"The Woolpack – Seth continuously irritated Amos. Amos gained an allotment in 1980, and this was the scene of much rivalry between himself and Seth for many years. During the same year, Amos told Henry Wilks: ""You've never been fortunate enough to meet another Brearly!"" In late 1980, Henry did meet one when Amos's aunt Emily turned up for a visit. Amos was terrified of her. She fled from the Woolpack on discovering that Amos had written-up a report on UFOs spotted locally, stating that he was tampering with unknown forces. A couple of years later, she returned to announce"
"living quarters. Pub owners Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) live there, with Charity's son Noah (Jack Downham). The Woolpack The Woolpack is a fictional public house on the popular ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". Its sign is a wool bale, a popular symbol in sheep-rearing country. It has played host to many of the soap's storylines and is the focus of the programme. It is the second oldest TV soap pub, opening its doors in October 1972 and being preceded by The Rovers Return Inn which opened in December 1960 and succeeded by The Queen Victoria which"
"appeared at the Bristol Old Vic in ""Death of a Salesman"" and ""The Browning Version"". His first television appearances were in 1969, in the programmes ""Special Branch"" and ""Parkin's Patch"", and the following year appeared in the film ""Julius Caesar"". Ronald Magill joined the cast of ""Emmerdale Farm"" when the soap opera launched on 16 October 1972. He played Amos Brearly, a character who co-ran ""The Woolpack"" with Henry Wilks and they became a double act for the next 19 years. His bushy sideburns, which he became famous for, were the result of having come to the audition from playing"
"of British sitcom. Well-remembered series include John Cleese and Connie Booth's farcical ""Fawlty Towers"" (1975, 1979), John Esmonde and Bob Larbey's self-sufficiency comedy ""The Good Life"" (1975–78). ""Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?"" (1973–74), a sequel to the earlier show, surpassed the original, while the same writers (Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) provided Ronnie Barker with his most successful sitcom vehicle, ""Porridge"" (1974–77). Barker also starred (along with David Jason) in the very popular ""Open All Hours"" (1973, 1976–85), written by Roy Clarke. Clarke's long-running ""Last of the Summer Wine"" began in 1973 and ended in 2010, becoming the"
"owned by the brewery, Luxford & Copley. Ray and Lil Sewell (Robert Putt and Frances Cuka) are the landlords. When the series begins, the brewery remain owners and Den (Leslie Grantham) and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) have been landlords for ten years; previous landlords alluded to in conversation include Gus and Flo Leonard and Alf and Polly Barrett. Angie is served with divorce papers by Den on Christmas Day 1986 and two years later he passes control to Frank (Mike Reid) and Pat Butcher (Pam St. Clement). In 1990, Frank and Pat hand over the pub to Eddie Royle. Eddie"
"Gus Worland Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He is best known for his series of reality television programs ""Man Power"" ""An Aussie Goes Barmy"", ""An Aussie Goes Bolly"" and ""An Aussie Goes Calypso"" which aired on Fox8. He is one of the hosts of the Triple M Sydney breakfast radio show ""The Grill Team."" Worland grew up in Sydney, Australia. He attended Knox Grammar School, where he met lifelong friend Hugh Jackman. During his schooling, Worland played a number of sports and was heavily involved with the extra curricular activities at Knox Grammar School. After graduating"
"Newcomer On-Air in the Metropolitan Division at the 2010 Australian Commercial Radio Awards. Gus Worland Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He is best known for his series of reality television programs ""Man Power"" ""An Aussie Goes Barmy"", ""An Aussie Goes Bolly"" and ""An Aussie Goes Calypso"" which aired on Fox8. He is one of the hosts of the Triple M Sydney breakfast radio show ""The Grill Team."" Worland grew up in Sydney, Australia. He attended Knox Grammar School, where he met lifelong friend Hugh Jackman. During his schooling, Worland played a number of sports and was"
"red once again. During the first months of the show, The Queen Victoria has a partition wall down the middle of the bar which separates it into two sections. The smaller section, known as the 'snug', houses a dart board and fruit machines, whilst the larger section, known as the saloon bar, is used primarily as the customer seating area. Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) gets permission from the brewery to remove the partition in 1985, and hires Tony Carpenter (Oscar James) to do the job. In 2007 the pub has its first refurbishment in 15 years, and another in late"
