RIP John Savident

[wiggydiggy]

ITV Coronation Street Fred Elliott actor John Savident dies aged 86

Bugger. Fred Elliot from Corrie is probably his most famous role, a legend of the street.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Ashley, I say Ashley, fetch the tripe lad.

Brilliant character, just brilliant.

 

[Drago]

Not Fred Elliot!

 

[johnnyb47]

That's sad.I saw him once at the Coronation Street studios.He was a really nice bloke.

 

[Cycleops]

View: https://youtu.be/sgDQcAQs2Co?si=Vm6UrhXmmyCNvOPo

 

[fossyant]

I see Ashley quite regular - he lives in North Wales, and regularly pops down to a pub near our caravan.

 

[Slick]

That's a real shame, I said that's a real shame.

 

[tyred]

One of the greats from a time when Coronation Street was actually worth watching.

R.I.P.

Raise a Scotch and threat in his honour.

 

[Saluki]

I watched Corrie when he was in it. Didn’t have a choice, I was staying a couple of nights a week at my Nan’s to make sure she was OK. Just loved him on the screen. So funny. I used to look forward to Corrie, when he was in it. Haven’t watched it for years now.
RIP John.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I haven't watched Coronation Street for must be going on for 7 years. Well, when I say haven't watched it, I did watch it, but without any sound on a screen when using a static bike and that climbing escalator machine at the gym I used before that make the population unhealthy Covid lockdown. I watched it most times it was on, making my own words up about what they were saying. I remember John Savident appearing in such as The Saint in the 1960's. He was one of those actors who everyone seemed to think had a genuine northern, working class accent, but was quite a 'luvvy' talking quite posh. Geoffrey Hinsliff who played Don Brennan in the show was another 'By eck lad' luvvy, as was Bernard Youens who played Stan Ogden.

 

[FrankCrank]

I feel old now. Corrie was a regular watch back in the days of living with my parents, they always tuned in and we had to sorta put up with it.
Characters I remember were Fred Gee, Albert Tatlock, Ena Sharples, Eddie Yates, Stan & Hilda Ogden, and many more of that era.
If I watched it now, doubt I'd know a single character.
One of my favorite bands, Status Quo, made an appearance at some point.
Think I'm right in saying Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley also appeared way back?

 

[Beebo]

The two big soaps now get around 3-4 million viewers.
They used to regularly get 15 million.

There are now so many options that the viewers and the talent are so thinly spread across too many platforms. I think it’s a shame because everyone’s cultural references used to be the same but now they’re so vast that’s it’s impossible to know everything.

I never watched Corrie but I remember Fred Elliott. I wouldn’t have a clue who the big characters are now.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Think I'm right in saying Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley also appeared way back?

I'm not sure but probably, Corrie has attracted actors for guest roles that may not have appeared normally. Peter Kay was in Classic Corrie not so long back, but that was also with Sally Lindsay whom he has a long standing friendship with.

Sir Ian McKellen is the biggest name in Corrie I can think of.

The two big soaps now get around 3-4 million viewers.
They used to regularly get 15 million.

There are now so many options that the viewers and the talent are so thinly spread across too many platforms. I think it’s a shame because everyone’s cultural references used to be the same but now they’re so vast that’s it’s impossible to know everything.

I never watched Corrie but I remember Fred Elliott. I wouldn’t have a clue who the big characters are now.

Me neither and it's over saturation definitely for me. Twice weekly episodes was fine, there's too many episodes these days.

 

[Chromatic]

I posted my contribution to this thread back in 2012.

I saw that bloke out of Coronation Street, the one that says things twice preceding the second go with 'I said' or some such wording, in Space NK in Cheltenham a few months back. I didn't speak to him and he didn't speak to me but he seemed reasonably normal.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I feel old now. Corrie was a regular watch back in the days of living with my parents, they always tuned in and we had to sorta put up with it.
Characters I remember were Fred Gee, Albert Tatlock, Ena Sharples, Eddie Yates, Stan & Hilda Ogden, and many more of that era.
If I watched it now, doubt I'd know a single character.
One of my favorite bands, Status Quo, made an appearance at some point.
Think I'm right in saying Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley also appeared way back?

They did, when I think Quo fan 'Les Battersby' invited them to perform in the Rovers Return pub, or they surprised him by walking in the pub.