#Michael Aspel

[princessanneftw]

Michael Palin appears alongside Princess Anne on a special episode of Aspel and Company dedicated to her in 1990

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[andreeamq]

Anne the Queen of Scots 🥰🥰🥰 - Daily Record April 27 1990  

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On Give Us A Clue

[harrisonarchive]

Ringo Starr and George Harrison on Aspel & Company on March 5, 1988. Photo: AP Wirephoto.

Some excerpts from the interview: George: “Just at Christmas I saw some kids, about 18 years old, in Los Angeles, and they saw me walk in a shop, and they looked at each other and said, ‘Ooh, there’s that singer!’ Which I thought was pretty good.” Michael Aspel: “If it’d all never happened, what would you be doing now?” George: “I think I probably would’ve been a guitar — probably a better guitar player than I am now, because, you know —“ Ringo: “Impossible.” George: “— because, uh, you know, the famous bit sort of made… we ended up playing just the same old stuff for years. But, um, I started playing the guitar when I was about thirteen, and that’s the only thing I really wanted to do. I didn’t wanna be a, a Thomas The Tank Engine or —“ Ringo: “Thanks a lot!” [laughter] George: “— or a train… you know, a fireman or anything like that.” Michael Aspel: “Would you have been happier men?” Ringo: “I always feel I was born happy. […]” George: “I’m quite happy, yeah, I’m happy. But you can’t say, you know, it’s all… this is our lives, you know. This is the only life I can remember, and I’m happy enough doing it. It’s been up and down, good and bad, and in the end I think I come — all of us — have come out of it reasonably sane and quite happy.” George: “I don’t go discothequeing and things like that were people hang out with their cameras. so they presumed I was Howard Hughes. But I wasn’t like that at all. I go out a lot of the time, see friends, have dinner, go to parties. I’m even more normal than, you know, normal people.” (x)

[bloomberrypint]

I am BEGGING Angus to make a twitter account just to post a single tweet saying 'hignfy with guest hosts better lol' and watch those ppl who think him leaving is the reason why hignfy became "left wing" go wild

Damn ppl are mad bcuz Naga called Boris a tosser on hignfy? You right wingers are fragile asf

[dannyreviews]

Veteran British born/based film/TV actors born before and including 1937 still alive:

With the recent death of Dame Maggie Smith, I thought I'd detail the legendary actors of UK cinema and television that are still living as of the date of this post:

Eileen Bennett (b. 1919)

Beulah Garrick (b. 1921)

Elizabeth Kelly (b. 1921)

Elisabeth Kirkby (b. 1921)

Sara Luzita (b. 1922)

Annabel Maule (b. 1922)

Paul Harding (b. 1923)

Vincent Ball (b. 1923)

David Lawton (b. 1923)

Anne Vernon (b. 1924)

Donald Pelmear (b. 1924)

Laurie Webb (b. 1924)

Thelma Ruby (b. 1925)

Pete Murray (b. 1925)

Michael Beint (b. 1925)

Shelia Mitchell (b. 1925)

Kerima (b. 1925)

David Attenborough (b. 1926)

Elizabeth Benson (b. 1926)

Margaret Barton (b. 1926)

Terry Kilburn (b. 1926)

Stanley Baxter (b. 1926)

David Frankham (b. 1926)

William Glover (b. 1926)

Josephine Stuart (b. 1926)

Patricia Davidson (b. 1926)

Glen Michael (b. 1926)

Araby Lockhart (b. 1926)

Eileen Page (b. 1926)

Rosemary Harris (b. 1927)

Cleo Laine (b. 1927)

Lee Montague (b. 1927)

Genevieve Page (b. 1927)

Neville Phillips (b. 1927)

Jean Lodge (b. 1927)

Barbara Ashcroft (b. 1927)

Jill Freud (b. 1927)

Jean Southern (b. 1927)

Antonia Pemberton (b. 1927)

Peter Cellier (b. 1928)

Jeanette Landis (b. 1928)

Sheila Ballantine (b. 1928)

