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Derek Fowlds

Derek Fowlds as Bernard in Yes, Prime Minister
Born 2 September 1937 (1937-09-02) (age 70)
Flag of England Balham, London, England

Derek Fowlds (born 2 September 1937 in Balham, London) is an English actor. Image File history File links Derek Fowlds, appearing in Yes, Prime Minister as Bernard Woolley. ... Bernard Woolley in Yes, Prime Minister Bernard Woolley (born September 2, 1937) is one of the three main characters of the 1980s British sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. ... Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Balham is a neighbourhood in South London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Balham is a neighbourhood in South London. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...


Derek Fowlds had appeared in minor British films before he became familiar to British television viewers as 'Mr Derek' in the children's series The Basil Brush Show, replacing Rodney Bewes as presenter. Probably his most famous role however was that of Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, alongside Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. Basil Brush is a reddish-brown fox glove-puppet who has appeared in British childrens (and later adult) television programmes from the 1960s to the present day. ... Rodney Bewes (born 27 November 1938 born in Bingley, West Yorkshire) is a British TV actor probably best known for playing the lovable Bob Ferris in the classic BBC sitcoms The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Bewes was RADA trained and got his break in the... Bernard Woolley in Yes, Prime Minister Bernard Woolley (born September 2, 1937) is one of the three main characters of the 1980s British sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. ... Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. ... Paul Eddington playing Jim Hacker in Yes, Prime Minister. ... Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor. ...


More recently he played Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama nostalgia series, Heartbeat. Fowlds is still appearing in the role, although the character has retired from the police force and turned publican. Prior to this he played the lead role in the sitcom Affairs of the Heart. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Heartbeat is a long-running British TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Affairs of the Heart was a short-lived British sitcom that starred Derek Fowlds that lasted only one series. ...


Fowlds was previously married to actress Adrienne Corri and Blue Peter presenter and dancer Lesley Judd. Adrienne Corri (born on 13 November 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an actress of Italian parentage. ... Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946, London, UK) is a British actress and TV presenter best known as a long-serving host of the BBC childrens programme Blue Peter. ...


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Derek Fowlds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words)
Derek Fowlds (born 2 September 1937 in Balham, London) is an English actor.
Derek Fowlds became familiar to British television viewers as "Mr Derek" in the children's series The Basil Brush Show.
Fowlds is still appearing in the role, although the character has retired from the police force and turned publican.
Derek Fowlds | Mastermind (358 words)
The second pleasant surprise, and the subject of this week's brief biographical sketch, was finding Derek Fowlds was one of the film's stars, playing one of a team of archeologists who are stranded on desolate Snape Island and being stalked by a mad murderous beast.
Derek Fowlds was born in London in 1937, and as was, and still often is, typical his path to the large and small screen was through the stage.
Derek's big break came when he teamed up with children's television icon Basil Brush (a fox puppet for those not in the know).
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