"workshop before it was renovated and became ""The Joinery"" Wine Bar in 2010. ""The Joinery"" was first opened in early 2010 by Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Leanne Barlow (Jane Danson), but was owned by George Wilson (Anthony Valentine). On its first night Peter's alcoholism gets the better of him when he becomes drunk and violent, leaving Leanne devastated, so its first night is also its last. In mid-2010 after the siege which saw the factory burn down, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) sees an opportunity to use it as temporary factory, but he does so under the name ""Nick's Knicks"""
"Bill Sikes again in the BBC's Sunday afternoon classic serial ""Oliver Twist"". His other TV credits include: ""Doctor Who"" (in the serials ""The Ice Warriors"" and ""Attack of the Cybermen""), ""The First Churchills"", ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Minder"", ""Bergerac"", ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", Wycliffe"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Bugs"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""Casualty"", ""The Bill"", ""Hotel Babylon"", and ""Are You Being Served?"". He appeared in the 1988 film ""Buster"", based on the life of the Great Train Robber Buster Edwards. As well as acting, between 1981 and 1993 Attwell also had a considerable career as a political cartoonist for several British"
"Ronald Magill Ronald Edmund Magill (21 April 1920 – 6 September 2007) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Amos Brearly in the British soap opera ""Emmerdale Farm"" from 1972 to 1991, and appeared again in this role in 1994 and 1995. Magill was born in 1920 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The child of two teachers, his father died when he was aged 9 and he then grew up in an orphanage in Birmingham, visiting his mother in Ireland during the holidays. After leaving school he became a tyre salesman. During World War II Magill"
"friend, Shelby Haskell. The cast was rounded out by former football player Dick Butkus, who managed the cafe on the building's first floor. The cafe (Klawicki's) was the second spot in the show around which a plot usually revolved; the first being the family's apartment. In the third season, when Dick Butkus left the series, the diner was then run by cook Julian (Don Yesso), but there was no explanation as to what happened to Ed Klawicki. Ownership of the diner was explained to have been taken over by Judge Wilbur at this point, and it was renamed The Judge's"
"of commercial branding: birds in the form of Bentley and Aston Martin logos, MSN's butterfly, pedestrians in the shape of the AIM icon, overhead highway signs mounted on Atlantic Records logos, etc. The major characters are revealed in an Altman-esque tableau. The Pringles mascot (voiced by David Fincher) pulls into a restaurant's parking lot and propositions an Esso Girl waitress (voiced by Aja Evans) who is on a smoking break. Two Michelin Man cops in a parked cruiser (voiced by Bob Stephenson and Sherman Augustus) are introduced as they debate the morality of keeping animals in zoos. Across town, Bob's"
"John Comer John Comer (died 11 February 1984) was a British comic actor. He was best known for his roles in Coronation Street as Mr Birtles then as a Taxi Driver and later as Wilf Jones, in Emmerdale Farm as Ernie Shuttleworth, Les Brandon in ""I Didn't Know You Cared"" and Cafe Owner Sid in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" . Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his"
"which was considered to be more appropriate and was used in the episode. Originally thought by the directors to be a one-off appearance, Willie has since become a recurring character. Matt Groening later revealed that the character was based partially on Angus Crock, a kilt-wearing chef from the sketch comedy show ""Second City Television"", who was portrayed by Dave Thomas and Jimmy Finlayson, the moustachioed Scottish actor who appeared in 33 Laurel and Hardy films. A recurring joke, which was first shown in ""Radio Bart"", is that Groundskeeper Willie appears to have a beer belly, but whenever he takes off"
"two years later.) He is also well remembered for his role as a jockey/horse trainer in ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" and the liftman in the next three of the ""St. Trinian's"" comedies, and on television for his role as Thomas the chauffeur in the BBC comedy ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and as Burke, one of the two criminals in the youth television series ""Freewheelers"" (1968–71). His other TV roles include Mr Shepherd, Aunt Sally's owner, in Worzel Gummidge, Phunkey in ""The Pickwick Papers"" (1985) and the Drones Porter in ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1990–91). Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913"
