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Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (born 4 June 1927) is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ben Parkinson in Butterflies and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.
After being demobilised from the Royal Marines, Palmer drifted into theatre, joining a local amateur dramatics society because of a girlfriend. He became an assistant stage manager at the Q Theatre, by Kew Bridge, then the Grand Theatre in Croydon. He spent several years touring with a repertory company, and was an actor in theatre, coming to television and public prominence later in his career. Early television appearances included a variety of roles in Granada Television's The Army Game, two episodes of The Baron and as a property agent in Cathy Come Home.
Getting a major break in John Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he then acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the National Theatre Company and was directed by Laurence Olivier in J. B. Priestley's Eden End. Palmer found the play so boring, however, that it put him off a stage career for good. Many of his television parts were as a stuffy, middle class buffoon, with a stiff upper lip, and he is known for deadpan drollery. Two sitcom roles brought him major attention in the 1970s: the hapless brother-in-law of Reggie Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), and the phlegmatic Ben Parkinson in Carla Lane's Butterflies (1978–83). He has continued to appear in productions written by Perrin creator David Nobbs, the latest being the radio comedy The Maltby Collection.
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ben Parkinson in Butterflies and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
Geoffrey Palmer is best known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ben Parkinson in Butterflies and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By. In November 1982 he talked about his acting career to Martin Cowen.
Watch TV actor Geoffrey Palmer's appeal on behalf of Canine Partners.
On BBC2's Daily Politics, actor Geoffrey Palmer complains that the business and environmental cases fell apart last year and now the capacity case has also fallen apart meaning there's no valid reason to spoil the countryside for HS2.
LETTERS LIVE: http://letterslive.com/ Letter taken from More Letters Of Note, compiled by Shaun Usher (Canongate) http://www.canongate.tv/more-letters-of-note-hardback.html As World War II raged in May of 1942, three years before the publication of what has since become his best-known novel, Brideshead Revisited, English author Evelyn Waugh was in fact a newly-assigned member of the British Army’s Royal Horse Guards, a cavalry regiment then stationed in south-west Scotland to which he had recently been transferred. Back home, in dire need of some light relief, his wife of 5 years, Laura, was steadfastly holding fort whilst just weeks away from giving birth to their fourth child, Margaret. Entertainment soon arrived, in the form of a letter from her husband in which he expertly and with p...
Kenneth Eden is indicted with theft and indecent assault on a minor. Another great story here with powerful performances. Lots of known actors here, especially from the world of Doctor Who! Peter Copley, playing the Judge, was in "Pyramids of Mars". Geoffrey Palmer, playing the accused, was in "The Silurians" and others. Anne Reid, here as Florence Davenport, was in the "Curse of Fenric". Prosecuting Counsel, played by Vernon Dobtcheff, appeared in "The War Games" and Jacqueline Hill (as the wife of the accused) was Barbara Wright, one of the first companions to William Hartnell's Doctor. Director Richard Martin also worked on early Doctor Who adventures. Tony Caunter was also in Doctor Who in "Colony in Space" but will be probably be best known as Roy in EastEnders, as was Lizzie Power (...
Dame Judi Dench tells the Parkinson audience about the dreadful reviews she received as a young actor. Free video clip from the popular british talk show 'Parkinson'.
For the first time, a DVD showing the damage the proposed HS2 route from London to Birmingham would bring to the entire 140 mile stretch has been produced by Keith Hoffmeister, with commentary by actor Geoffrey Palmer OBE. Mike Pearce reports for ITV News Meridian, 22nd Jan 2013
http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2011/pbs-behind-britcoms/ In this clip from BEHIND THE BRITCOMS: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN, hosts Moira Brooker and Philip Bretherton introduce the actors of some of the most famous British comedies. Premiering March 2011 on most PBS stations (check your local listings at pbs.org/tvschedules). Support your local PBS station now -- you make it possible for your PBS station to offer amazing performances and the opportunity to discover something new every day, whether on TV or online. To donate to your local PBS station, visit http://www.pbs.org/support
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDe Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt A Fish Called Wanda Trailer - After a diamond heist, Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) seduces and double-crosses the con-men to get her hands on the diamonds. MGM - 1988
A Fish Called Wanda movie clips: http://j.mp/1A0Ws65 BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1bQAnLQ Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: While searching Ken's apartment, Otto (Kevin Kline) seduces Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) by speaking Italian. FILM DESCRIPTION: In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former ...
