TV spotting

[Tonguetied]

Now I have noticed a few faces from the Dwarf recently when I was back home watching my 50 inch plasma screen television. First off I saw the chap who played warden Knot starring in Torchwood. I was surprised as he looked the same as he did in Cassandra. barely aged a day. Now I despise Torchwood like most, it’s the devil’s child, and it’s an embarrassment to the bbc. However I was lucky to catch warden knot while channel hopping. Also I noticed Tony Hawks on an insurance advert. Thought it might be interesting to post.

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[Ian Symes]

Bloody hell, I hadn’t noticed Shend in Torchwood! I looked it up and he was in They Keep Killing Suzie, which is actually *quite* good. I must have blocked almost everything about Torchwood series one from my memory.

[Pete Part Three]

I’ve always thought They Keep Killing Suzie was one of the best titles of anything ever. Can’t remember anything else about the episode, mind.

I think I saw Chris Barrie in some show about a leisure centre. Does that count?

[Paul Muller]

Saw ‘sister’ Talia Garrett in an advert for painkillers or incontinence pads or something.

[Pete Part Three]

Ha ha. It wasn’t his sister it was a nun. Do you see? LOL.

[Phil]

>Ha ha. It wasn?t his sister it was a nun. Do you see? LOL.

Oh! NOW I get it!

[Danny Stephenson]

Well, I don’t know about SEEING any Dwarf crew. but I have been hearing Chris Barrie doing an advert for Persimmon Homes in West Yorkshire piping through where I work…

[Anonymous]

Kill Crazy is in some soap or other. Must be Eastenders. It suits his bleak cockneyness.

Was watching the 5th Element the other day and was amused to see Captain Hollister as a futuristic New York Cop.

Bobby Llewellyn in Bottom… (an observation, not a demand).

[Al]

I remember seeing Dr Lucas Mclaren in an advert for walls sausages a couple years back, doing a spoof of the whole Something About Mary dog wrestling scene. Seems that VIII guest stars looooooooooooove the adverts.

[Al]

Oh and killcrazy is in eastenders, only now looking like he’s contracted the potato virus……

[Jonathan Capps]

I think it was Ian (or maybe Mick) who suggested at the weekend that Howard Goodall should present a show called Massive Organs. This HAS to happen.

[Smeg4Brains]

Speaking of Howard Goodall, is there any TV show he doesn’t do the music for? I noticed he does the music for QI as well the other day.

[Tanya Jones]

That’ll be the John Lloyd connection, and Howard being generally great, of course.

[Paul Muller]

I’d be quite happy if Howard Goodall just did the music for everything ever, including real life. I’d feel much better in general if my pointless existence was accompanied by a stirring soundtrack.

[Ian Symes]

Sittin’ on the buuuuus, sittin’ on the buuuuuuuuuus.

[John Hoare]

Howard would have to be in Series 1 plinky-plonky mode for my life.

[mick]

> I think it was Ian (or maybe Mick) who suggested at the weekend that Howard Goodall should present a show called Massive Organs. This HAS to happen.

It was me, but was credited to Mick Symes.

[Al]

Captain Hercule Platini was in Spooks the other day, as some kind of secret service bod. I think.

[Andrew]

Matthew Marsh has a huge CV, actually. I like it when he turns up in Hollywood movies and doesn’t overact at all. They don’t know what they’re missing.

[Seb Patrick]

It is true that that role isn’t really funny in the slightest as written, but he makes it so with the utterly ludicrous level of overacting. Good on him.

Imdub says he was a Death Eater in one of the Potters, as well…

[Danny Stephenson]

> Mick Symes

Do you know Ian Capps at all?

[Andrew]

Hmm – just caught last week’s The Street – Matthew Marsh was in that, too.

In a cab with Tim Spall, in fact!

[mick]

> Do you know Ian Capps at all?

Yes, we share a flat and have crazy adventures through time!

[Danny Stephenson]

does the flat go at 88 miles an hour?

[mick]

Don’t be so fucking ridiculous.

[penny]

>Don?t be so fucking ridiculous.

It only goes up to 30

[Ian Symes]

I can’t believe I’ve only just noticed this one, after nearly a decade…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzYEvgfl3k (about 1:15 in)

– Who was the casting director?
– Paul. Paul Alexander.
– That old queen! How did you…? Oh, right.

No comment.

[Phil]

Oh I recognized that right away…I was never really sure if they were referring to THE Paul Alexander, or if they just grabbed a name out of thin air that just happened to synch up with a real-life figure.

I still don’t know for sure.

[Andrew]

I don’t think their paths have ever crossed. I may be wrong.

It does look like someone in clearances was asleep at the wheel, though. Every name in a script has to be legally checked in case it risks referring to someone of the same name in, say, a similar profession.

Oops.

[Ian Symes]

> I don?t think their paths have ever crossed.

I’ve never heard it called that before.

[Pete Part Three]

He means his cock!

[Andrew]

Heh – the Rhyl Sun Centre is mentioned in 24 Hour Party People. Bless.

Every time I watch that movie I expect the camera to pan across the Hacienda and find Chris, Craig and Danny in a corner…

John Simm, Simon Pegg, Shirley Henderson, Peter Kay and Christopher Eccleston all in that movie. How long before Coogan plays a Doctor Who villain?

[Danny Stephenson]

Anyone fancy doing a mock up of this? I’ll give you a cookie.

[mick]

I… cant be arsed, sorry.

[Danny Stephenson]

> I… can’t be arsed.

Aw man, after all the trouble you went to with those ‘other’ pictures…

[Danny Stephenson]

>Bobby Llewellyn in Bottom? (an observation, not a demand)

It’s a requirement!!

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