Brian Hibbard - wikipedia Brian Hibbard Brian Hibbard ( 1946 - 11 - 26 ) 26 November 1946 Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales 17 June 2012 ( 2012 - 06 - 17 ) ( aged 65 ) Cardiff, Wales Occupation Actor, singer Years active 1980 -- 2012 Known for Being a founding member of The Flying Pickets Children Brian Hibbard ( 26 November 1946 -- 17 June 2012 ) was a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original The Flying Pickets. Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Death 3 References 4 External links Early life and career Hibbard was born into a working class family in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, and had a socialist upbringing. He was educated at Ebbw Vale Grammar School. After various jobs including teacher, steel worker, barman and chimney sweep, he formed The Flying Pickets with a group of other actors who had practised a cappella singing while travelling by coach to their appearances. He performed two concerts at Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre when touring with The Flying Pickets, and formed a picket line on Top of the Pops at the height of the miners ' strike ( 1984 - 85 ). Following the group 's success in the early 1980s, Hibbard went on to pursue a career as a television actor, appearing in Coronation Street as garage mechanic Doug Murray, in Emmerdale as Bobby - John Downes, and as Johnny Mac in the Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm as well as the youth drama Pam Fi, Duw ?. He was in the 1997 film Twin Town as the self - styled `` Karaoke King '' Dai Rees. He has also appeared in the drama serial Making Out ; in the Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen ; in comedy in The Armando Ianucci Shows and Satellite City ; and in the film Rancid Aluminium. Hibbard appeared in EastEnders from 4 to 8 July 2011 playing Henry Mason, a man who ran a children 's home where Billy Mitchell and Julie Perkins were in care. Death In 2000, Hibbard was diagnosed with prostate cancer ; he died of the disease on 17 June 2012. He is survived by his wife, Caroline and their children : Lilly, Hafwen and Cai. References Jump up ^ `` Brian Hibbard : Singer and actor who formed the Flying Pickets ''. The Independent '. June 20, 2012. Jump up ^ Tobler, John ( 1992 ). NME Rock ' N ' Roll Years ( 1st ed. ). London : Reed International Books Ltd. p. 387. CN 5585. Jump up ^ Independent obituary Jump up ^ Brian Hibbard dies from prostate cancer Jump up ^ Brian Hibbard obituary in The Guardian Jump up ^ `` Actor and ex-Flying Pickets singer Brian Hibbard dies ''. BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2012. External links Brian Hibbard on IMDb MusicBrainz : 23e6772a - d6fe - 491e - 8f5e - fa441bb20066 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Hibbard&oldid=797108384 '' Categories : 1946 births 2012 deaths Welsh male singers Welsh male soap opera actors Welsh male film actors Welsh male television actors Welsh socialists People from Ebbw Vale The Flying Pickets members Deaths from cancer in Wales Deaths from prostate cancer Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 01 : 08. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who is the lead singer of the flying pickets
Answer: Brian Hibbard