Brigit Forsyth
- Scottish
- Actor
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Brigit Forsyth obituary
Actress best known for playing Rodney Bewes's hen-pecking wife in the popular sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
The Times, 4th December 2023Brigit Forsyth obituary
Actor who played Thelma, Bob's prim girlfriend, in the 1970s sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 3rd December 2023Actress Brigit Forsyth dies aged 83
Sitcom actress Brigit Forsyth has died at the age of 83. She was best known for roles in Still Open All Hours and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?.
British Comedy Guide, 1st December 2023Still Open All Hours to return
Contrary to tabloid reports, Still Open All Hours has not been cancelled by the BBC and is due to return to screens.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2020The Likely Lads Blu-ray review
Although it breaks no new ground, and feels like two episodes of a situation comedy stretched out and filmed on a higher budget, The Likely Lads raises enough laughs to endear it to anyone who already enjoys the original sitcoms.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 30th March 2019Still Open All Hours Series 5 confirmed
Still Open All Hours will return to BBC One for a fifth series later in 2018. The recommission means that the sequel has now accumulated more episodes, and more series, than the original hit show.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2018As the warm, milky sitcom sequel continues, knackered lothario Gastric (Tim Healy) is still having no luck with the grimly clenched Madge (Brigit Forsyth). David Jason's Granville concocts a plan that has comfortingly familiar comic elements - ladders, silly costumes - so nobody minds if it doesn't really make sense. Elsewhere, it's a torrent of produce-based innuendo, with leeks, custard and bacon rind pressed into
erotic service.
Mark Gatiss among cast of Living with Mother series two
Doctor Who writer joins an all-star cast including Brigit Forsyth, Tom Goodman-Hill and Alison Steadman in the returning Radio 4 comedy.
Tom Cole, Radio Times, 9th October 2012