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janbee | 16:30 Tue 03rd Nov 2015 | ChatterBank
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He has died aged 81. Anyone else remember him from way back in Z cars?
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Yes.
16:32 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Yes, wasn't he the one with a police dog ?
16:33 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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"The British are coming" - at the Oscars.
Kes.
16:34 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Remember him well and the rest of the team. Was'nt he fancy smith ?
Well he can re- parade with Stratford Johns now.
16:34 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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I do. Didn't realise he got a Oscar for best screenplay for Chariots of Fire.
16:34 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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He played Dave Graham - Fancy Smith was Brian Blessed I think
16:35 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Fancy Smith was Brian Blessed surely.
16:35 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Brian Blessed was Fancy Smith. Welland was PC Graham
16:36 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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No he was PC Dave Graham, Colin Welland was Fancy Smith
16:36 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Terence Rigby (PC Snow) was the one with the dog in Softly Softly - the sequel to Z Cars.
16:37 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Terrence Rigby was PC Snow and had the police dog, Inky, and the dog was shot and killed by a baddie !!
16:38 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Try google Retro you have them the wrong way round
16:38 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Z-Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Cars 'Z Cars' as an idea came to Troy Kennedy Martin ... episodes as David Graham was Colin Welland
16:39 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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I loved Z cars...our tastes were more simple then.! ! There was always a problem for Z Victor 2 on the East Lancs Road.
16:40 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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RIP Colin.
16:40 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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RIP Colin.


Mr Farthing in Kes.
16:41 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Margo
I have The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans. A good reference aid for crosswords before computers.Glancing down the cast there is in excess of a hundred. I only recall about 8 or 9. :-(
16:42 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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I have just seen this, I used to enjoy Z cars. RIP Colin.

http://news.sky.com/story/1581008/chariots-of-fire-writer-colin-welland-dies
16:46 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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Just seen his picture on the News - he was the one I was thinking of - just got the dog bit wrong.

R I P Colin

16:46 Tue 03rd Nov 2015
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The Theme Tune is still played at Goodison when Everton walk on to the pitch prior the game
16:46 Tue 03rd Nov 2015

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