Podcast appearances and mentions of Bobby Crush

Keith Harris a national treasure with his little Green Duck Orville stole the hearts of millions in the 1980's throughout his television and pantomime career. Sell out Summer Seasons and Panto's saw Keith smash box office records and earn himself a brand new generation of fans after creating the 'Duck Off' show for UK Universities and nightclubs.He was a master of entertaining and I am giving back by paying tribute as he gave me so much including his time.Enjoy clips, interviews and tribute messages from many on Eyes and Teeth - Keith Harris.

Keith Harris was one of the most successful ventriloquists in Great Britain's show business history.With record sold out summer seasons at Blackpool's Grand Theatre and pantomimes Keith's Saturday Night TV Show was watched by millions of families in the 1980's and after Orville's Song written by Bobby Crush was released in 1982 it shot Orville into many hearts of children and adults selling a whopping 400.000 copies.Keith worked through the declining decade of variety into the 1990's and then re invented himself for a new audience in Universities and Top Holiday centres across the UK.  With his new adult show 'Duck Off' Keith enjoyed booking through popular demand and even worked top tv shows starring alongside Harry Hill, Little Britain's Matt & David, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peter Kay and Ricky Gervais.I also talk about my connection with Keith and our time meeting and working together on my first nationwide TV show in 1993.He was a legend until the end, but the end came way too soon.Let's celebrate The Life & Career of Keith Harris - Ventriloquist.

Anita Harris is a singer and actress who is one of the biggest stars of the 60s, 70s and 80s and is still performing today. Her huge hit song Just Loving You was suggested for Anita by Dusty Springfield and written by Dusty's brother. As an actress she was in the film Carry On Doctor, Casualty, French and Saunders, Midsummer Murders and her own one-woman show. In the 1970's she was the assistant to the TV magician David Nixon on his TV shows, as well as performing in the Royal Variety performance and having her own This Is Your Life. She was the Variety Club of Great Britain's Cabaret Performer of the year in 1982 and played the part of Griselda in the west end production of Cats for two years. She's just about to tour the country again with Freddie Davis' Legends of Variety Tour, alongside such legends as Freddie himself, Bobby Crush, Bernie Clifton, Tommy Canon, Billy Pearce and The Grumbleweeds, amongst others.Anita Harris is guest number 291 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Anita Harris on Twitter: @TheAnitaHarris .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Get this podcast ad-free by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of Farage:Nigel brings you more exclusive footage from inside the port of Calais.ConservativeHome Deputy Editor Henry Hill speaks to Nigel about whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be able to tackle the migrant crisis.Alfie Best, Chairman of mobile home park firm Wyldecrest Parks, reacts as mobile home owners are to get an energy grant following petitions.Then on Talking Pints, Pianist, Actor and TV personality Bobby Crush marks fifty years in showbiz and says he fears ‘at some point the Dame role will become extinct because we shouldn't have a man dressing up as a woman'. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bobby Crush is a pianist, songwriter, actor and television presenter who first came to public attention after winning the ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, six times in 1972. Bobby performed three seasons at the London Palladium guest starring with Jack Jones, Vic Damone and Dame Julie Andrews and his other theatrical roles include Liberace in Liberace's Suit, Dr Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show and Billy Flynn in Chicago. Bobby's greatest success as a songwriter was writing Keith Harris and Orville's hit "I Wish I Could Fly" which sold a quarter of a million copies. He has made 13 studio albums including his "Double Decker Party Album", which sold 100,000 copies and earned him a double gold disc. His most recent TV appearances have been in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, in which he played the character "Billy Sparkle". Bobby Crush is guest 191 on My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Bobby Crush on Twitter: @theBobbyCrush .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bobby Crush is a true master at the piano but he is so much more than that, he is a musical theatre performer, a TV Star over the golden years of Television at its best, he was all over it. Bobby is a personality, an entertainer, a pantomime legend who has been at the top for 50 years and he's proud to tell us. Bobby tells us about his greatest moments over his career, talking highlights and picking out little nuggets like winning Opportunity Knocks more than once. And we get to hear an exclusive detailed story of when Bobby and Keith Harris came up with Orville's Song in 1982, this is a must listen.We talk Liberace, the London Palladium, jack Jones, Las Vegas and much more in this final episode of Season 10 when A Touch of Magic is in the fingers of Bobby Crush

Stuart Loughland is not only SAFIRE Illusionists but he has puppet fingers in many different pies and he even built those fingers.He is one of the loveliest of humans in our business and it's the reason I love doing these podcasts catching up with people I have missed and love to work with or watch work from the wings.He has worked with many top entertainers over his career including Ken Dodd, Peter Kay, Joe Pasquale, Danny La Rue, Billy Pearce, Frank Carson, Johnnie Casson , Stu Francis, The Chuckle Brothers, Jimmy Cricket, Keith Harris, Cannon and Ball, The Rolypolys, Ian Lavender, Mick Miller, Paul Crone ,Hinge and Bracket , Bernie Clifton, Keith Harris, David Lonsdale , Bucks Fizz, Ted Rodgers, The Bachelors, The Grumbleweed's, The Nolans, Bobby Crush, Ray Alan and the list goes on. As well as directing & producing, Stuart makes puppets and builds scenery, props and illusions. He has made commissions that have been used in professional productions in theatre and television all over the world. Stuart now runs Magic Light Productions along with Libby Edwards, producing pantomimes and family shows across the UK. And he proudly talks of Libby's debut Children's book Trixibelle and the birthday spell. His stories are wonderful and I'm going to let him tell them, welcome to Eyes & Teeth – A Touch of magic – Stuart Loughland