Dorothea Phillips (b. 1928)

Jeannie Carson (b. 1928)

Hazel Ascot (b. 1928)

Brenda Hogan (b. 1928)

Raymond Llewelyn (b. 1928)

Pauline Brailsford (b. 1928)

Leonard Weir (b. 1928)

Kevin Scott (b. 1928)

Patricia Routledge (b. 1929)

Colin Jeavons (b. 1929)

Michael Craig (b. 1929)

Thelma Barlow (b. 1929)

Peter Myers (b. 1929)

Paul Williamson (b. 1929)

John Gale (b. 1929)

Phillip Ross (b. 1929)

Jimmy Fagg (b. 1929)

Hazel Phillips (b. 1929)

Mignon Elkins (b. 1929)

Margaret Stallard (b. 1929)

Maya Koumani (b. 1929)

Clive Revill (b. 1930)

Roy Evans (b. 1930)

Una McLean (b. 1930)

Roddy Maude-Roxby (b. 1930)

Ruth Trouncer (b. 1930)

Cyril Appleton (b. 1930)

Vera Frances (b. 1930)

Gary Watson (b. 1930)

Keith Alexander (b. 1930)

Libby Morris (b. 1930)

Pauline Jefferson (b. 1930)

Claire Bloom (b. 1931)

Leslie Caron (b. 1931)

Carroll Baker (b. 1931)

Virginia McKenna (b. 1931)

Vivian Pickles (b. 1931)

Stanley Meadows (b. 1931)

Gerald Harper (b. 1931)

Patricia Greene (b. 1931)

Ellen McIntosh (b. 1931)

Elvi Hale (b. 1931)

Maureen Connell (b. 1931)

June Laverick (b. 1931)

James Martin (b. 1931)

Denyse Alexander (b. 1931)

Arthur Nightingale (b. 1931)

Eileen Derbyshire (b. 1931)

Carl Held (b. 1931)

Shelia Bernette (b. 1931)

George Eugeniou (b. 1931)

Corinne Skinner-Carter (b. 1931)

Tusse Silberg (b. 1931)

Petula Clark (b. 1932)

Prunella Scales (b. 1932)

Phyllida Law (b. 1932)

Ray Cooney (b. 1932)

Edward De Souza (b. 1932)

Alan Dobie (b. 1932)

John Turner (b. 1932)

Roland Curram (b. 1932)

Gabriel Woolf (b. 1932)

Johnnie Wade (b. 1932)

Eileen Moore (b. 1932)

Laurie Leigh (b. 1932)

William Roache (b. 1932)

Athol Fugard (b. 1932)

Carmen Munroe (b. 1932)

Norman Bowler (b. 1932)

Marcia Ashton (b. 1932)

Thelma Holt (b. 1932)

Sally Bazely (b. 1932)

Ronald France (b. 1932)

Edwina Carroll (b. 1932)

Michael Caine (b. 1933)

Joan Collins (b. 1933)

Sian Phillips (b. 1933)

Sheila Hancock (b. 1933)

Elizabeth Seal (b. 1933)

Shani Willis (b. 1933)

Patrick Godfrey (b. 1933)

Caroline Blakiston (b. 1933)

Donald Douglas (b. 1933)

Ann Firbank (b. 1933)

Vera Day (b. 1933)

Tsai Chin (b. 1933)

Geoffrey Frederick (b. 1933)

Marla Landi (b. 1933)

Monte Landis (b. 1933)

Mary Germaine (b. 1933)

Ruth Posner (b. 1933)

Barbara Archer (b. 1933)

W.B. Brydon (b. 1933)

Robert Gillespie (b. 1933)

Brian Patton (b. 1933)

Arthur White (b. 1933)

Barbara Archer (b. 1933)

Sally Bazley (b. 1933)

Madhur Jaffrey (b. 1933)

Jeanette Sterke (b. 1933)

Ann Rogers (b. 1933)

Barbara Knox (b. 1933)

John Boorman (b. 1933)

Derek Martin (b. 1933)

