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astroron

19-03-2013, 10:40 AM

Actor Frank Thornton who played Captain Peacock of the British tv show "Are you being served" has left the store:(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21828965
Rip Frank
Cheers

asimov

19-03-2013, 11:01 AM

Bugger. RIP Captain.

koputai

19-03-2013, 11:14 AM

Suprisingly, most of the younger cast members have died long before Frank. I think he was one of the last ones left.

Jason.

PCH

19-03-2013, 11:19 AM

Jeepers, talk about "tempus fugit"

Old jug-lugs, Mr Rumbold, is the only surviving cast member now.

RIP Captain Peacock :)

mithrandir

19-03-2013, 11:20 AM

Correct.
"Of the original main cast of Are You Being Served?, Nicholas Smith - who played Mr Rumbold - is now the only surviving cast member."

Paul beat me "by that much" (Maxwell Smart)

LewisM

19-03-2013, 11:24 AM

Now only Mr. Rumbold remains

LewisM

19-03-2013, 11:25 AM

TOUCHE all round LOL

wavelandscott

19-03-2013, 11:42 AM

RIP Captain Peacock...I guess he is free now...

Ric

19-03-2013, 11:51 AM

RIP Frank

He must have had such a hard time keeping a straight face with that mad crew around him.

asimov

19-03-2013, 12:02 PM

Yes, he is free :):thumbsup:

Larryp

19-03-2013, 07:25 PM

Was a great show. Not like today's reality rubbish

FlashDrive

19-03-2013, 08:21 PM

Great Show ...I always had a good laugh ..... especially when Mrs Slowcombe ( ladies department ) went on about her ' pussy ' :lol:

RIP Captain ...

Flash ..!! :D

erick

19-03-2013, 08:22 PM

Great at Grace Brothers, great in earlier shows. I remember him from Spike Milligan's "The World of Beachcomber" selling Snibbo and Threadgold's Thorough-grip Garterettes!

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=36389

hotspur

19-03-2013, 10:05 PM

Quite amazing he was 92 and they so young when they passed away,I think the actress that played Ms Brown died from cancer.

Such a great show, English comedy has always been the very best.

Sad to see this in the news tonight :(

LewisM

20-03-2013, 02:39 PM

I dearly remember walking into David Jones and Myers in Sydney and Melbourne as a kid, and thinking how much they looked like Are You Being Served - heck, the old David Jones in Brisbane looked like it till the 1990's!

I don't "get" American humour at ALL, apart from Robin Williams, so, yes, British humour is what I like.