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| article: "Tim Brooke-Taylor speaks about being awarded an OBE" |
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 This article appears on the Maidenhead Advertiser's website at http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-21908-tim-brooke-taylor-speaks-about-being-awarded-an-obe/:
Tim Brooke-Taylor speaks about being awarded an OBE
11:50am Tue 21st Jun 11:: written by Francis Batt
Funny man Tim Brooke-Taylor of Cookham is celebrating after being awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
The star of cult TV show The Goodies is still a regular on radio's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
He said he found himself keeping a big secret from an old friend when he learned he had been awarded the OBE. The 70-year-old has worked with his old Cambridge Footlights pal Graeme Garden for almost 50 years. They made up two thirds of television's long running Goodies show with Bill Oddie.
Graeme received notice that he had been awarded an OBE at exactly the same time as Tim. But Tim said: "The trouble was neither of us knew whether or not the other had got one, so we didn't dare speak to each other in case.
"I only found out he had got one too when a newspaper asked me 'how do you feel about Graeme'? "
Neither needed to worry about the third member of the Goodies team Bill Oddie - he got his OBE in 2003, having forged a new career as a celebrated naturalogist whose television shows have introduced the nation to the joys of bird watching.
Tim is married to Christine and they have two sons Ben and Edward.
Tim is president of the Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TVAP) and acts as quiz master at the annual Thames Valley Pub Quiz Championship organised by the Maidenhead Thames Rotary Club.
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Posted by lisa at 21/06/2011 14:57 GMT |
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| ISIHAC Grassington Festival Amendment (CHANGE TO START TIME) |
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For anyone attending the ISIHAC show at the Grassington Festival, please note the NEW START TIME per this message from the show's official mailing list:
Dear I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List Member,
Just a brief note to those who have tickets to see the show to be recorded at the Grassington Festival on Thursday 30th June to say that the start time printed on your tickets is incorrect. The recording will in fact start at 7.45pm and not 8pm as stated. The doors will still open at 7.15pm. I do hope this won't cause too much inconvenience.
The guest panellist on the show will be Jeremy Hardy. So bring ear plugs.
Best wishes,
Jon Naismith
Producer, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
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Posted by lisa at 16/06/2011 17:08 GMT |
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| Graeme's son John to play at Bristol Silents film screening |
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 This article comes from
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Open-musical-paintbox/story-12779041-detail/story.html:
Open a musical paintbox
Thursday, June 16, 2011 Bristol Evening Post
Musical director and keyboardist with the internationally acclaimed glam rock band Scissor Sisters, John "JJ" Garden joins Bristol Silents for a world premiere in the South West.
John will be providing a live soundtrack to the innovative, stop-motion dinosaur film The Lost World (1925) at The Barn Cinema, Totnes, Bristol's Arnolfini, and the Curzon cinema in Clevedon.
Featuring pioneering stop-motion techniques from Willis O'Brien just prior to his work on King Kong, this silent classic is a dramatic and enchanting retelling of Conan Doyle's story, shown for the first time with John's new score and introduced by Aardman Animation's director and Oscar-nominated stop-motion master, Peter Lord.
"This film is really important to the whole sci-fi genre," says John, whose dad is actor, presenter and member of The Goodies, Graeme Garden.
"It showed what was possible with animation and how you could put actors in the same frame as animated dinosaurs - I don't think that had ever been done before, so it was really groundbreaking.
"And it's still an impressive, entertaining film to watch; a great
adventure, with good characters and plot.
"What I'm hoping to do is re-imagine a score as if it was a 1980s sci-fi film, which is when I originally saw the film and when movies like Blade Runner and Star Wars with their synth-heavy scores were about. I want to bring The Lost World back into the fold of these classic sci-fi films."
The score is described as "semi-improvised", but what exactly does that mean and what is the process behind it?
"I sat and watched the film a lot and just played along to it," says John, whose band Scissor Sisters boast such chart topping hits as Laura, Take Your Mama, Filthy/Gorgeous and I Don't Feel Like Dancing.
"Different scenes need different kinds of sound. I programmed these into the synth, so as the scenes change, I'll have a different palate of sounds to play with.
"The easiest analogy is having your paintbox in front of you and having the colours already mixed, but what you do with them on the night is anybody's guess."
The screenings are presented by Bristol Silents, who show both masterpieces and criminally underrated silent films throughout the year, as well as the annual laughathon that is the Slapstick Festival.
John, who spent his formative years in Bristol, was introduced to Bristol Silents through his dad, who attended many of their events.
In 2009, he and drummer Tony Orrell improvised a score to the works of Charley Bowers, who directed, animated and acted in 40 films during the Twenties, Thirties and Forties.
"Bristol Silents' director Chris Daniels and I then talked about other ideas," explains John. "He was really enthusiastic and that rubbed off on me.
"Chris gave me some DVDs to watch, and one of them was The Lost World. As soon as I put it on, I had this really strong feeling about it. I remembered watching it as a kid and recalled that sense of wonder at seeing moving dinosaurs for the first time. So it was easy to decide that this was the
right film."
John has recently returned from the States after premiering a musical adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, which he composed with Scissor Sisters' lead singer Jake Shears.
"Working with Jake in that format was just a revelation; he's so imaginative and creative with lyrics and melody."