Michael Aspel (b. 1933)

Bill Edwards (b. 1933)

Ninette Finch (b. 1933)

Una Kay (b. 1933)

Judi Dench (b. 1934)

Eileen Atkins (b. 1934)

Tom Baker (b. 1934)

Alan Bennett (b. 1934)

Jean Marsh (b. 1934)

Annette Crosbie (b. 1934)

Wendy Craig (b. 1934)

Richard Chamberlain (b. 1934)

Millicent Martin (b. 1934)

John Standing (b. 1934)

Vernon Dobtcheff (b. 1934)

Nanette Newman (b. 1934)

David Burke (b. 1934)

Mary Peach (b. 1934)

Geraldine Newman (b. 1934)

Renny Lister (b. 1934)

Priscilla Morgan (b. 1934)

Audrey Dalton (b. 1934)

Leila Hoffman (b. 1934)

Simone Lovell (b. 1934)

Magda Miller (b. 1934)

Robert Aldous (b. 1934)

Ram John Holder (b. 1934)

Jamila Massey (b. 1934)

Margaretta D’Arcy (b. 1934)

Leslie Saeward (b. 1934)

Maurice Podbrey (b. 1934)

Steve Emerson (b. 1934)

Peter Bland (b. 1934)

Michael Darlow (b. 1934)

Barbara Archer (b. 1934)

Joy Webster (b. 1934)

Jacqueline Ellis (b. 1934)

Jacqueline Jones (b. 1934)

Diana Payan (b. 1934)

Julie Andrews (b. 1935)

Julian Glover (b. 1935)

Jim Dale (b. 1935)

Anne Reid (b. 1935)

James Bolam (b. 1935)

Christina Pickles (b. 1935) 

Judy Parfitt (b. 1935)

Wanda Ventham (b. 1935)

Amanda Barrie (b. 1935)

Derren Nesbitt (b. 1935)

Nadim Swalha (b. 1935)

Gary Raymond (b. 1935)

Janet Henfrey (b. 1935)

Melvyn Hayes (b. 1935)

Susan Engel (b. 1935)

Amanda Walker (b. 1935)

Delena Kidd (b. 1935)

Derek Partridge (b. 1935)

Allister Bain (b. 1935)

Derry Power (b. 1935)

Phyllis MacMahon (b. 1935)

Rowena Cooper (b. 1935)

Lisa Gastoni (b. 1935)

Derek Partridge (b. 1935)

Jill Dixon (b. 1935)

Des Keough (b. 1935)

Barbara Angell (b. 1935)

Lucille Soong (b. 1935)

Anita West (b. 1935)

June Watson (b. 1935)

David Daker (b. 1935)

Shirley Cain (b. 1935)

Bobby Pattinson (b. 1935)

George Roubicek (b. 1935)

Glenn Beck (b. 1935)

Shirley Greenwood (b. 1935)

Isabella Rye (b. 1935)

Anna Barry (b. 1935)

David Andrews (b. 1935)

Michael Danvers-Walker (b. 1935)

Brian Blessed (b. 1936)

Richard Wilson (b. 1936)

Tommy Steele (b. 1936)

Edward Petherbridge (b. 1936) 

Ursula Andress (b. 1936)

John Leyton (b. 1936)

Jess Conrad (b. 1936)

Elizabeth Shepherd (b. 1936)

Sandra Voe (b. 1936)

Doug Sheldon (b. 1936)

John Golightly (b. 1936)

Peter Ellis (b. 1936)

Andria Lawrence (b. 1936)

Jon Laurimore (b. 1936)

Tony Scoggo (b. 1936)

Barry MacGregor (b. 1936)

Frank Barrie (b. 1936)

Kenneth Farrington (b. 1936)

Eileen McCallum (b. 1936)

Frederick Pyne (b. 1936)

Philip Lowrie (b. 1936)

Marian Diamond (b. 1936)

Anthony Higginson (b. 1936)

Elsie Kelly (b. 1936)

Ann Taylor (b. 1936)

Heidi Erich (b. 1936)

