Richard Briers
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Finding three game elderly ladies to test drive the beige monstrosity was an inspired move – 'Isn’t this absolute fun' one of them declared – and a witty customised satnav voiced by the late Richard Briers was enough to warm even the hardened hearts of the Top Gear-hating 'PC brigade'.
The whole climate has changed now and it’s a more hard-hitting style. Charm seems to have gone out of the window
I got the news on Monday night when I got home and turned on the computer. 'Richard Briers is dead.' It was a horrible way to find out.More quotes »
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He's forged a career out of playing the posh cad, but Peter Bowles tells Rebecca Hardy how his working-class upbringing and 52-year marriage made him
Peter Bowles has lost two of his dearest friends recently: actor Richard Briers and theatre director Patrick Garland. Peter, 76, is a loyal man and each death has touched him deeply. ‘Dear Richard’ was in his class at RADA when they were embarking on car from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Olivia Williams remembers Richard Briers
I don’t want to be a “whiner”. This lovely word, given its fully aspirated “wh” when pronounced with an Ol’ Fashion Texas accent, was used to describe a movie actress I admired until I worked with her. She Hwined and Hwined about everything from the food from The Telegraph Read more »
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Sylvester McCoy interview: The Hobbit, Doctor Who and more
The fates didn't seem to be with us when we called up Sylvester McCoy for a brief chat primarily about his work in The Hobbit, which arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK today. A bad line plagued the call, sadly, but we did still manage to talk Doctor Wh from Den Of Geek Read more »
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Celebrities turn out for Richard Briers' Chiswick funeral
HUNDREDS of people packed into a church alongside several famous faces to pay respect to much loved Chiswick actor Richard Briers. The funeral of The Good Life star was held on Wednesday at St Michaels and All Angels church in Chiswick close to where he from Hounslow Chronicle Read more »
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Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh among mourners at Richard Briers send-off
Hundreds of friends and family members attended St Michael and All Angels Church to remember the beloved star, who died aged 79 on 17 February (13) after a long battle with emphysema. Several former colleagues were also in attendance, including The Good from OK! Magazine Read more »
