[1972] Arthur of the Britons - Set in the Dark Ages a century after the Roman withdrawal from Britain, Arthur is just a Celtic leader who installs and maintains a Celtic alliance against the Saxon invaders. Starring Oliver Tobias and Brian Blessed. First episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsV8zubzn4c

#OldBritishTelly #OliverTobias #BrianBlessed

Enjoy this Shuffle Track combination on my Player

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Brian Blessed doing an.impression of Katherine Hepburn.

If you ever get a chance, audiobook Brian Blessed narrating his own life. Its a joy you won't regret.

#BrianBlessed

[1980] Leap in the Dark - Anthology series of supernatural tales. This episode is "Room for an Inward Light", a ghost story in which Brian Blessed plays the part of novelist Thomas Myers, a writer eager for serious recognition and who finds help in the form of Bernard played by Chris Strauli.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdQk90C0Ig

#OldBritishTelly #BrianBlessed #ChrisStauli

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Oh I see... it's the other way around: Santa is in fact (sometimes) #BrianBlessed. This makes perfect sense. Now I can have a #HappyChristmas 😃

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But, but... #BrianBlessed *is* Santa, isn't he? Or does someone need to do some explaining? #disillusioned

"One of the things that used to make me laugh most about my marvellous and clever mother-in-law, and believe me there were quite literally hundreds, was that she refused to believe that Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson were A) the same person, and B) fictional characters. It didn't matter what we said or how we said it, she was having none of it. And my God, did she hate Les Patterson."

#ThePantherInMyKitchen
#BrianBlessed
#DameEdna
#SirLesPatterson
#BarryHumphries

One of those moments when I had my phone in my hand at #SciFiWeekender.

#BrianBlessed #Photomonday #SFWXIII #Greatyarmouth

Stanley Kubrick wanted Brian Blessed to play a short gay man in Barry Lyndon.

Brian, at 6 foot, is not short and he is also the very epitome of masculine virility.

#ThePantherInMyKitchen
#BrianBlessed
#Book
#StanleyKubrick

"The ancient Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu, once said, 'Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.'"

#ThePantherInMyKitchen
#BrianBlessed
#Book
#LaoTzu
#Quote

[1976] Into Infinity - Sci-fi drama produced by Gerry Anderson between the first and second series of Space: 1999. The crew of the lightship Altares are lost in space when the craft is struck by a meteor shower and goes out of control. Starring Brian Blessed.

https://youtu.be/abkugisee_Q

#OldBritishTelly #GerryAnderson #BrianBlessed

[1982] LWT Closedown - Including an episode of "Sit Up & Listen" with Brian Blessed.

https://youtu.be/0E4hU_SPIWw

#OldBritishTelly #BRIANBLESSED #LWT

[1978] Z Cars - Final episode of the gritty drama which follows the work of the Police force in the fictional northern English town of Newtown. Starring Alun Armstrong and Brian Blessed.

https://youtu.be/PZxpDRXb4vY

#OldBritishTelly #ZCars #BrianBlessed #AlunArmstrong

[1979] Tales of the Unexpected – Lamb to the Slaughter – after Mary kills her husband by battering him over the head, the police search in vain for the murder weapon as she invites them to stay for dinner. Starring Susan George and Brian Blessed. Introduced by Roald Dahl.

https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x21jl38

#OldBritishTelly #SusanGeorge #BRIANBLESSED