Talk:Jeremy Beadle

message: How come "Withered hand" redirects here? There is nothing in this article about any reference to it, if anything it should redirect to Kaiser Wilhelm II. 86.135.45.69 17:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect

message: This was removed: "According to his autobiography, Jeremy Beadle never married because since an nasty experience with a stalker in the 80s he has a fear of the opposite sex."  However, if you read his autobiography you will see that this is true. I suggest it be added back in. 86.20.148.184 15:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage 

message: im only looking at this page cause im drunk and beadle died.  i remember a documentary which spoken of beadle being a well known magician and thoughout the program he was giving his opinoins on tricks. anyways, i think this warrents a mention!
R.I.P.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.120.45 (talk) 05:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Magician

message: Changed "Ironically, as a keen supporter of Children With Leukaemia, he was diagnosed with leukaemia in April 2005, but the condition is not thought to be life-threatening."
Beadle's contraction of the disease is not ironic in the formal sense of the word!
Maerk 10:43, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Ironically"

message: Beadle was mocked for this disability during an episode of sitcom The Office. Ricky Gervais, the show's creator, was called to apologise, but refused "due to factors".
- This is untrue. The actual line refers to another employee at Wernham Hogg and is "Some comedians will have picked on other stuff, you know, been more nasty. Like he's got a little withered hand, like Jeremy Beadle - I didn't mention it. No need." I can't find any references to an alleged call to apologise, so I've removed it. Goose 09:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Disability

message: When was JB on Just A Minute? Never caught him on it. Or it was so long ago I have forgotten. Pliny 18:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He made two appearances in 1983 - see http://www.geocities.com/deanbedford/who1.html. 86.17.53.21 (talk) 18:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hold on a mo 

message: Removed requiring citation. --Stx 21:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He was in a version of M*A*S*H that was part of Comic Relief or Children in Need, back in the late 80s or early 90s.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrl101 (talk • contribs) 17:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: M*A*S*H appearance

message: "As of date, Beadle's family stretches into the Stanley family, Wright and Jarvis. This was included in his autobiography. His current wife is Joanna Ayre." - Bad grammar - I'm not quite quite what is actually meant. Jooler 02:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Garbled

message: Is the dismemberment of the UK/GB happening before our eyes on wikipedia?Pliny 23:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: English

message: He became an MBE for his services to charity. Beadle is a keen supporter of the charity Children With Leukaemia, and by coincidence he was diagnosed with leukaemia in April 2005.
I removed from here that it was an "amusing" coincidence, as I don't feel that it is appropriate.  However, this was reverted by a non-account user, and I've just reverted it back.  So opening this up for further opinion on the matter.--Mewcenary 14:15, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the concept of coincidence should be removed.  Just say that he was active against the disease before he was diagnosed. Then let the readers think it was a coincidence if they want to. I'll go ahead and make this change. Steve Dufour 14:50, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Amusing" 

message: I imagine a massive onslaught of vandalism following his death. The article got vandalised a lot during his life, and it's gonna be worse now. It appears that details haven't been given out yet, just a confirmation of the death.--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 18:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's vandalism, clearly.--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 19:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This will probably need to be semi-protected 

message: Bit of a cliché? Not very encyclopaedic? How about just "died" or "succumbed to pneumonia"? 194.73.118.78 (talk) 20:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Losing his battle with pneumonia"

message: I remember reading reports about his involvment with this....????? anyone
Mentioned in an obit, so added.  David Underdown (talk) 10:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Bickershaw Festival

message: He is listed as having four children, yet according to the BBC's death report, two of them are his stepchildren - this should be changed when the article becomes unprotected again. Smurfmeister (talk) 09:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only semi-protected, I've clarified this based on the BBC article.  David Underdown (talk) 10:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Children

message: Not quite sure of the date sequences but I seem to remember that both The Deceivers and Eureka! started airing on BBC2 at least concurrently with or after GFAL, not before, as that section seems to suggest. Anyone got any definitive Tx dates for these?
ds (talk) 17:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. There's nothing to stop you doing that yourself, of course. Bretonbanquet (talk) 01:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Timeline

