Today I have been watching the 1987 BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair produced by Terrance Dicks and I discovered that David Swift (who plays bitter old has-been Mr Sedley) who also played bitter old has-been Henry Davenport in Drop the Dead Donkey (and died in 2016) was the brother of Clive Swift who played Mr Bucket in Keeping up Appearances (and died in 2019).
Looking
through the cast list for other people who are no longer with us like a
character in an Alan Ayckbourn play I also noticed that James Saxon who
played Joseph Sedley had died of a heart attack in 2003 at only 49. 
Oh well, Eve Matheson and Rebecca Saire are still with us. Interesting piece of colourblind casting to have a very young Vicky Licorish (now a TV producer) as Mrs Pinkerton's wealthiest young lady. Hadn't even noticed at the time.
Oh well, Eve Matheson and Rebecca Saire are still with us. Interesting piece of colourblind casting to have a very young Vicky Licorish (now a TV producer) as Mrs Pinkerton's wealthiest young lady. Hadn't even noticed at the time.
No, I haven't turned into Toby Hadoke - the NHS
app told me that I've got to stay at home for 10 days so I'm watching
this DVD that Ava Alexis got me for Christmas a bit earlier than I'd planned as a result...
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