"Choice"" awards at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe for his show ""You've Changed"". At the 2013 Melbourne Comedy Festival, Amos was hand-selected by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the prestigious ""Comedy Zone"". In 2014, he was nominated for the MICF ""Best Newcomer"" award. He has toured with Jim Jefferies since 2014. In October 2014, Adelaide radio station SAFM rebranded under the name of hit107, and Gill and Dani Pola were announced as the station's first breakfast team. Gill then presented the Breakfast Show with Angus O'Loughlin and Cat Lynch. He is ""the funny guy."" Quote: ""I'm the funny guy."" He"
"was more than obvious and he couldn't accept criticism gracefully. He constantly blamed others for his own errors. Son and mother Tom and Nicola, from Norfolk, ran ""Monks"" in Shipton. Their restaurant was closed in week three after a challenge to hold a local history themed night. Nicola wasn't suited to cooking in a restaurant, very much the house-wife cook she lacked control of her kitchen. Jeremy and Jane Hooper won The Restaurant. They were supported by Raymond Blanc and The Peach Pub company in opening and running a restaurant in Thame, Oxfordshire. Blanc was personally financially supporting the new"
"entertainment scene, appearing at balls, private functions and corporate events; running weekly comedy nights and appearing on local television. In 2002, he moved to Auckland to become a resident comedian at the casino in SkyCity Auckland, where he had a weekly show, the NCB Comedy Hour, blending circus and vaudeville styles. In 2008, Wills took his show ""The Boy With Tape On His Face"" to the Melbourne Comedy Festival, where it received critical acclaim. After Melbourne, he moved to London, appearing as a modern mime and wearing the traditional striped shirt. Wills met his future wife, English burlesque performer Felicity"
"Hawks called the Timid Twins. In the mid-1980s, he teamed up with Mike Myers as 'Mullarkey and Myers'. They would perform sketches based on their shared love of cartoons, B-movies and bad TV. They played around the burgeoning London pub circuit, particularly at the George IV in Chiswick, where they often shared the bill with the young Hugh Grant, then plying his trade in the ""Jockeys of Norfolk"" revue. As their fame increased, Mullarkey and Myers toured the UK, ending in a sold-out season at the Edinburgh Festival. The two appeared as 'The Sound Asleep Club' on TV-am's 'Wide Awake"
"1964 Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stayed at the hotel. On one occasion the Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and some members of his cabinet stayed at the hotel. He is recorded as not being very impressed with the hotel's beer and sent out to the Bank Tavern across the road for a beer more to his taste. The regional television company Anglia Television began its operations from the old Agricultural Hall, renaming it ""Anglia House"", across the road from the hotel in 1959. For the next 20 years the hotel became popular with actors and actress who appeared in"
"the TV director Colin Rothbart, bar manager Zoe Argiros and Gay Bingo drag partner John Sizzle, the four took over the former site of the Paradise Inn on Kingsland Road in Haggerston. Described as a ""Queer haunt, nightlife spot and performance mecca"", the pub re-opened as The Glory in December 2014. Woo launched a comedy night at The Glory with comedian Jayde Adams. This was later replaced by a gay sketch comedy troupe The Sex Shells, who Woo gave a residency to. Victoria Coren Mitchell visited The Glory and interviewed Woo as part of the BBC Four documentary series 'How"
"of the pub Jenny's, originally ""The Clansman"". However, between series three and four, the owner of the pub had the building demolished, which meant that the production team to build an exterior in a set in the Glasgow North Media Park, Maryhill for the fourth series. An outdoor market in Possilpark was used in the episode ""Cauld"" when Winston buys several electric heaters. The bingo scene in ""Courtin"" was filmed at the Gala Bingo hall in Possilpark and was a scene that coincidentally brought two old friends together, as Paul Riley (Winston) and the Gala Bingo caller featured in filming,"
"of ""There Is a Tavern in the Town"" in one of the very earliest OBs (Outside Broadcasts) of the Illumination of the Fleet. Comedian Dick Emery showcased his own out-takes as an epilogue entitled ""A Comedy of Errors"" to his BBC shows in the mid-1970s. The later ITV show ""It'll Be Alright on the Night"" (originally hosted by Denis Norden) showed out-takes from film and TV. The BBC's answer to the show, ""Auntie's Bloomers"" and its spin-off, ""Auntie's Sporting Bloomers"", ran until 2001. It was replaced by ""Outtake TV"", which began as a series of one-off specials in 2002, hosted"
"the show continued its ratings success. Both shows placed in the top ten of the 2004 poll to determine Britain's Best Sitcom; ""Porridge"" finished seventh and ""Open All Hours"" eighth. Barker's next sitcom, ""The Magnificent Evans"", which was about a Welsh photographer and aired in 1984, was not successful. His final sitcom, ""Clarence"" in which he played Clarence Sale, a removal man with failing sight, aired in 1988. Barker wrote the show himself, again using a pseudonym, this time as ""Bob Ferris"". In 1987, before ""Clarence"" aired and after rejecting Hall's offer of the part of Falstaff in a Royal"
