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John Wall
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RIP Eric Sykes
« Thread Started on Jul 4, 2012, 11:44am »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18704263

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #1 on Jul 4, 2012, 12:53pm »

Sad news, if not that much of a surprise. A very funny man. Modest about his success, too.

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #2 on Jul 4, 2012, 1:20pm »

A true comedy legend. Not many of his generation left now.

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #3 on Jul 4, 2012, 1:29pm »

Very sad news and yet another of the real stars gone R.I.P Eric.

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #4 on Jul 4, 2012, 4:10pm »

In general, just out of curiosity, what are the archives like for 'Sykes' and his other BBC material?

Does a lot of Sykes still survive?

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #5 on Jul 4, 2012, 4:28pm »

More missing than survive of the original b/w Sykes and A... series. 59 episodes were made over 9 series, of which 24 survive and 35 are lost. All the 70s revival episodes survive. Other eary Sykes shows are also missing. Three episodes of the 'Sykes and a Big Big Show' series of six episodes from 1971 are also lost and one of the 3 suviving is a b/w film print.

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #6 on Jul 4, 2012, 4:29pm »

It's nice to know-largely thanks to his own pushing?-that the 'Sykes' DVD set had,unusually,deleted/extended scenes,I believe?

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Re: RIP Eric Sykes
« Reply #7 on Jul 8, 2012, 10:07am »

Sad to hear about this - the news coming through while I was away this past week. A well liked and modest comedian who had seemingly been around forever. At least there's plenty of his material still existing to enjoy. I'd recommend his autography too, for a good read on an era of the entertainment industry which has now gone. He had a long life though so R.I.P. Eric.

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