UK TV presenter Jeremy Beadle dies

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  1. tikgnat, Jan 31, 2008
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7217342.stm

    I reckon nobody outside the UK will know this guy, but he was a big figure on TV when I was growing up... his Beadle's about TV show (the original version of punked or whatever that Ashton Kutcher presents) was so so cruel yet so totally funny.

    Pneumonia?
     
  2. Boardwise, Jan 31, 2008
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    I read that he was taken to hospital with pneumonia.

    Bit of a shock.
    I remember watching 'Beadle's About' when we visited my Granparents on a Saturday night.
     
  3. McBradders, Jan 31, 2008
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    Jeremy Beadle was essential Saturday Night viewing when I were a lad.

    Sad :( 
     
  4. KA, Jan 31, 2008
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    is it just me or has there been an inordinate amount of deaths this time of year? i dont mean to reduce them to statistics but i myself had a death in the family earlier this week.
     
  5. smangerbot, Jan 31, 2008
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    i just heard myself, the guy did a lot of work for charity, its a shame this happened to him.
     
  6. RabidYak, Jan 31, 2008
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    QFT, Beadle = UK TV legend.
     
  7. aussiehippy, Jan 31, 2008
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    RIP Beadle

    Beadle's About and early YBF was pure genius, he raised millions for charities without crowing about it like Jimmy bloody Saville, and kids made lots of jokes about his little hand.

    One of a kind.
     
  8. RandomFerret, Jan 31, 2008
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    I thought for sure the b3ta main board would be full of Beadleshops, but it seems they're letting this one pass. That just goes to show you how much he meant to them.