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Good suggestions although maybe Michael Portillo would be better used as the Master or Dean?
I can absolutely see Michael Portillo as The Dean, actually. He has the wardrobe down to a tea!
Sorted 😊 I bet he would be good at it. Just tell him that the whole production relies on him being the Dean otherwise it can’t be made….I bet he’d respond in the same way as the Dean!
You’re right – he probably would! Portillo is perfect. But that leaves us without a DCI Thompson. Perhaps Mr Portillo would like to play both roles!
My instant thought is John Thaw but slight issues there…Ian McShane?
Yes, a young John Thaw was my first choice. Ian McShane isn’t posh enough and has weird hair. Oooh – maybe Shaun Evans from Endeavour?! He is sort of a younger John Thaw after all.
Oh that’s a good call or Christopher Eccleston?
I was thinking that Porter might become a key character so that BHP has someone to work with lines-wise?
Christopher Eccleston could work. I’ve got Shaun Evans in my head now, though. Porter is a relatively minor character, so anyone over 50 with a moustache would do for him.
The chap who played Dave Hedgehog in Bottom?
Nooooo! He’s a bit too… quirky, shall be say. And definitely not tall enough. Ade Edmondson?!
Ade would be perfect! Excellent 😆
If only we could have had Rik Mayall as The Dean… that would have been PERFECT.
That would be heaven. I wish Rik could do this, he was a god after all…….he said so himself 😁. I miss Rik so much 😕
Me too. There will never be another Rik. The world is a lesser place without his genius.
So true, he is part of my entertainment memories since The Young Ones ….. all the best memories too.
Hi Lucy. What are the pictures/graphics please. My screen reader can’t interpret them. All the best, Kevin
It is a video of my good self sitting in front of a wall, featuring Chinese-style designs. It’s my mum’s dining room, in fact. Not much else is happening, just me chattering away. Hope this helps, my friend!