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Brigit Forsyth, who has died aged 83, made her name in the BBC sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973-74) playing Thelma Ferris, the long-suffering and strait-laced wife of Rodney Bewes’s Bob, craving a middle-class world of dinner parties, badminton and fondue evenings; to younger viewers she was Madge in Still Open All Hours (2013-19), keeping a beady eye as her sister Mavis (Maggie Ollerenshaw) is pursued with ever-increasing mayhem by David Jason’s shopkeeper Granville.

The actress was a familiar face in a string of hit British TV comedies.

The star was best known for TV shows Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Still Open All Hours.

The body of Machuki Manga'ng'a, 60, was retrieved Monday from the site

10 great British thrillers of the 1970s As I Start Counting lands on Blu-ray, we run through 10 more edge-of-your-seat gems of British film of the 1970s. 22 April 2021 I Start Counting (1970) The common conception of British cinema in the 1970s is that it was in terminal decline. Deprived of investment in the face of dwindling box-office returns, producers resorted to peddling period horrors, softcore romps and sitcom spin-offs to stay afloat. Yet, the decade also witnessed a mini thriller boom that exploited the BBFC’s relaxation of censorship to bring a new psychological authenticity and ...