A Trip Down Ducketts Passage

09/12/2024

Ken Jones played Owen Jones the Welsh spy in S3 E3 - 'It’s a Sin To Tell a Lie'

20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014

Jones was born in Liverpool. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA. Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in Porridge and as Rex in The Squirrels, he also appeared in The Liver Birds as Uncle Dermot, in Goodnight Sweetheart as Owen Jones, and in Seconds Out as Dave Locket.

09/12/2024

John Bardon played the Train Guard in S3 E3 - 'It’s a Sin To Tell a Lie'

25 August 1939 – 12 September 2014

John was an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for 'Best Actor in a Musical' in 1988 for Kiss Me, Kate.

He was best known for playing the patriarch of the Branning family, Jim Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for 15 years from 1996 to 2011.

Prior to his work in EastEnders, Bardon worked as a shuttle driver at Heathrow Airport.

09/12/2024

Series Three - Episode Three
‘It’s a Sin To Tell a Lie’

Things get even worse for Ron on the marriage front, and he needs Gary more than ever before. Self-centred Gary would rather accuse Ron of being a jealous friend, as it seems some forged banknotes back in the 40’s, have Gary at the centre of a counterfeit money scam. Gary accuses Ron of printing shoddy fakes, just because Gary has two successful relationships, and Ron has none. Gary figures out the truth though, and it seems as if there is a spy amongst the punters of the Royal Oak, and it’s down to Gary and Reg to find out who it is.

02/12/2024

Reg's son Frank was played by Christopher Ettridge's actual son, Alfie Ettridge Rogers.

02/12/2024

In the latest episode of 'A Trip Down Ducketts Passage' podcast, we look at the life of comedian and magician Tommy Cooper.

Featuring in our 'Shocking Moments on TV' segment, we look at the moment that Tommy Cooper collapsed whilst performing on stage, and in front of a live TV audience.

02/12/2024

Eddie Yeoh played Sim-Yong boss, Mr. Shik

Born March 17, 1947

Acting Credits -
London's Burning (2 separate occasions)
Ballykissangel
The Bill

Died 2016

02/12/2024

The fall of Singapore took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had been of great importance to British interwar defence strategy. The capture of Singapore resulted in the largest British surrender in history.

Photo One - ‘Prince of Wales’ and ‘Repulse’ under Japanese air attack, 10th December 1941.

Photo Two - The British commander at the time, Lieutenant General Arthur Percival on his way to surrender to the Japanese. Percival is far right.

Photo Three - Percival surrenders to the leader of the Japanese forces Yamash*ta (seated, centre). Percival sits opposite, between his officers.

02/12/2024

Series Three - Episode Two
‘One O’Clock Jump’

Gary seems to be on top form as he helps Yvonne when it comes to looking for a job, while also discovering a life changing secret that brings unexpected joy to Reg’s life. Ron and Stella’s marriage woes go from bad to worse, and after all of the hard work that Gary puts in to help Yvonne find a job, it nearly all comes crashing down after Gary makes a fool of himself in front of Yvonne’s potential new boss, when they go out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant.

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02/12/2024

BRAND NEW PODCAST EPISODE
Series Three - Episode Two
‘One O’Clock Jump’

Gary seems to be on top form as he helps Yvonne when it comes to looking for a job, while also discovering a life changing secret that brings unexpected joy to Reg’s life. Ron and Stella’s marriage woes go from bad to worse, and after all of the hard work that Gary puts in to help Yvonne find a job, it nearly all comes crashing down after Gary makes a fool of himself in front of Yvonne’s potential new boss, when they go out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant.

Also on this episode -
- We look at ‘The Fall of Singapore’, which was disastrous for the British troops.
- We look at the heart-breaking story of a well loved comedian, who died whilst on stage… and live TV.
- Peggy gives us some more questions to ponder over from the 1940’s and 1990’s.
- A listener tells us of their own time slip experience which is different to what we have looked at before.
- And much more…

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Series Three - Episode Two ‘One O’Clock Jump’ Gary seems to be on top form as he helps Yvonne when it comes to looking for a job, while also discovering a life changing secret that brings unexpected joy to Reg’s life. Ron and Stella’s marriage woes go from bad to worse, and after all of th...

25/11/2024

The Museum Curator was played by Charles Simon.

Charles Simon was born on 4 February 1909 in Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton.

Charles Simon's extraordinary career as a professional actor – extending over virtually 80 years – was arguably the longest in British stage history. However, the role for which he will ever be remembered was on radio, as Dr Jim Dale in The Dales, the long-running BBC radio soap. Simon also starred in numerous television programmes and films. He appeared alongside Sir Michael Gambon in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective, and was seen on the big screen in Shadowlands and 102 Dalmatians.

He died from pneumonia on 16 May 2002 in Harrow, Middlesex.

25/11/2024

Stella played by Nimmy March.

Nimmy March's television screen credits include Coronation Street, Albion Market, Common As Muck, Casualty, William and Mary, Doctors, Law and Order UK, The Lenny Henry Show, The Bill, London's Burning, Waking the Dead, Death in Paradise, Agatha Raisin, and Emmerdale.

Whilst only a child, Nimmy was adopted by the Earl and Countess of March and Kinrara, who later became the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. Until 2004, children who were adopted by peers had no right to any noble or courtesy title. However, as a result of a Royal Warrant dated 30 April 2004, all children are now automatically entitled to the same styles and courtesy titles. Therefore, on that date, she became Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox, taking the surname of her adopted father, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond.

25/11/2024

Series Three - Episode One
‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’

Gary and Yvonne arrive home from their skiing trip just in time to see the New Year in. With an upcoming New Year’s Eve party to look forward to, there will be a notable absentee, but not in the form of Gary, who has it all worked out so that he can see in the New Year with both of the women in his life.

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11/10/2024

Jayne Mansfield

In the 1950s, Jayne Mansfield rose to stardom as a cartoonishly-sexy alternative to Marilyn Monroe. Born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933, Mansfield arrived in Hollywood at just 21 years old, already a wife and mother. Mansfield starred in films like 1960’s Too Hot to Handle and 1956’s The Girl Can’t Help It. But the actress was best known for her personality off-screen, where she played up her curves and sold herself as a naughtier version of Monroe.

Jayne Mansfield was killed in a horrific car crash.

Listen to the full story on the latest episode of 'A Trip Down Ducketts Passage'.

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11/10/2024

Guy Burgess

Guy Burgess (born 1911, Devonport, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 30, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period.

Listen to the full story on the latest episode of 'A Trip Down Ducketts Passage'.

11/10/2024

Lord Haw Haw

William Joyce, better known to the British public as “Lord Haw-Haw,” betrayed his country by broadcasting anti-British propaganda on behalf of N**i Germany. While Joyce enjoyed relative security living in Germany during the war, he soon found himself at the end of a hangman’s rope following the war’s conclusion. What led him to become one of the most recognizable Axis broadcasters during the Second World War? What drove Joyce, a man of Anglo-Irish descent, to become a turncoat and willingly collude with the N**is?

Hear the full story on the latest episode of the ‘A Trip Down Ducketts Passage’ podcast.

11/10/2024

Pearl Harbor Attacks

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00am on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
At the time, the United States was a neutral country in World War II. The attack on Hawaii and other U.S. territories led the United States to formally enter World War II on the side of the Allies the day following the attack, on December 8, 1941.

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