Su Pollard is a national treasure, and has one of the most recognisable faces and voices in the history of British Television. Su is a Sitcom Queen popping up in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Benidorm, and Jimmy Perry & David Croft's masterpieces Hi-De-Hi and Oh Dr Beeching the list goes on. Musicals, plays and TV variety shows and gameshows you will always smile when she hits your screen and you can see her most recently in Celebrity Masterchef 2021, sadly she just got knocked out of the show before the finals but what great TV she made.We end todays chat on her 2021 Tour HARPY a play she describes in Eyes & Teeth, I won't spoil it here but the reviews keep coming​★★★★★ ‘Su Pollard gives the performance of her life, an unmissable tour-de-force ofcomedy and drama brought together in a fantastically constructed piece of theatre.'THEATRE WEEKLY*​★★★★ ‘A bitter-sweet production... Pollard is effortless... she delivers a powerfulperformance which has the audience hooked from the thunderous entrance straightthrough.' EDFEST MAG*​★★★★ 'Su Pollard excels... Meeks has woven an elaborate script... beautifully deep anddetailed' BROADWAY BABY*Welcome to Eyes & Teeth – Voices of Variety SU POLLARD

James Watt chats to Bernie and Bobby about The Good Old Days Variety Show heading the the Leeds City Varieties in September.   Lots of fun  about the Ostrich, Las Vegas , Opportunity Knocks and much more

Ben Simmons is a talented man, not only does he have his own Radio Show "This is the show that goes like this" on Phoenix FM but he also writes and performs in pantomime and variety shows with his father Keith Simmons. He is an incredibly nice fella with so many anecdotes he has been collecting since he was literally 18 months old. His first job was for a famous TV commercial as a 10 year old which I want him to tell you about as it was something I never knew about him and he grew up with Variety and showbusiness in his bloodline. Ben is always great to catch up with and I'm proud to know him and his family, they are an important family in the history of Entertainment so welcome to Eyes & Teeth the water rats Ben Simmons 

One of our favourite interviews ever on MusicalTalk has been with British entertainment legend Bobby Crush.  Join original MusicalTalk Presenter Andy Edwards as he re-unites us with Bobby for an entertaining interview!

John talks to all round entertainer BOBBY CRUSH, who won Opportunity Knocks back in 1972.

9.16: Tolkien Nonsense In which Martin turns Robert Redford into a raving political right-winger and kills off poor old Bobby Crush just when he wasn’t making a comeback. Mike has a full-blown meltdown with a Mr Robot "fan", and makes a false accusation of hoover theft. Kris fails to get a left-handed stormtrooper to open his beer and tries his best to announce the end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In a show rife with dodgy de-ageing, nine noisy clocks and copious amounts of alcohol, Season 9 of STARBURST Radio finally comes to an end. [Warning: Mike totally loses the plot by the end of this episode] *Show first broadcast on Wed 30th July 2019 All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International.

This is a story of radio, of music - and of love. As Radio Luxembourg returned after the War, a small number of disc jockeys arrived in the Grand Duchy to entertain the UK and Ireland from afar, against a backdrop of a staid BBC. Teddy Johnson was one of its earliest presenters, deploying an ad lib conversational style which was less common from Broadcasting House. His first love, however, had always been music, as shown by his impressive list of records released. Famously, he performed the 1959 UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 'Sing Little Birdie' with his much-loved wife Pearl. In his own words, aged 96, two years before his death in June 2018, recorded at Brinsworth House where he now lives alongside his wife, this is the Teddy Johnson story.  (Thanks to Bobby Crush and Alan Bailey and Brinsworth House for co-ordinating the visit and to Alan and Andy Walmsley for illustrative audio).

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Paterson Joseph, Shirley Manson, Thomasina Miers, Bobby Crush and Mike Birbiglia for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Nick Lowe. Producer: Sukey Firth.

Featuring Lancaster's Food Festival, Preston's bollards and Blackpool's Empress Ballroom. Plus, Dan Snow, Jennie Bond, Bobby Crush and Prince Charles has to take his shoes off!

A lovely trio of guests were on the show this week, starting with legendary composer Jeff Wayne, who was on the phone to talk about the 40th anniversary tour of ‘War of the Worlds', with Ian telling him how scared the soundtrack made him when he was younger. Also on the show was actor Glyn Pritchard, who is starring in the the Soho Theatre's production of ‘One Green Bottle'. The final guest was performer Bobby Crush, who it turns out Ian is a huge fan of, who is talking all about his part in the brand new stage musical ‘Summer Holiday'. Actress Harriet Thorpe also once again made an appearance to berate Ian for not coming to see her show.

A lovely trio of guests were on the show this week, starting with legendary composer Jeff Wayne, who was on the phone to talk about the 40th anniversary tour of ‘War of the Worlds’, with Ian telling him how scared the soundtrack made him when he was younger. Also on the show was actor Glyn Pritchard, who is starring in the the Soho Theatre’s production of ‘One Green Bottle’. The final guest was performer Bobby Crush, who it turns out Ian is a huge fan of, who is talking all about his part in the brand new stage musical ‘Summer Holiday’. Actress Harriet Thorpe also once again made an appearance to berate Ian for not coming to see her show.

Bobby Crush made it big in 1972 when he won six appearances on the ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks. He won the Variety Club's award for 'Best New Artist' and starred at the London Palladium alongside Jack Jones, Vic Damone and Julie Andrews.

Nick shares his thoughts on the new musical of Ghost - playing at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, and he and Andrew have an entertaining chat with the entertaining entertainer - Bobby Crush. Bobby talks about his Liberace tribute show heading to Edinburgh this summer.