The year is 2005. You turn on BBC Radio 1 to hear comedian Peter Kay has bagged himself a Number 1 single for the second consecutive week. How did this happen?
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Beloved British actor Peter Bowles, who starred in BBC sitcom To The Manor Born, has died aged 85, his agent has confirmed.
In a statement to the BBC, Bowles’ agent said he had “sadly passed away from cancer.” He is survived by wife Susan Bennett and three children Guy, Adam and Sasha.
“Starting his career at the Old Vic Theatre in 1956, he starred in 45 theatrical productions ending at the age of 81 in The Exorcist at the Phoenix Theatre,” said the statement, reflecting on an incredible and lengthy career.
“He worked consistently on stage and screen, becoming a household name on TV as the archetypal English gent in To The Manor Born, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder and Lytton’s Diary, which he devised himself.”
Born in 1936, Bowles’ career began in theater for several years before he featured in an episode of Rising Damp.
He became recognized as a comic actor and announced himself on TV in To The Manor Born, where he starred as self-made-man Richard DeVere opposite Dame Penelope Keith from 1979 to 1981.
The pair reprized their roles for a 2007 special, which celebrated the show’s popularity, having drawn in millions of viewers per episode for the original series.
Other big roles included in The Irish R.M. and, more recently, ITV drama Victoria, and he also wrote and starred in 1985’s Lytton’s Diary for ITV about the life of a newspaper gossip columnist.
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Actor Peter Bowles, star of To The Manor Born, has died from cancer at the age of 85. Bowles was best known for his role as Richard DeVere in the BBC sitcom which aired from 1979 to 1981, starring as the self-made businessman alongside Dame Penelope Keith, with the pair reprising their roles in a 2007 special.
To The Manor Born star Peter Bowles has died from cancer at the age of 85. Bowles was best known for his role as Richard DeVere in the BBC sitcom which aired from 1979 to 1981, starring as the self-made businessman alongside Dame Penelope Keith, with the pair reprising their roles in a 2007 special. A statement to the PA news agency said: ‘The actor Peter Bowles has sadly passed away at the age of 85 from cancer.