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“I remember Jimmy said, ‘Here’s a glass of wine.’ ”
The triplets played an curious part in the original fall-out between the two stars.
In the fateful press interview, Rodney recalled the moment Bolam’s wife, actress Susan Jameson, told her husband she was pregnant while he was driving.
She said: “Jimmy, you know Daphne had three babies at once... well, I’m just having the one.”
He promptly swerved on to the kerb and nearly hit a lamppost.
Rodney realised his innocent anecdote may have overstepped the mark so made the phone call that was his last-ever communication with Bolam."
What am I missing here ? What bit of that is offensive or insulting to Bolam ? The only thing I can think of is that it implied that Bewes was 'more of a man' if he managed to create triplets compared to Bolam's one child - but even then I'm stretching the limits of my imagination. It would be pretty juvenile to take offence to that IMO.
If it's not that, then what is it about the above that Bolam took such offence to that he never spoke to Bewes again for the rest of his life, despite Bewes's repeated attempts to make friends again ?
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I thought it as because Bolam wouldn't allow re-runs of The Likely Lads, as he'd moved on from there (When The Boat Comes In, etc)., where Bewes would have welcomed the income / contribution to pension pot. I guess we'll never know, now.
Sad they never got to resolve it, though...
I've never understood this falling-out. Clearly we're not getting the full story, but Bolam does not seem like a barrel of laughs and perhaps he's just the kind of person who doesn't stay in touch...
RIP Rodney Bewes.
In serious mode, classic Brit comedy. Another great gone
Bolam didn't like the fact that his personal life had been discussed in public, hence the falling out. Hell of a long time to hold a grudge, though.
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Shame about the 40 year spat.
I take my hat off to Bewes for being the bigger man.
Oh well, who cares. I'm turning into bloody 'Gossip' magazine ! I need to get a grip.
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RIP Rodney
"In the chocolate box of life, the top layer's already gone and someone's pinched the orange cream from the bottom".
Robert Andrew Scarborough Ferris .
RIP Mr Rodney
I worked at a diy shop in Putney and Rodney Bewes was a regular. Really nice guy, very self effacing, not like a couple of other "don't you know who I am?" luvvies that used to come in.
Keeping the gossip going...
I read a couple of different versions of the Likely Lads "no repeats" story last night. First, that Bolam blocked them from showing repeats until 1990, when he relented for some reason; then in 2002 he got the role in New Tricks and again asked for no more repeats of The Likely Lads (I don't receive the channels which show old BBC repeats, so I don't know if either or both of these are true).
If true, that affected not only Bewes but everyone else who worked on the show, most of whom probably could've used the repeat fees. A real case of I'm Alright Jack.
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No idea. I know "The Ac-Tor" Martin Shaw was able to block repeats of The Professionals, until he heard that Gordon Jackson's widow was in financial difficulties and relented.
Maybe it is in the contracts of the major players, writers, directors etc that they have some kind of veto.
The Professionals wasn't repeated for years because Martin Shaw thought it was crap and would harm his reputation as an actor.
Apparently, the rights to Captain Scarlet ended up with Sylvia Anderson after her divorce from Gerry, and she refused to let them be repeated as she thought the whole indestructible thing could lead children to think they could be indestructible and put themselves in danger.
And we won't even begin to talk about how big a shit Looby-Loo was when it came to repeating Andy Pandy...