Keith Faulkner (b. 1936)

Ruth Meyers (b. 1936)

Julia Blake (b. 1936)

Heather Downham (b. 1936)

Robin Gammell (b. 1936)

Auriol Smith (b. 1936)

Frances White (b. 1936)

Anthony Hopkins (b. 1937)

Edward Fox (b. 1937)

Vanessa Redgrave (b. 1937)

Tom Courtenay (b. 1937)

Steven Berkoff (b. 1937)

Susan Hampshire (b. 1937)

Barbara Steele (b. 1937)

Shirley Eaton (b. 1937)

Kenneth Colley (b. 1937)

Ian Hogg (b. 1937)

Sheila Reid (b. 1937)

Valerie Singleton (b. 1937)

Suzy Kendall (b. 1937)

Gawn Grainger (b. 1937)

Tom Georgeson (b. 1937)

Alan Rothwell (b. 1937)

Michael Knowles (b. 1937)

Jocelyn Lane (b. 1937)

Michael Kilgarriff (b. 1937)

Clifton Jones (b. 1937)

Paul Collins (b. 1937)

Anna Dawson (b. 1937)

Marlene Sidaway (b. 1937)

Jeremy Spenser (b. 1937)

Freddie Davies (b. 1937)

Justine Lord (b. 1937)

Davyd Harries (b. 1937)

Hugh Futcher (b. 1937)

Anne Cunningham (b. 1937)

Anne Aubrey (b. 1937)

Vic Taliban (b. 1937)

Dorothy Paul (b. 1937)

Denis Tuohy (b. 1937)

Claire Neilson (b. 1937)

Patricia Collins (b. 1937)

Jan Waters (b. 1937)

Dorothy Paul (b. 1937)

Brian Grellis (b. 1937)

Kenneth Alan Taylor (b. 1937)

Yvonne Buckingham (b. 1937)

Eileen Helsby (b. 1937)

Ray Donn (b. 1937)

Terrence Scammell (b. 1937)

Pauline Devaney (b. 1937)

Rosie Bannister (b. 1937)

Jeanne Roland (b. 1937)

William Gaunt (b. 1937)

Rosaleen Linehan (b. 1937)

Norman Coburn (b. 1937)

Rosie Bannister (b. 1937)

Luciana Paluzzi (b. 1937)

[avictimofthejazz]

@timeguardians Belle/Pat Baby Three!

Name: Éabha (pronounced Ava) Carleen Michaels

Gender: Female

General Appearance: Éabha looks very much like her mother, with thick, dark hair that curls softly. Her Irish heritage comes out in the wealth of freckles covering her face and arms--these never fade no matter the time of year. Large brown eyes echo her mother's, as does her slight build. Like both of her parents though, this slight build belies a good amount of physical strength.

Personality: A bookworm like her mother, Éabha is rather shy and dreamy. She prefers to stay in her world of stories, and it takes a good deal of coaxing to bring her back into the real world.

Special Talents: Éabha is a natural story-teller. Whether she's telling stories to her siblings, or writing books of her own, she has a natural talent for seeming to make everything come to life, no matter what kind of story it is.

Who they like better: Éabha loves both of her parents very much, and gets distressed at the idea of having to chose between them.

Who they take after more: Éabha is very much like Belle in temperament, interests, and personality. Her Michaels characteristics are hidden a bit deeper,

Personal Head canon: Éabha becomes a writer, who specializes in young adult stories.

Face Claim: Lilly Aspell

[thelenazavaroniarchive]

4th February 2025.

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Lena didn’t make her 5th appearance on Opportunity Knocks this week due to it being the programmes 10th Birthday Special with David Whitfield, Bobby Crush and Candlewick Green. her next appearance was postponed until the 11th. Thames TV. 6.45pm - 7.30pm.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. Lena and Bonnie were guests on Our Show, to promote their upcoming Easter special. ITV 10.00am - 11.00am.

Presenters: Susan Tully, Elvis Payne, Melissa Wilks, Beverley Thomas, Graham Fletcher.