Music has always been a passion, says John, and one that was encouraged at home.
"Both Mum and Dad were big music fans and I felt very encouraged to pursue music with no questions asked; I was never pushed to be a certain kind of musician."
When his parents split up, John, along with his mother and sister, moved to Bristol, where he played in clubs and pubs around the city.
"I've lived in Easton, Montpelier, St Pauls, St Andrews... you name it, I've lived there. I got much more involved in music while in Bristol."
It was during his time in the city that he was encouraged to try out for up-and-coming US band Scissor Sisters.
"I used to play five-a-side football with Portishead's Geoff Barrow and he'd seen me doing gigs around Bristol," John recalls. "Geoff knew Scissor Sisters were looking for a keyboard player and hadn't found anyone suitable in New York.
"Things had just started to take off for them in the UK, and Geoff kindly recommended me.
"Geoff said 'I think this is a phone call you should make', and if Geoff Barrow says that, you don't ignore it! Plus, a friend who ran the Louisiana told me 'Keep an eye on this band - they're going to go far'. Luckily, I got the gig.
"Being in Scissor Sisters has been great, and it's been fun to branch out and do other things.
"I'm very excited about doing The Lost World because there's so much freedom in it. I just hope those who come along enjoy my take on it."
The Lost World appears at The Curzon on Friday, June 24, at 7.45pm. Tel: 07868 422089, and Arnolfini on Saturday, June 25, at 7.30pm. Tel 0117 917 2300. Dates for Bristol's 2012 Slapstick Festival have been confirmed as January 26-29. Tickets to the flagship Gala event at Colston Hall on Jan 27 go on sale today. Visit www.bristolsilents.org.uk
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Posted by lisa at 16/06/2011 17:05 GMT |
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| A message from Tim & Graeme about their OBEs |
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Tim and Graeme have sent messages regarding the announcement of their being awarded OBEs.
* From Tim: "Please pass on my thanks to all the GROK folk who have been so kind in their remarks re the OBEs. They genuinely came as a huge, but lovely, surprise."
* From Graeme: "Please thank all the GROK chums for the good wishes they sent on our recent award of the OBEs. And thanks for all their support over the years. It means a lot to us."
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Posted by lisa at 15/06/2011 15:13 GMT |
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| Oxford Mail article about Graeme's OBE |
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The full article appears at http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9079947.Oxfam_chief_is_awarded_OBE/. Following is the excerpt about Graeme.
Comedian Graeme Garden gave himself a gong in an episode of hit 1970s show The Goodies and now he has a real one.
Mr Garden, 68, from Enstone, near Chipping Norton, now has an OBE, for services to light entertainment.
He lives with his wife Emma and the couple have a son Tom, 26.
Mr Garden, who is in the middle of recording a new series of the Radio 4 show Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue, also has a son and a daughter from his first marriage.
He said: “This is a great honour. When The Goodies was on, I awarded myself an OBE on one of the shows to tease Bill Oddie, who had been recognised for his wildlife work, so it’s great to finally get a real one.”
Mr Garden, who suffered heart problems several years ago, gives talks to help fundraising efforts for the Oxford Heart Centre.
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Posted by lisa at 13/06/2011 18:15 GMT |
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| Another article about the OBEs (and Tim makes the earlobe joke ;) |
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This article comes from:
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/honours_for_broadcaster_jenni_murray_and_goodies_star_tim_brooke_taylor_1_3470574
Honours for broadcaster Jenni Murray and Goodies star Tim Brooke Taylor
Published on Saturday 11 June 2011 03:03
BARNSLEY-born broadcaster Jenni Murray said her only regret at being made a Dame was her parents are not alive to see it.
Murray, who has hosted Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour for more than 20 years, said she hoped her mother would be “looking down in delight” when she collects her honour at the palace for services to radio broadcasting.
Jenni, 60, who attended Barnsley Girls High School, said: “My one regret about this is I lost my parents four years ago, they died within a short time of each other, and my mother would have been demented with joy.
“It is strange how things are never quite as thrilling when you don’t have your parents to share it with. You realise everything you have striven for is to make your parents proud of you.”
Murray, who now divides her time between homes in London and the Peak District, was awarded an OBE in 1999.
Peak District-born comedy actor and writer Tim Brooke Taylor meanwhile receives an OBE for services to light entertainment.
The 70-year-old former member of The Goodies, from Buxton, said: “I’m very pleased and not to say a little surprised. At first I thought it was my son trying to con me!”
He and fellow former Goodie Graeme Garden said they were thrilled to be given OBEs - after spending years poking fun at the honours system.
Brooke-Taylor said: “Graeme used to say it would be better to be an Earl and an OBE - then you could be an ‘earlobe’.”
He added he was relieved to know Garden received an OBE at the same time, to avoid awkward phone calls. “I was wondering, ‘How am I going to say this?’,” he joked.
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Posted by lisa at 13/06/2011 15:56 GMT |
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Thanks to Kimba Lion for this info: 
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* David Smith spoke to Bill Oddie about Gloucestershire's changing wildlife in a broadcast from 15 June. It will be available on the BBC iPlayer through next Weds from the following link (the interview starts at 1 hour 11 minutes into the show):
