#robin askwith

[kitmarlowe]

HOLD ON TIGHT! (fake episode) “Wolfie and Clarke love their bus - but perhaps not as much as the mysterious Mr Cole and his dolly-bird nieces. As Clarke would say, 'plenty of room up top!”

#inside no 9 #inside no. 9 #steve pemberton #reece shearsmith #robin askwith #in9eps #genuinely one of the funniest things they've ever done #did i hold off on posting this in case it secretly existed? of course i did #the fact that part of us still didn't trust them even though the chances of it being real were practically 0

[thedollface221b]

"Alright cunt, what happens?"

#can't believe they're actually doing the bloody bus #inside number 9 #inside no 9 #reece shearsmith #steve pemberton #robin askwith #season 8 #in9

[themancorialist]

Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.

#winterwear #winter clothe #winter fashion #winter style #wrap up warm #kids #fleecey plaid #army boots #one leg rolled up #gooch gang #if ever i've seen it #doctor who scarf #doctor whom #yellow #bobby hat #bobble hat #red backpack #things that go on things #things that go in things #robin askwith #70's #romp comedy #Manchester

[letterboxd-loggd]

Britannia Hospital (1982) Lindsay Anderson

July 2nd 2023

#britannia hospital #1982 #lindsay anderson #graham crowden #leonard rossiter #malcolm mcdowell #brian pettifer #joan plowright #jill bennett #robin askwith #mark hamill #marsha a. hunt #marsha hunt #richard griffiths #john moffatt #fulton mackay #peter jeffrey #dave atkins #catherine willmer #frank grimes #marcus powell #john bett #gladys crosbie #rufus collins #robbie coltrane #brian glover #mike grady #liz smith #alan bates #arthur lowe

[georgefairbrother]

Hard to imagine 1970s telly and film without these three legends.

George Layton, Richard O'Sullivan and Robin Askwith.

(Top image shared by Robin Askwith on Twitter)

#british television #british cinema #british tv writers #british culture #british actors #social history #richard osullivan #george layton #robin askwith

[105nt]

Strike Alumni TB Tweets

There’s no good reason for doing this except my kids wanted to watch Pixels again and I was bored. 

All the tweets I’ve liked over the past couple of weeks, in case they disappear. I haven’t included the ones where it’s a tweet by the agent 

Continued here ...

#strike alumni #troubled blood #bbc drama #calvin dean #syrus lowe #robin askwith #carys bowkett #charlie price #charlotte eaton #jess impiazzi #kate speak #kerr logan #mazz murray #phill langhorne #toni peach #tracy wiles

[misquotedmosquito]

#robin askwith #confessions

[mariocki]

Bartleby (1970)

"Just promise me that you'll start co-operating, and go over the accounts as required, and start being a little reasonable."

"At the moment, I'd prefer not to be a little reasonable."

#bartleby #british cinema #1970 #anthony friedman #rodney carr smith #herman melville #paul scofield #john mcenery #thorley walters #colin jeavons #raymond mason #rosalind elliot #tony parkin #robin askwith #charles kinross #neville barber #hope jackman #christine dingle #john watson #roger webb #a strange curio of a film. updates Melville's short story from mid 19th century new york to contemporary London‚ and Bartleby's work from #scribe to accounts clerk‚ but generally this is a faithful adaptation; McEnery's Bartleby is slow and deliberate in movement and speech and #a reading of neurodivergence is almost unavoidable. slowly Bartleby begins to demonstrate a 'passive resistance'; he simply stops doing the #work assigned to him‚ but is so thoroughly polite about it that Scofield's nonplussed manager is stricken about how to handle his employee #and loathe to simply fire him. considering the time and place in which this was made‚ the temptation may have been to produce a satirical #study of counter culture in action‚ but Friedman (in his only feature) chooses instead to play it straight as a kind of unnerving character #study of an incomprehensible persona. like Bartleby‚ the film is slow and deliberate (sometimes torturously so) but always fascinating #the London of the opening shots‚ a mass of anonymous commuters moving almost as a single entity‚ looks disarmingly undated and quite #like the city today. not a hugely satisfying film but a deeply interesting one and with two superb central performances

[legok9]

"Who's that girl" DWM 268 (1998)

So, who would have played the Doctor if she'd been a woman from the first? DWM rounds up the likely ladies …

Hermione Baddeley 1963-66 Renowned for unsympathetic roles in both Brighton Rock and the dour 'kitchen sink'-styled Room at the Top, film veteran Baddeley made an enthralling Doctor - part dragon, part slightly dotty maiden aunt. Eternal juvenile Melvyn Hayes was 'unearthly' grandson Stephen Vivian Pickles 1966-69 Although much younger, and never a lead, the versatile Pickles had been a familiar TV face for 20 years (Harpers West One, etc) before being cast as Baddeley's successor. Her sprightly, elfin Doctor had a penchant for dressing-up, like a St Trinian's tomboy who never left school

Liz Fraser 1970-74 A comic actress familiar from several Carry Ons, Fraser's initial trepidation at taking on an ostensibly serious role soon dissipated. Her bossy, big-sisterly show-off of a Doctor was best paired with dippy companion Joe Grant (later Playgirl pin-up Robin Askwith) Frances de la Tour 1974-81 Gangling, piercing-eyed Shakespearean actress de la Tour played a tweedy, louche, Bohemian Doctor part-based on Virginia Woolf. Caused a minor sensation when she married the young actor who played the second incarnation of Time Lord companion Roman — Peter Davison

