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Veteran Seven announcer John Deeks has announced his departure from the Seven Network -ending a 44 year association. “Deeksy” often referred to as the Voice of Seven, is best known for his many promo voice-overs as well as famously calling contestants to ‘Come on down’ on The New Price is Right, and announcer on Wheel of Fortune, Press Your Luck, Deal or No Deal, It Takes Two, Man O Man and more. In Melbourne he is synonymous with HSV7 and the long-running Royal Children’s Hospital ...

Bubbly Babs star of nine Carry On films We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Bubbly Babs star of nine Carry On films December 12, 2020 — 5.49pm Normal text size DAME BARBARA WINDSOR: 1937 - 2020 Dame Barbara Windsor, the actress who has died aged 83, became a national institution by passing off high bosoms and low comedy in the Carry On films, and after many vicissitudes ended her career playing Peggy Mitchell, landlady of the Queen Vic in East...

Barbara Windsor and Sid James during rehearsals for Carry On London in September 6 1973 Credit: Mirrorpix Filming had wrapped for the day on the Pinewood Studios set of Carry On Henry when Sid James approached Barbara Windsor.  “Hello Barbara, I’ve bought you a present,” said James, then 58 years old, still dressed as Henry VIII. Windsor, who was 34 at the time, would later recall: “He stuck his tongue into the fruit and started licking it, slowly and suggestively. ‘Oh dear, I tho...

comments National treasure Dame Barbara Windsor died on Thursday night, aged 83. This was long-expected, but it is still a shock — she was indestructible showbiz royalty. As Joan Collins rightly says: Showbusiness has lost a legend. Her final years were clouded by Alzheimers disease, which first became apparent in 2014 when she could no longer learn her lines — and shed always been what is called in the profession a quick study. Through sheer persistence, Babs managed to keep playing Peggy ...

Mike Brooke Barbara Windsor opening a community hub in the Hackney Road. - Credit: LBTH Barbara Windsor, the most famous and loved East Ender in real life and on screen, has died at the age of 83.  The “Queen of the East End”, who was awarded a Damehood for services to charity and entertainment and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London, played the landlady of The Vic pub in the BBC soap EastEnders for several years and starred in many Carry On films.  A close friend of...

Last modified on Tue 12 Jan 2021 12.38 EST Although physically tiny at 4ft 10in tall, Barbara Windsor, who has died aged 83, was a giant of the British entertainment industry, conquering films, theatre and television in a career that spanned 60 years, 50 of them as a top star. After some notable stage work, Windsor first came to real prominence as a member of the Carry On team for nine hugely popular films starting in 1964 with Carry On Spying. In them she usually played a wide-eyed blonde with...

Mike Brooke Barbara Windsor opening a community hub in the Hackney Road. - Credit: LBTH Barbara Windsor, the most famous and loved East Ender in real life and on screen, has died at the age of 83.  The “Queen of the East End”, who was awarded a Damehood for services to charity and entertainment and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London, played the landlady of The Vic pub in the BBC soap EastEnders for several years and starred in many Carry On films.  A close friend of...

Dame Barbara Windsor, actress of irrepressible good humour in Carry On films and EastEnders – obituary The reality of her life differed from the chirpy image she projected, but her acting gifts were spotted early on by Joan Littlewood 11 December 2020 • 9:28am The Queen visiting the set of the Queen Vic pub with Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell) and Steve McFadden who played her son Phil, 2001 Credit: Anwar Hussein/Getty Dame Barbara Windsor, the actress who has died aged 83, became a nation...