I am about to post what should be the definitive answer ! . . . .
Question regarding very first episode of OFAH Page 2
Tease
I know !
It is his day for it. 
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Quote: Gordon Bennett @ March 23 2013, 7:21 PM GMTI can't believe no sod knows who that woman was. Even Aaron is only "quite sure" it wasn't Tessa PJ.
Small bit-parts like hers are rarely credited. In the scripts, the role is named only as 'Voice'. I am as certain as I can be without going through the BBC Archives for artist contracts, that the woman in question is not Tessa Peake-Jones.
Quote: Oldrocker @ March 23 2013, 8:02 PM GMTBrace yourselves
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You're a diamond!
Quote: Oldrocker @ March 23 2013, 8:02 PM GMTBrace yourselves
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Yeah, but scroll down. One of the posts says: "Correct - Tessa was asked if it was her and she made it clear that it was not - although it does sound like her"
Or was THAT the definitive answer? Peake-Jones said "No" in an interview? Ok.
It doesn't really sound all that much like her. It's a London-ish accent certainly, but too high pitched. And apart from being brunette, her appearance is all wrong. The woman in episode one has very prominent upper teeth, a clear overbite that TPJ does not possess; and large, rounded, chubby cheeks - again, something not really in TPJ's facial structure.
Quote: Aaron @ March 23 2013, 8:55 PM GMTThe woman in episode one has very prominent upper teeth, a clear overbite that TPJ does not possess; and large, rounded, chubby cheeks - again, something not really in TPJ's facial structure.
Wow, a detailed analysis. Did you freeze-frame and enlarge it? Thanks Aaron.
Oldrocker's link revealed Trigger's name (Colin Ball). I really didn't know that.
I did freeze-frame, but enlargement wasn't necessary.
I've just watched it four or five times and it's so dark there I can barely see a person !
Mind you. I'm on a pc not a 47" plasma.
You may need to adjust the brightness/contrast on your screen then. Most monitors have an auto adjust button/option. No idea about laptops.
Quote: Aaron @ March 23 2013, 9:33 PM GMTYou may need to adjust the brightness/contrast on your screen then.
Or his eyes?
Still, it's amazing how we refuse to give up on this "Tessa Peake-Jones Mystery". Real comedy fans are worse than Columbo.
Quote: Aaron @ March 23 2013, 8:55 PM GMTIt doesn't really sound all that much like her. It's a London-ish accent certainly, but too high pitched. And apart from being brunette, her appearance is all wrong. The woman in episode one has very prominent upper teeth, a clear overbite that TPJ does not possess; and large, rounded, chubby cheeks - again, something not really in TPJ's facial structure.
I'm impressed! I'll take your word for it that it's not Tessa, though I would have to disagree with you in not sounding like her.