People who were all over TV but then disappeared

[Jah Womble]

I have a couple of minor connections to Gail Porter:

a) Her dad was my ex's (and my daughter's) landlord a couple of years ago.

b) I was present when Mark Lamarr reduced her to tears on NMTB. It was a truly grim experience - exacerbated when Ms Porter for reasons best known to herself decided to come on to him in the Green Room afterwards. (I can only assume that she perhaps wasn't well even that long ago.)

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Documentary on the aforementioned Gail Porter.

[Various Artist]

Just a couple of minor heads-up with people mentioned on this thread:

Jimmy Nail was in a lead role in Sting's musical The Last Ship about 5 years ago. I recall Gordon himself had to take over for the latter part of its Broadway run, as Mr Nail didn't provide sufficient 'name' value to attract in the average dithering New York punter, it would appear.

Tim Healy was never in New Tricks, that I recall, but he's been in a recurring role in Still Open All Hours since it began.
There have now been more episodes of Still Open All Hours than there were of the original Open All Hours.

Going Live veterans [...] Trev & Simon. The latter wrote something called "Off Their Rockers" so perhaps are no longer acting/performing as such.

Very randomly, having forgotten about them for years I stumbled across a recent project of theirs only the other month: a comedy sci-fi audio series called Strangeness In Space, written and produced by the unlikely trio of Trev & Simon and former Doctor Who companion Sophie "Ace" Aldred. They successfully crowdfunded it and made it available for free as a podcast – I actually downloaded it in the summer but still haven't got around to listening to any of it... Apparently the likes of Sylvester McCoy, Sally Phillips, Paterson Joseph, Alexei Sayle, Doon Mackichan, Rufus Hound and Katy Brand have all appeared. And, in a nod to T&S's Going Live roots, Sarah Greene joined them for the final episode of the series.
http://strangenessinspace.com/

[Snake Plissken]

RIP a bit of a pioneer in what was a very white world.

I was going to put "What, golf?" but upon reflection that seems a bit of a cheap laugh.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Kenny Lynch has died.

I'm okay with Kenny Lynch. Bit of a renaissance man. And as Sits says, something of a pioneer in his time.

[Sits]

RIP a bit of a pioneer in what was a very white world.

[Capybara]

Kenny Lynch has died.

[tracteurgarcon]

Arlene Phillips. Got the boot as a Strictly judge in 2008 after several years on the show. Think some similar work followed along with a book, then nothing.

Isn't she running the DUP now?

[Arturo]

Arlene Phillips. Got the boot as a Strictly judge in 2008 after several years on the show. Think some similar work followed along with a book, then nothing.

[Arturo]

Sue Cook. A flagship presenter for the BBC (Crimewatch, Breakfast Time, Children in Need, Nationwide, etc).and then disappeared off the face of the earth in the mid 90s after (I think) a major falling out.

Last time I heard her mentioned was as an unseen character in I'm Alan Partridge, but that was two decades ago.

[3 Colours Red]

He'll usually have a show at the Fringe and it seems he tours regularly. He'll also pop up occasionally on that awful show Jeremy Vine does on Channel 5.

[Antepli Ejderha]

What happened to Mark Little? He was big in the 90s and then seemed to disappear or was that me loving abroad? He seems like the kind of comedian that would be in all the comedy quiz shows today.

[Satchmo Distel]

Kenny Lynch is on the cover of Band On The Run

[tracteurgarcon]

Jimmy Nail. I came home and my wife had Radio 2 on. Ain't No Doubt was playing and I instantly thought of this thread.

Well, after first recalling my brother's rather creepy delivery of the, "She's lying" line he used to randomly come out with as a teenager.

On a related "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" note are Tim Healy and Kevin Whatley on telly much nowadays? I know Whatley was doing "Lewis" a while back and was Healy in "Old Tricks" or whatever the thing about OAP detectives was called?

[kokamoa]

Just further to Kenny Lynch’s songwriting, he spent part of the early 1970s co-writing album tracks for The Hollies. So much so that the Wikipedia tracklisting for their 1971 album Distant Light describes it as “all songs written by Kenny Lynch and Tony Hicks except where indicated”. One of the indicated tracks is Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.

[Eggchaser]

Jimmy Nail. I came home and my wife had Radio 2 on. Ain't No Doubt was playing and I instantly thought of this thread.

Well, after first recalling my brother's rather creepy delivery of the, "She's lying" line he used to randomly come out with as a teenager.

[Jah Womble]

Radio X

Further reason not to listen, if any were needed.

[Guy Profumo]

It was doing that routine (on the Des O'Connor Show) which pretty much finished his prime time TV career. Thank Christ.

And first told by Keith Miller.

And Douglas Bader.


And countless others.

[Southport Zeb]

Johnny Vaughan was mentioned on a podcast I listened to the other day, what's he up to? I'm guessing he's a DJ on Heart or Magic or some other commercial radio station.

Radio X

[Snake Plissken]

Thank fuck for that. A dodgy haircut and constant gurning is no substitute for an actual personality.

He married Tess Daly and had kids. Which presumably are the first kids in history to have minus personality and charisma.

[3 Colours Red]

While I wouldn't say he has dropped completely out of sight, you don't see Vernon Kay a great deal now compared to a decade or so ago.

Thank fuck for that. A dodgy haircut and constant gurning is no substitute for an actual personality.

[tracteurgarcon]

Johnny Vaughan was mentioned on a podcast I listened to the other day, what's he up to? I'm guessing he's a DJ on Heart or Magic or some other commercial radio station.

[Arturo]

Stupid twat he may have been, but Boardman 'did' have a career prior to Atkinson's patronage.

(Mainly involving his relentless telling of that 'Fokker' joke on chat shows.)

It was doing that routine (on the Des O'Connor Show) which pretty much finished his prime time TV career. Thank Christ.

[Arturo]

While I wouldn't say he has dropped completely out of sight, you don't see Vernon Kay a great deal now compared to a decade or so ago.

[longeared]

Hodson's active on Twitter as a climate change denier.