message: Wasn't there an incident in which he assisted in the suicide of one of his friends? I seem to recall something of this on the television. --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 19:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was mentioned in the BBC News source yesterday but it's not there now. anemone│projectors 22:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps there's a legal issue for its removal, I'm not sure. --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 00:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, assisted suicide is illegal in the UK... anemone│projectors 14:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, I was referring more to a legal issue involving the repetition of the incident. --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 14:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know :) But he can't exactly sue them now can he? anemone│projectors 15:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed!!--Counter-revolutionary (talk) 15:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Euthanasia

message: I was an avid listener to his radio show in the late 1970s on Capital.
His jingle was "Beadlebum, Beadlebum, Be Be Beadlebum 353-8111" which was the number for callers to use.
His book "Today's the Day" was a compendium of the stories he featured on the show for every day of the year.
82.69.51.37 (talk) 19:41, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Capital Radio years  

message: While he was apparently very active in raising money for charity's supporting sick children, raising (so it is claimed) over £100,000,000, i think it's worth mentioning that he he did not use this charity work to promote his own career. 
I for one did not know he was involved in raising so mush as 1p for charity, so it would seem safe to say he used his fame to promote the charity, but not the charity to promote him self. A commendable attribute.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.71.245 (talk) 19:02, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charity work 

message: I do have a photograph of Jeremy Beadle to post but am completely flummoxed by the instructions.  I follow them all and get no where.  Is there anyone out there I can email a picture to so the can post it?
Bob Hinton  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob Hinton (talk • contribs) 14:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How do I post a photo? 

message: Mentorsmentor (talk) 16:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That be more appropriate in the Beadle's About article? Funt, I'm sure, is not responsible for Beadle's career. This is a biographical article about Beadle, not the individual shows. The JPStalk to me 17:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jeremy Beadle's talents 

message: I'm a great believer in "de mortuis nil nisi bonum", but this is an encyclopedic entry not a tribute, and I think it may be worth pointing out how in his heyday Jeremy was hated as much as he was loved. The most obvious evidence of this was in the song that Spitting Image devoted to him in one of their early 90s shows, called "We All Hate Jeremy Beadle". It was basically a whole series of figures from all walks of life showing how, despite their differences, they were all united by a common hatred of Mr Beadle.
Another example that springs to mind is Tony Slattery's exhortation at an awards ceremony that everyone should "kill Jeremy Beadle".
At the moment these are only memories of mine, however I'm sure they can be verified with a little rooting around. Do people feel it would be appropriate or inappropriate?
Tobycek (talk) 00:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You have a point. At the height of his popularity he was a national figure of dislike, even though it was all probably good-natured. Even his BBC obituary talks (at some length) about his "public vilification" . I'm sure some neutral references could be turned up to support some neutral description of this aspect of his career, but I don't think the article should focus on it too much. He remained popular in spite, or perhaps because, of it. -- zzuuzz (talk) 01:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

text: His public persona was as annoying as hell, but there is no question he was a nice bloke. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 08:38, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unpopularity 

message: I remember seeing an interview of Jeremy where he was discussing the history of filming pranks. Candid Camera was mentioned of course, and Jeremy said he had bought the rights to Candid Camera a few years beforehand. This isn't mentioned in the article. 81.187.162.106 (talk) 21:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ''[[Candid Camera]]''

message: The article doesn't mention that he was a avid "Ripperologist" who amassed a large library of material on the subject and participated in the bi-annual conferences in the UK, often acting as the MC.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.145.13.45 (talk) 10:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack The Ripper 

message: Does anyone have a reference for the Radio 3 work ? Is he being confused with Jeremy John Beadle?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by AtomBoy (talk • contribs) 13:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the obituaries mention a connection with R3, and Googling rather confirms the confusion suggested above, so I have cut the reference. He does appear to have worked for Radio 2, but much later in his career, not earlier as implied. A quick check does not uncover anything precise. Much of the article is maddeningly vague, and I have tried to deal with this. Philip Cross (talk) 21:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio 3 

message: Jeremy features on the track The Looking Glass off of the album Escape from Planet Monday. I was wondering if there was any possible place to include this.
Nerter (talk) 11:11, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearance on The Looking glass - DJ Fresh 

message: It says here that the PS is genetic but in the PS article it says the cause is unknown. What is the evidence that it is genetic?194.72.120.131 (talk) 09:54, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poland Syndrome 

message: Substituted at 19:46, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Is under TV, but elsewhere on Wikipedia feature films are usually listed separately. It's a cameo, if that makes a difference. HuwG 58.7.129.81 (talk) 22:57, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Fistful of Fingers