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THE man they called ‘Little Brucey’ is now the big boss at Newcastle. And nobody is happier for him than two of his oldest mentors. Bob Hamil was Steve Bruce’s PE teacher during his days at ...
Trunchbull : [TV Version] For this newt you pin-worm! Trunchbull : In this classroom, in this school, I am god! Trunchbull : [points at her] YOU! Matilda : It didn't move! Trunchbull : [comes up to her and Matilda stands up] You did this!
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With DJ Pete Murray outside the London Palladium in 1973, where Bruce fronted a “summer spectacular”
In 1975 with contestant Ruby Clegg in his hugely popular BBC1 show, Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game. The following year, he explained why audience participation is so popular: “Everyone likes to see ordinary people having a go… I like going out on a limb, not knowing what’s going to happen and then ad-libbing my way out of trouble.”
In rehearsals for Tonight at the London Palladium — ITV revived Bruce’s show in 2000. In 1976 he’d told RT that performing his one-man show there was “probably the happiest week of my life”
In the star dressing room at the London Palladium in 1973, Bruce reflected on starting his career as a dancer — and how, as a child, he had worshipped Fred Astaire. “I had my own little ‘dancing school’ by the time I was 12, used to teach all the local kids, charge them a shilling a time.”
On The Generation Game (with contestant Harry Morris) in 1971, the year it began, Bruce was 50 and still the life and soul of the party. It was his first series for the BBC and he said he relished it — “because I can say what comes into my head and hope everyone’s in stitches. It’s an active show and I’m nothing if not active.”
In 1990, Bruce returned to The Generation Game, having left the show in 1977 to work in musicals and host Play Your Cards Right and You Bet! on ITV.
Comedian Paul Merton’s dream came true when he interviewed his idol for RT in 2006. Forsyth said the secret to his long career was that every generation had grown up with him. To explain the “surprise” appeal of Strictly Come Dancing, he said: “I thought kids would love it. They’ve got their PlayStations but they’ve probably never seen people dance...
In 1991 with Generation Game co-host Rosemarie Ford. Bruce told RT about his ideal Christmas: “It’s nice to have lunch in town then spend the afternoon at home with the feet up, watching telly.”
Wayne Sleep needed some support on The Bruce Forsyth Show, a one-off entertainment extravaganza that was shown at Christmas 1989 on BBC1. Other guests included Lesley Garrett, dancers Alison and Rebecca Marsh and Howards’ Way star Jan Harvey. Sir Bruce: a Celebration is on Sunday 9.00pm BBC1
Bruce Forsyth. m. Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was an English entertainer and television presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. He went on to host several game shows ...
Sep 15, 2024 · Before we sign off tonight's Strictly 2024 live blog-a-thon, here's a little Brucey Bonus for you that we missed earlier. It wouldn’t be the 20th anniversary without a special mention of late Strictly presenter Bruce Forysth, or Brucie, as he was affectionately known. It was a blink and you'll miss it moment through the colourful opening number.
[We fade to a yellow screen and "TriStar Pictures Presents" fades in, before we change to a green screen where "A Jersey Films Production" fades in also, before we change to a red screen with the film's title fading in. Then, we fade to black. We then fade in to the close-up of a newborn baby's eyes. We then zoom out to reveal that it is the newborn Matilda, lying in her crib in the hospital ...
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Mar 19, 2018 · There has been a lot of talk about how rich little Brucey is and what a nice clean fortune his parents left for him. But they also left him a massive company to run, with subsidiaries dealing with chemicals, construction, shipping, biotech, media, aeronautics, etc. Wayne Industries exceeds the industrial goals of its competitors such as LexCorp, run by Lex Luthor, (which explains his snippy ...