A Fish Called Wanda Trailer 1988 Director: Charles Crichton Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Maria Aitken, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson Official Content From MGM Home Entertainment Hilarious farce about a series of double-crosses by a gang of jewel thieves. F-f-f-f-funny! Movie, A Fish Called Wanda Movie,A Fish Called Wanda Trailer,A Fish Called Wanda 1988, Charles Crichton,Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Maria Aitken, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson
A Fish Called Wanda movie clips: http://j.mp/1A0Ws65 BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1bQAnLQ Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Avenging his departed fish, Ken (Michael Palin) plows over Otto (Kevin Kline) with a slow-moving steamroller. FILM DESCRIPTION: In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's for...
John Cleese introduces his latest movie A Fish Called Wanda (1988) to the American audience. Video clip from the DVD extras.
Opening/middle and End Theme. score by John Du Prez.
A Fish Called Wanda movie clips: http://j.mp/1A0Ws65 BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1bQAnLQ Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Otto (Kevin Kline) questions Ken (Michael Palin) about the location of the diamonds, gulping Ken's prized fish to motivate him. FILM DESCRIPTION: In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael P...
Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Jenny Funnell, Philip Bretherton and supporting cast in outtakes from As Time Goes By.
Lionel tries to enjoy a Baguette while on Holiday in Paris, as seen on the wonderful "As Time Goes By".
Shaggy Dog Story is a charity programme for Children in Need, put together by the BBC in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year's Future Generations video (featuring children's programmes), and the great success of 1997's "Perfect Day" charity single. It was first shown on December 27, 1999. Shaggy Dog Story was dedicated to the BBC's comedy output. It featured various comedians and comic actors (some in character, others as themselves) telling a long-winded shaggy dog story, beginning off with Ronnie Corbett in his trademark armchair, who is most famously known for telling such stories on The Two Ronnies. The story featured a cricket captain who hired a horse for his team, who ends up as a good player but can't run. A second, shorter story, entitled "Mammals vs. Insects", was also broa...
The first of three novelty records released by Carry On star Joan Sims, which was quickly followed by 'Spring Song' and 'Men' later the same year (Parlophone R5089) and 'Sweet Lovely Whatisname' with 'The Lass With the Delicate Hair' in 1967 (CBS 202635), both of which are available on my channel. None of the records made any impact on the charts. Apart from these singles Joan can also be heard on the Original Cast recording soundtrack albums for 'The Lord Chamberlain Regrets' (1961), and 'The Water Babies'. Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 -- 27 June 2001), best known as Joan Sims, was an English actress, best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By. Sims made her first film appearance in Will Any Gentleman? with...
The third and final novelty record released by Carry On star Joan Sims, which had been preceeded by 'Hurry Up Gran' with 'Oh Not Again Ken' (Parlophone R5021) in 1963 and 'Spring Song' with 'Men' later that same year (Parlophone R5089), both of which are available on my channel. None of the records made any impact on the charts. Apart from these singles Joan can also be heard on the Original Cast recording soundtrack albums for 'The Lord Chamberlain Regrets' (1961), and 'The Water Babies'. The two songs on this record were co-written by Last of the Summer Wine star Bill Owen. 'The Lass witht he Delicate Hair' was adapted with new English lyrics from the Michael Arne written opera-style song, released by Mimi Coertse in 1959. Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 -- 27 June 2001), best ...
A list of the 100 best selling singles of the 1980s in the UK, according to this source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_of_the_1980s_%28UK%29 Therefore, this list is not of my opinion, so please don't ask why your favourite song didn't make the cut. SONGS: 100- "Love of the Common People" - Paul Young 99- "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie 98- "Golden Brown" - The Stranglers 97 "Love & Pride" - King 96 "Woman" - John Lennon 95 "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie 94 "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" - Ottawan 93 "Happy Birthday" - Altered Images 92 "Take On Me" - a-ha 91 "Baggy Trousers" - Madness 90 "A Good Heart" - Feargal Sharkey 89 "9 to 5" - Sheena Easton 88 "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson 87 "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" - Billy Ocean...
Here's the first episode of series one of the brilliant comedy "Fairly Secret Army" starring the brilliant Geoffrey Palmer it was broadcast in 1984 in the early days of Channel 4,strangely this excellent series which despite getting poor press reviews at the time lasted for a second series,but has never been repeated or released on vhs or dvd video. I seem to be the only one who recorded it at the time for my collection. Mid way through this you will see a short interlude sequence which I have shortened for this upload which channel 4 used at the time to fill up for a lack of advertising.Amazingly channel 4 in an age when their were only 4 TV channels in the UK was unable to find sufficient advertisers to fill its advertising slots,but they soon remedied the situation as advertisers woke u...
