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Geoffrey Perkins R.I.P.

  • 30-08-2008 09:12AM
    #1
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,732 ✭✭✭✭


    Producer of the first and second radio series of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Geoffrey Perkins has died.

    Along with HHGTTG, he produced and sometimes starred in several comedy hits of the eighties and nineties, along with being a former BBC Head of Comedy.

    As a starring role, I remember him as Mike Flex in Radio Active and its TV spin-off, KYTV.

    R.I.P.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Perkins


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  • #2
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,405 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    He was hit by a truck, possibly after collapsing and falling into its path. Only 55, which is way too young to die.

    RIP


  • #3
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I have a thread on televison about this.

    Mike


  • #4
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,568 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Saw it on the Harry Enfield/Paul Whitehouse show:

    "He was a great producer, a clever writer...but a terrible actor"

    Fitting tribute.


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