Any of you buffs of Hyacinth, in this month's Maryland Public TV magazine from the "Afternoon Tea" set (a bunch of Britcoms comprise Afternoon tea) there is a nice interview with Clive Swift, who played the beleagered Richard to Hyacinth. I'm putting a link below, but don't know if it will work without a member log-in (free).
Clive Swift is a much under-rated actor. He played Bishop Proudie in "Barchester Towers" - Alan Rickman (at the mention of whose name my wife, Maureen, goes weak at the knees) played the Bishop's oleaginous chaplain, Obadiah Slope.
I`m with Maureen! ;-)
Pat
Bruce wrote: > Clive Swift is a much under-rated actor. He played Bishop Proudie in
Thanks for that mention. I'm going to try to track it down on DVD. (Hopefully for less than the $40 amazon.com is asking!)
Women of all ages go weak in the knees for Alan Rickman. My 2 DDs, ages
19 and 24, both adore him.Sue
LOLOL -- and here I thought you had made it way up north and visited Sheena. I was looking forward to hearing what you had to talk about with her cat!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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Clive Swift also plays the minister in some other Britcom which was aired here recently -"Born & Bred" . Whenever we see him in something, DH always says - Hey, that's Hyacinth's husband - poor guy.
Yup, he's got that great voice, and just something. I really liked him in "Truly, Madly, Deeply" - in which he plays a ghost. And of course, as the wanna-be suitor to the unappreciative Kate Winslet in "Sense & Sensibility" . Hard to believe he's over 60.
Ellice
Hey, that's why I didn't head it with Ms. Bucket's DH....
I'm sure whenever Sheena & I do the IRL thing, it will be interesting, to say the least. ;^)
ellice
He had a great line - "and cancel Christmas!!" - when playing the wicked Sherrif of Nottingham in Robin Hood
LOL! That makes him a mere "Yoof"!!! He was wonderful as the definitely OTT Sheriff of ttingham in Robin Hood, too, wasn`t he?
There`s a wonderfully full biography of him at
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