Tonight we look a man who changed his country forever, first as Deputy Prime Minister, then later Prime Minister of New Zealand. Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s determination to clean up a government after years of authoritarian neglect saw New Zealand standing up to America and Australia on nuclear weapons and testing.
An insight into the difficulties and problems of a Monarch who ruled for 26 years and formed the House of Windsor in 1917 - with rather too many faked ‘acting' shots to fill out the lack of original authentic camera work. Nevertheless an informative and interesting historical documentary - the real bonus being a marvellously cool narration by Geoffrey Palmer, full of dry and underplayed tongue-in the-cheek humour...
T V COMEDY STARRING MAXINE PEAKE, MARK ADDY AND PHIL DAVIS. STARRING WARREN MITCHELL. STARRING JOHN MILLS RALPH RICHARDSON MICHEAL CAINE,NANETTE NEWMAN--APOLOGIES FOR THE THREE ADVERT BREAKS THIS MOVIE . STARRING KATHY BURKE AND LEE EVANS. STARRING WILFRED HYDE WHITE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN RUN AWAY TO LONDON TO SEE THE CORONATION.
Actors Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths discuss their roles in the Broadway revival of Peter Shaffer's classic 1973 drama, "Equus." Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.) The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is fu...
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read by Sir John Gielgud.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Post Mortem concerns Noël Coward’s radical thoughts on war. At a screening of the play’s TV adaptation for BBC television series The Jazz Age, comedian Alistair McGowan discusses Coward’s work with actors Penelope Keith, Keith Barron and Maria Aitken and John Gorrie, who directed an adaptation of Coward’s Private Lives. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
Narrated by actor Paul Meier, this recently updated documentary celebrates over 135 years of Theosophy in America, beginning with the early history of the Theosophical Society, and highlighting the important contributions made by H. P. Blavatsky and Col. Henry Olcott in the formation of the Society. Rare film footage and archival photos highlight the video along with appearances by such Theosophical Society in America presidents as Joy Mills, Dora Kunz, John Algeo, Tim Boyd, and International Theosophical Society president, Radha Burnier. Revised and updated for 2012. 49 minutes. Closed Captions: English and Spanish Available on DVD at: http://questbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product;_id=1175&search;=Theosophical+Society+in+America&description;=true&category;_id=59⊂_category...
"Stop press girl" is a farcical comedy about a young girl (Sally Ann Howes) who has the ability to stop any kind of machinery by an act of will. This inevitably leads to all sorts of complications, and a fine cast of British character actors are on hand to support the fun, including Basil Radford & Naunton Wayne in their final screen appearance together. Watch closely and you will also spot Arthur Lowe in a small bit part, his third appearance on screen. "Stop press girl" has been virtually unseen in the UK since its original release, having never been shown on UK tv or given a release on VHS or dvd. It was however shown several times on the ABC Network in Australia which is where this copy was obtained. I will remove the film immediately if a copyright holder objects, or if a dvd release ...
Carla Lane, writer of Liver Birds, Bread and Butterflies in this 2009 interview for PBS' Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen talks about her fondness for Butterflies star, Geoffrey Palmer.
For all ATGB fans :)) thanks, M.
Geoffrey Palmer and Dame Judi Dench offer insights as to how they felt about Bob Larbey's writing in this brief clip from PBS' Behind the Britcom: From Scrip to Screen.
Creator/Writer Carla Lane discusses the idea behind Butterflies with Geoffrey Palmer
A poem by Antony Chapman of the Wendover HS2 Action Group read by Geoffrey Palmer.
Geoffrey Palmer with a poem for David Cameron to reconsider HS2.
Scottish Lamb - Slam in the Lamb - Geoffrey Palmer
An Argos advert with the very distinctive voice of Geoffrey Palmer.
A public lecture by Sir Geoffrey Palmer for the Capital's 150th birthday celebrations. Sir Geoffrey Palmer is a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Law and Public Law Centre at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Tonight we look a man who changed his country forever, first as Deputy Prime Minister, then later Prime Minister of New Zealand. Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s determination to clean up a government after years of authoritarian neglect saw New Zealand standing up to America and Australia on nuclear weapons and testing.
Program celebrating Dame Judi's 60 year career with highlights and interviews. Comments made by Ian McKellan, Sam Mendes, Samantha Bond, Pierce Brosnan, Billy Connolly, Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Palmer.
THIS VIDEO IS CURRENTLY BEING CAPTIONED. Participating university officials include UI President Sally Mason. Sir Geoffrey Palmer, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and UI associate professor of law, will be the guest speaker.
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