Posted on 03/09/2021 10:29:00 AM PST by mylife
Trevor Peacock, who played Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, has died at the age of 89. Peacock who appeared in many British shows, from EastEnders to Jonathan Creek, had dementia.
A statement on behalf of his family said: “Trevor Peacock, actor, writer and song-writer, died aged 89 on the morning of 8 March from a dementia-related illness.”
Peacock, who was also a prolific stage actor and screenwriter in the 1950s and 60s, was last seen on TV in the 2015 Comic Relief special of the Dawn French’s hugely popular BBC sitcom.
Peacock appeared in every episode of the Richard Curtis show since it began in 1994, apart from the recent Christmas special. Trott, his character, was a member of the Dibley Parish Council, perhaps most remembered for his repetition of the word “no” and his frequent use of sexual innuendo.
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Was this a good series, does anyone know?
It had a lot of PC crapola but was funny
We loved it.
Most of the shows/episodes where watched at least twice.
Dawn French played the vicar. Quite liberal IIRC.
A very diverse and loving parish.
I really loved “open all hours”
‘GggGggranville... fetch your cloth’
Just got through binging it again. The wife and I like it — it’s the typical “fish-out-of-water” scenario, this time with a liberal female vicar arriving in a small, WAY quirky village. Watch the first episode because they’re all pretty much in the same vein and that’ll tell ya if you like it or not.
There is a new Canadian show called Kim’s Convenience, that kinda riffs on ‘open all hours’ but its a Korean family in Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=R6LUffgzFRg&feature=emb_logo
I actually watched a relative go from coherent to incoherent stages of lucidness and memory, off and on, during each day and over the course of just a few months, at the end of which the doctors declared her at the “end of life” stage of dementia; when nearly all food and liquid consumption stopped, an IV drip helped for awhile, and a feeding tube was not recommended as the most it would do is artificially prevent the total shutdown her body was going through, for awhile. The relative with her durable power of attorney agreed with the doctors to not install the feeding tube. I had one moment in my second visit with her those few months, when she suddenly totally recognized me and we talked just a little. Two hours later she knew me not and was hitting me for the slight touch of my hand on her arm. Painful to watch.
That was a good series. His constant pursuit of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel was always good for a laugh.
Ronnie Barker was a riot.
“small, WAY quirky village”
One thing I like about British TV is that they still have some respect for small town life. In US TV, they are portrayed as ignorant at best, but mostly evil, dangerous and unredeemable.
Interestingly, Trevor Peacock wrote the Herman’s Hermits hit, “Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter.” I thought he was the funniest person on TVoD.
Very interesting.
Yes. I watched it when I lived in Australia. It's the kind of thing you would see on PBS alongside "Are you Being Served?" and "As Time Goes By." It was about a female Church of England vicar who gets assigned to a small country town parish. There was a lot of sexual innuendo without being coarse. There was a little bit of pc, but not enough to spoil it. I liked it.
excellent and the guy who passed is just funny every time hes on camera.
TY. Good advice.
TY.
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