Jan Francis 1982-84 Despite rumours that the next Doctor might be played by a man (former New Avenger Gareth Hunt is hotly tipped), the youngest actress yet is cast. Fresh from middlebrow thirties drama The Good Companions, Francis made for a sporty Doctor in Lottie Dod-style tennis whites Lynda Bellingham 1984-86 Known to SF fans for her role as Barbara the Butcher in an episode of Jenna's 7, Bellingham's controversial Doctor was a loud, hectoring grand-dame of the theatre. Unceremoniously 'regenerated' following the Doctor's on- (and off-) screen inquisition in the epic Trial of a Time Lady

Pauline Melville 1987-89 Virtually unknown fringe cabaret and cult comedy artiste is surprise choice for 'back to basics' Seventh Doctor. Fan fears that series will become showcase for childish high-jinks up-ended when Melville stories adopt a sombre, down-beat mood, performed with conviction and gravitas Miranda Richardson 1996 The eldest in a successful line of acting siblings, a favourite of BBC producers since high-profile lead debut in revisionist biographical drama of notorious 20th century 'villain', makes a bid for American network stardom via lavish new big-haired version of Doctor Who. Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig plays love interest Dr Brian

#doctor who #classic doctor who #8th doctor #7th doctor #6th doctor #5th doctor #4th doctor #3rd doctor #2nd doctor #1st doctor #Miranda Richardson #Pauline Melville #Lynda Bellingham #Jan Francis #Frances de la Tour #Liz Fraser #Vivian Pickles #Hermione Baddeley

[actorsinunderwear]

Robin Askwith in Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)

#tighty whities #white briefs #briefs

[pop-sesivo]

Primera imagen y lista del elenco de la temporada 8 de Inside No 9.

Inside No. 9 Series 8 guest stars revealed

#Inside No 9 #Season 8 #TV series #steve pemberton #reece shearsmith

[kitmarlowe]

fair play to robin askwith as well omg the dedication

#in9 spoilers #people on twitter are so angry i love it

[docrotten]

HORROR HOSPITAL (1973) – Episode 163 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“I can’t work with animals anymore! I must have humans!” Damn the ethical principles of human experimentation! They’re such a bother. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they witness the shenanigans going on in Horror Hospital (1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 163 – Horror Hospital (1973)

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Two British companions who met on a train heading to the rural countryside stay with a bizarre host of characters in a secluded, curious mansion. Unknown to them, there is a sinister secret behind closed doors.

IMDb

  Director: Antony Balch

Writers: Antony Balch, Alan Watson

Selected Cast:

Michael Gough – Dr. Christian Storm

Robin Askwith – Jason Jones

Vanessa Shaw – Judy Peters

Ellen Pollock – Aunt Harris

Dennis Price – Mr. Pollack

Skip Martin – Frederick

Kurt Christian – Abraham Warren

Barbara Wendy – Millie

Kenneth Benda – Carter

Horror Hospital is Doc’s pick and it proves to be so much better than he remembers. Of course, it’s not a good movie, but it is kind of great. There’s a crazy aunt, Frederick’s antics, biker henchmen, and victims right and left. What he can’t figure out, is why this film seems to be forgotten?

Despite his low expectations, Bill enjoyed every minute of Horror Hospital, calling it a crazy, nutty, hoot. Bill has an affection for good-looking, low-budget, British movies and has enjoyed many of producer Richard Gordon’s other movies. Horror Hospital scores on both counts and though it’s not a good movie, it is an enjoyable movie. Chad’s first impression is, “What the hell is going on around here?” The film’s craziness turns out to be a good crazy as he enjoys Horror Hospital’s generous helpings of humor and weirdness, amplified by the performances of Michael Gough and Skip Martin. Jeff also had a blast watching it, loving Michael Gough’s performance as well and, oh, those beheadings.

If you haven’t experienced the cheesy fun of Horror Hospital, the 70s Grue-Crew wonders what you’re waiting for? At the time of this writing, Horror Hospital is available to stream with ads from Tubi and PlutoTV or PPV from Amazon. The film is available on physical media as a DVD from DigiComTV and as an import Blu-ray from Odeon.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Jeff, will be Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973). Oh, Jeff.

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[ozu-teapot]

Bless This House | Gerald Thomas | 1972

#Gerald Thomas #Bless This House #1972 #Sidney James #Diana Coupland #Sally Geeson #Robin Askwith #Terry Scott #Peter Butterworth #June Whitfield #Carol Hawkins #Patsy Rowlands

[georgefairbrother]

Richard O'Sullivan, shown with fellow legends George Layton and Robin Askwith, taken at Brinsworth House, a retirement and nursing home for artistes where Richard O'Sullivan is a resident. (Shared by Robin Askwith on Twitter.)

#classic tv #british television #british tv writers #british theatre #thames television #richard osullivan #george layton #robin askwith #british actors #british comedy

[suspiria76]

TOWER OF EVIL

UK

1971

Directed by Jim 'O Connelly

#cult horror #gore #seventies #british horror #john hamill #robin askwith #anna palk #jill haworth