"interviews and location shots. The musician Vinny Peculiar, also known as Alan Wilks, has a longstanding association with the club, supporting various club events, performing for visiting Morrissey fans with ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and rehearsing with his band, which includes ex-members of The Smiths, Oasis and The Fall. The building has also been used as the location for a number of films and television dramas, including Channel 4's ""Shameless"", Granada TV's 2002 remake of ""The Forsyte Saga"", the film version of the Jacqueline Wilson's novel ""Illustrated Mum"", the BBC police drama ""Conviction"" and, in 2008, the remake of the"
"order in the pub by keeping a watchful eye on the regulars and her wayward father. Regular customers included Charlie (Leo Dolan), a window cleaner whose pastimes included booze and women; Ali (Azad Ali), an Asian London Underground worker who was forever being assaulted in the line of duty; George (David Raynor), an effeminate gay man who runs a nearby fashion boutique; and Gilbert (Roger Howlett), his flamboyantly dressed but always silent boyfriend. There was a new busty barmaid in each series (each disapproved of by Nellie), including Beryl (Alexandra Dane), Doris (Wendy Richard), and ""Big Brenda"" (Sue Nicholls). ""Not"
"when it became a limited company. He also became a joint owner of the village public house - the Woolpack. His partnership with the landlord, Amos Brearly, played by actor Ronald Magill, added a humorous dimension to the soap opera for almost 20 years. Due to Pentelow's sudden death, the character was killed off in October 1991, with Annie Sugden revealing she had found him dead in his bed. Pentelow was often described as a modest and unassuming man by his fellow actors. It was a great shock when he died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of"
"Ten years later in 2007, Ronald Magill died aged 87. Magill had been suffering from Bell's palsy in the years leading up to his death. Ronald Magill Ronald Edmund Magill (21 April 1920 – 6 September 2007) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Amos Brearly in the British soap opera ""Emmerdale Farm"" from 1972 to 1991, and appeared again in this role in 1994 and 1995. Magill was born in 1920 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The child of two teachers, his father died when he was aged 9 and he then grew up in"
"The White House Pub for approximately fifty years who fought in the Todds fire of 1959, Liam Hanley, whose childhood was spent living over the now demolished Listons Medical Hall on O'Connell Street (run by his father), and Mark Liddy, a local historian and tour guide in Limerick. The fifth programme focused on Patrick Street in Cork and was broadcast on 6 February 2009. It features contributions from Dick O'Sullivan, a local boy who had various jobs on the street and who played music in one of the shop windows, Louise Lee, who came to Cork during the 1960s and"
"the station's launch presenter. He also presented on Radio Luxembourg and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio. The programme he hosted at Piccadilly was ""Timmy on the Tranny"", a popular weekday evening show that ran from 8.00pm–11.00pm and took its name from Mallett's lunchtime and later afternoon shows on Radio Oxford. Among Mallett's team of helpers were Chris Evans (known as 'Nobby Nolevel), Andy Bird (who played the pirate radio character 'Radio Diggle') and Karen Walsh (the original 'Aunty Boney kneecaps'). This led to Mallett co-presenting the Manchester-based BBC2 youth music show ""Oxford Road Show"" for a year in 1984. In March 1985"
"the bar, where anybody comes in for any reason, not just drinks. The show was originally set in a hotel, a setting inspired by ""Fawlty Towers"", Burrows's favorite British sitcom. The producers narrowed the setting down to a hotel bar, but later evolved it into a neighborhood bar in Boston, according to Glen Charles, ""because it was more cozy"". The ""athletic element"" was added to the bar because the show's creators, Burrows and Charles brothers (Glen and Les) were sports fans. The show's bar setting was inspired by the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston. It was not filmed in"
"in London's East End. At the end of each episode, a disaster, visit from royalty, angry mob etc. destroys the pub. The pub is run by brothers, the nervous Barry and the idiotic Garry. The only regulars of the pub are Bob and Dodgy Phil. Every episode revolves around one of Dodgy Phil's plans to improve the pub, a plan which Barry always has doubts about. The doubts are often confirmed due to the pub's destruction at the end of every episode. One of the running jokes in the series is that, as the pub is next to a zoo,"