baxter’s unorthodox way of hiring talent. Looking for...
Our summary of the late Victoria Wood’s TV CV… NEW FACES (ATV 1974) THE SUMMER SHOW (ATV 1975) Victoria Wood’s telly debut...
A true light entertainment giant? Yes, Paul! In light of the sad news, here’s a ruffle through the TV highlights of Mr...
In light of the sad news, TV Cream presents some snippets from the time it sat down with the now late Lord Terrence of...
Direct from London’s verdant Shepherd’s Bush Green, we celebrate the televisual excursions of…. LORD TERENCE OF WOGANSHIRE JACKPOT (RTE 1964) Eager for...
The following appeared in our Creamguide mail-out just a few weeks ago. We represent it now in light of the extremely sad...
If you didn’t like or understand The Young Ones, you were just too old. We all said it, and it rings true...
“Hands up who likes me.” TV Cream’s hands are up and waving. And we’re wailing at the news the unkillable (cos he...
FEW WENT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF BEING FAMOUS as meticulously as David Frost. Even fewer managed to make it look so effortless....
It’s been a terrible week. We’ve lost Richard Briers, Derek Batey… and now, we hear, Bob Godfrey, godfather of the lovely wobbly,...
The great Richard Briers has passed away at the age of 79. Eight years ago (give or take) we were lucky enough...
A tribute to the former BBC director-general, who has died aged 82. When the BBC board of governors were looking for...
In memory of Betty Driver, 1920-2011 (courtesy of John Shuttleworth)
By way of a tribute to David Croft, here’s a bit of Hi-De-Hi at its best (for it was often thus), in...
A fond farewell to one of British television’s most dependable, dutiful producers and directors, who went from this: …to wit, the title...
Would that it weren't.
TV Cream again finds itself in the ghastly position of posting up another RIP for another timeless TV name who has...
TV Cream is saddened and not a little shocked to learn of the death of Elisabeth Sladen – presenter of Stepping Stones,...
We were very sad to hear about the death of Nicholas Courtney. Our condolences go out to his family. More details here....
Prompted by Monday night's superb BBC4 documentary, TV Cream has riffled through its own Monkhouse memorabilia for a few snaps from the...
A salute to a few TV Cream heroes (and one villain) who died this year.
Anthony Howard has died.
Old age "had made it increasingly difficult for him to control his puppet" says the BBC. Oh come on, you can drop...
Fittingly, there's been rain at Wmbldn today>.
Gone at the age of 83...>
A few days late perhaps, but given most of 2009's award ceremonies don't take place till February 2010, we're still ahead of...
So long, prescient Kennedy...
Farewell to the man behind Captain Pugwash, Sir Prancelot, Mary Mungo & Midge and Ark Stories (lest we forget, once voted one...
The kindly uncle to Valerie Singleton's stern schoolmistress on The Money Programme, and The Normal One alongside The Grumpy One and The...
Mollie Sugden has died, aged 86. How you remember her depends on where you came in: 1) the 60s, when she stickybeaked...
The pianist, composer, arranger and forever gregarious host of MY MUSIC has died. He was 88. Notable among the man's many accomplishments...
Patrick Dowling, co-creator of The Adventure Game and producer of Vision On and Take Hart, has died. He was 89. The man...
… He said it after playing Orville’s Song on Pick Of The Pops. Yes, Alan Freeman, music lovers. Whether you adored him...
Time’s up.
An ultra-brief bit of business that doesn’t really do justice to the man’s ultra-brilliance, but hey, he’s sporting white gloves, gets into...
In happier times, as they always say, with Christopher Cazenove, Peter Jeffrey and Jakki Brambles.
No more, please. Too many chunks of childhood have already been lost this year to warrant such a rate of expiry persisting...
Not been the best of weeks. Euston Road, March 1978:
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