After reading the recent post about Lysette Anthony joining Corrie , I was just thinking about all the famous faces "d'un age certain" - 'scuse my French - that have appeared on Coronation Street. Not the ones who appeared when they were still unknowns, like Joanna Lumley - I mean well-established faces, such as Sir Ian McKellen, Andrew Sachs, Nigel Havers, Anthony Valentine, and so forth. And I was also thinking about those who have expressed a wish to appear, such as Julie Walters and...Read Full Story
Day 49 of our 50 day countdown of Coronation Street - written by blogger Sunny Jim .
The portents were not good for the wedding of Becky Granger and Steve McDonald: he’d been married three times before and the day they’d chosen was Friday the thirteenth. So there was little surprise when it all went horribly wrong. The day started with Becky toasting herself over breakfast with brandy and champagne. Blanche Hunt sent over a celebratory bottle of Thunderclap cider for the bride-to-be and...Read Full Story
Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street, has revealed more about the upcoming storyline of Roy's mum joining Corrie.
Julie told Holy Soap: "There's a cat amongst the pigeon once again - just when you get a bit of peace and quiet and normality back, Roy's mum comes into the equation and she's quite fierce."
The soap star admitted shy, eager-to-please Hayley is no match for her mother-in-law, played by Stephanie Cole.
She laughed: "Oh no! I don't think so. She's...Read Full Story
The BBC has been fined by Britain's broadcast regulator for lewd phone calls made by TV personality Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand. Ofcom ordered the BBC to pay 150,000 pounds ($219,000) Friday for an on-air routine last year in which Brand and Ross left recorded messages for the elderly actor Andrew Sachs saying crudely that Brand had had sex with the actor's granddaughter. The two later joked on-air that Sachs might hang himself over the news The calls to Sachs — best known for...Read Full Story
I've loved the trailers showing Andrew Sachs arriving on Coronation Street to the background music from a cowboy film and I've been looking forward to Norris Cole's brother being on screen for a while. And so far, so good. Andrew Sachs as Ramsay Clegg is a solid, believable character who looks set to ruffle Norris' feathers, which is always a good thing, especially after he was so mean to Mary. Missed Corrie this week? Catch up with the Coronation Street Weekly Updates You can even sign up to...Read Full Story
The former Springwatch presenter compares the corporation’s muted response to the row with the far more severe way it dealt with the scandal of the obscene messages left on Andrew Sachs’s answerphone by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Brand resigned ...
also like Jonathon Ross, I think the way he and friend behaved regarding Andrew Sachs was disgraceful, so taking a year out was a good thing and he has, as you would say has served his time. Thank goodness enders did not win, would have prefered emmerdale ...
Andrew Sachs, and Matthew Bota. Funeral is on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. from the Beddiges-Steitz-Stabile Funeral Home; Church service, 9:30 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Jersey City; Cremation, Garden State Crematory, North Bergen ...
Mr Thompson said Radio 2's broadcast of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's lewd phone messages for actor Andrew Sachs in 2008 — which saw 40,000 complaints — was "a very serious lapse of editorial judgment". A NEWS of the World journalist told police ...
Career suicide? No. He was quickly picked up by BBC Radio 2, but subsequently asked to resign after broadcasting obscene phone calls made to actor Andrew Sachs (the long-suffering Manuel in Fawlty Towers) about his granddaughter. The BBC was fined 150,000 ...
advertisement. Overview. Date of Birth: 7 April 1930, Berlin, Germany more. Trivia: Was paid damages by the BBC after an incident filming "Fawlty Towers" (1975),... more
Andrew Sachs (born Andreas Siegfried Sachs on 7 April 1930) is a BAFTA-nominated German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and is perhaps best known for his ...
Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs backed a campaign to help blind and partially sighted people to enjoy twice as much television. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) wants audio description (AD) targets to be doubled from 10% to 20% of ...