Thora Hird

Thursday, 04 November 2021

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I can’t wait until next week when John Bishop is put through his paces by Karvanista

Belfast Telegraph 04 Nov 2021

First up a confession. I am not and have never been a Whovian ... ITV . / ... He/it is one of the Lupari, who has been sent to Earth as ‘man’s best friend’ because as the good Doctor told us, there was ‘a hurricane ripping through the structure of this universe… a cataclysm of unknown proportions.’ Thora Hird never had such problems on a Sunday tea-time ... .

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Podmass gets spooky this week with tales of haunted hotels, ghost trains, and Silent Hill 2

AV Club 25 Oct 2021

Actress Thora Hird (right, bending down) serving a witches brew punch at a 1958 Halloween partyPhoto. Keystone/Hulton Archive (Getty Images). In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.

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Songs of Praise: Queen congratulates BBC show on 60th anniversary

BBC News 03 Oct 2021

The Queen has congratulated "all those involved" in BBC One's Songs of Praise as the show celebrates 60 years on air ... Hosted by Aled Jones, the show will feature ex-presenters and star guests. In a pre-recorded message, the Queen said ... Actress Dame Thora Hird went on to host spin-off show Praise Be! for 17 years ... He added ... Related Topics.

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In 1962, The Beatles were new, the Bond films were born - and we had ...

The Daily Mail 04 Sep 2021

David Kynaston lets us know who was appearing in Blackpool in the summer of ’62 – Thora Hird, Ken Dodd, Harry Worth and Sooty and Sweep (above) ... He lets us know not only who was appearing in Blackpool in the summer of ’62 – Thora Hird, Ken Dodd, Harry Worth and Sooty and Sweep – ...

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I think we can all agree the race report was a great success – except ...

The Independent 03 Sep 2021

But this wasn’t racist, because it was just as likely they might make up a story about a white Christian bus driver, who made all the passengers wait on the 522 to Epsom, while he watched a YouTube clip of Dame Thora Hird telling the story of Jesus and the Pharisees on an episode of Songs of Praise from 1987 ... .

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The Times Daily Quiz: Wednesday July 28, 2021

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jul 2021

5 Performed by Thora Hird, A Cream Cracker under the Settee is a Talking Heads monologue by which playwright? ... .

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Joe Biden gives woman who lost job pep talk in weekly address revival

ITV 07 Feb 2021

After losing her job at a startup clothing company in July, she wrote Mr Biden a letter ... Credit ... For two and half minutes I wasn’t sure if I was watching a party political broadcast or an advert for elder care… for those of you old enough, imagine a cross between Thora Hird and her stairlifts and the Yellow Pages ad for Fly Fishing by JR Hartley ... .

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Alan Bennett offers update on health since open heart surgery

Belfast Telegraph 24 Dec 2020

Alan Bennett has had to give up cycling and struggles to climb stairs – but refuses to install a stairlift in his home for “aesthetic reasons” ... PA. / ... Bennett apologised to readers for dwelling “so much on my physical incapacity”. He added ... “I never thought I’d say it, but I wish we had a stairlift (as famously advertised by Thora Hird) ... Bennett said ... .

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From Talking Heads to a painter with seven fingers: the Observer culture quiz

The Observer 05 Jul 2020

The recent TV version of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads featured a slew of 2020 actors reprising roles first taken in 1988 and 1998 ... Thora Hird.

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John Boland's week on TV: Eve Hewson brings poise to mix of murder and mumbo-jumbo in The Luminaries

Irish Independent 27 Jun 2020

I can't recall a worse opening to a drama than the first five minutes of The Luminaries (BBC1) ... What was going on? ... Alan Bennett's monologues were first televised, to considerable acclaim, in the late 1980s, with Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, David Haig and Thora Hird among the actors inhabiting the various characters ... .

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John Boland's week in TV: Eve Hewson brings poise to mix of murder and mumbo-jumbo in The Luminaries

Irish Independent 27 Jun 2020

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Jodie Comer and Talking Heads cast donate over £1m to NHS amid coronavirus pandemic

Metro UK 24 Jun 2020

The Talking Heads cast have donated over £1million to the NHS (Picture. BBC). The cast of Talking Heads have donated over £1million to NHS Charities Together amid the coronavirus pandemic ... Alan paid tribute to the NHS alongside the contribution, writing ... Advertisement ... One only had to put Thora Hird in a hospital setting and the dialogue wrote itself ... .

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Why Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is past its sell-by date

New Statesman 24 Jun 2020

It isn’t only thanks to the passage of time that Bennett-land seems so anachronistic now ... “An Ordinary Woman” replaces one of the two monologues, originally performed by Thora Hird, that have been ditched in the BBC’s remake of both series of Talking Heads (the second was originally broadcast in 1998) ... But I digress ... But it was the actors I loved.

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When was Talking Heads originally on TV and who was in it?

Metro UK 23 Jun 2020

The original series was nominated for 10 Bafta TV Awards back in 1989, winning Thora Hird the prize for best actress for her role in A Cream Cracker Under The Settee ... The original cast of Talking Heads saw such big names as Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird and Maggie Smith bring Bennett’s words to the screen.

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Talking Heads: The Shrine

British Theatre Guide 23 Jun 2020

Alan Bennett. London Theatre Company. BBC iPlayer. From. Go to stream... Share .. According to Wikipedia, the two Thora Hird monologues (A Cream Cracker Under The Settee and Waiting for the Telegram), both absolute gems, missed out on inclusion in the new locked down series because the producers were unable to use actors over the age of 70 ... Reviewer.