Guests: Lena Zavaroni, Bonnie Langford, Generation X, Michael Aspel.

Director: Ted Ayling, Producer: Victoria Poushkine-relf. Production Company: London Weekend Television (LWT).

The link below isn’t the episode that Lena and bonnie appeared on. It is a studio tape that illustrates just how amateurish it was, I’m sure Lena stood out as a true professional compared to these kids.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. The Eastbourne Herald wrote about Phil Moon of Polegate Community Association, who among other things arranged for kid(s) to meet Lena, - probably while she was appearing in Startime '77 at the Congress Theatre.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. Lena sang “It’s Not The Spotlight” and “Tomorrow” in a Grand Order Of Water Rats charity show at Kings Nightclub , Great Barr, Birmingham. Also on the bill were: The Bachelors, Roger De Courcey and compare Charlie Smithers.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. Lena's fan club had a small advertisement in The Stage. Also in this issue, the BBC announced a sale of stage costumes, often some of Lena's old costumes were included in these sales.

[andreeamq]

The Sydney Morning Herald April 15 1990

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[hislopchino]

HIGNFY's Guest Webterview: Michael Aspel

Q1. You've been a TV presenter for 50 years, hosting everything from Miss World to HIGNFY to Antiques Roadshow. Will hosting HIGNFY this week be a career highlight?

Yes. Along with the Antiques Roadshow, it's also the most frightening because you don't want to mess things up. That's my great terror.

Q2. Some people watch Antiques Roadshow for that moment when a person's face drops when he finds out his grandmother's teapot is only worth £10. Did anyone ever get really upset because of a low valuation?

Often. There was once a guy who brought in a huge oak chest. The lid was very deeply carved and he'd paid £2000 for it. The expert wasn't sadistic but he took his time; he raised the lid and inside there's dust, and he said, "This isn't woodworm. This is sawdust. It's brand new and the market's been flooded with them - it's worth £200."

The guy begged the producer not to show it, because he'd never be able to face the members of his golf club again, but it was used as a cautionary tale. It's not always a happy ending.

Q3. You were a newsreader in the 1960s - what do you think of today's newsreaders?

They're all very good looking and smart, but sometimes with one or two of them I get the impression that the words are passing through the mouth without touching the brain first. Just a lot of reading going on but not a lot of thought. Only with some of them though...

Q4. You did National Service in the 1950s. Did your time in the armed services prepare you for a career in television?

I was a wireless operator for a while, which would have helped. I also did a parachute course, so jumping from great heights is something I've been used to for a long time.

Q5. Talking about Oliver Reed's drunken appearance on your chat show, you once said that people thought you were furious but really you were delighted because it was great television. Will you try and get Paul and Ian sloshed before the show this week?

Well, I've always assumed they were drunk already.

[mariocki]

The War Game (1966)

"If I decide to hit, and perhaps kill, another man myself, then I must be prepared to accept the moral responsibility. If I give the government the right or the means, on my behalf, to kill people of another country - then the situation is no different. I must again myself accept the moral responsibility."

[gin-and-anguish]

‘I wanted to give them time to write me out without dropping the bombshell out of the blue. So I went away and did the pantomime and came back, and [EastEnders’ co-creator and producer, Julia Smith, and I] had lots of talks and lunch. And gradually she decided along with me that if I was going to take a break and do other things that this was the best time to do that. And she very graciously allowed the door to stay open, so that I could come back if I wanted to.’

- Anita Dobson interviewed by Michael Aspel about her EastEnders exit (1988)

Millions of TV viewers were gripped by Angie Watts’ trials and tribulations in one of the UK’s biggest shows. Anita Dobson’s decision to leave EastEnders after just over three years on screen was even reported on the Six O’Clock News.

Imagine what the soap might’ve been like had the Queen of the Vic one day walked back through that open door with a smile, a wink and an ‘Alright, sweetheart?’...

[somuchmorethantvtimes]

TVTimes Anglia and Channel Four for 22-28 October 1988: Michael Aspel