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"I don't know why he did
it, I don't know why he did it."
ITV's
Coronation Street actor John Savident,
62, after being stabbed twice in the neck at his home in
Manchester, England. Savident, plays butcher Fred Elliott
- famed for his plain speaking and repeating his phrases.
Hence the headline in The Sun newspaper.....
I've been stabbed! I say,
I've been stabbed!
December
2000
THE HOMER SIMPSON
"DOH" AWARD GOES TO......
56% of the audience of the
Irish version of the TV quiz programme "Who Wants To
Be A Millionnaire, who incorrectly stated that a female
rabbit was a jenny, and the contestant, Patrick Hoey, 26,
went along with the majority and promptly lost the £500
he was playing for. The correct answer
was....."Doe". Doh!
All together
now...."Doe, a deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of
golden sun. Me, a name I call myself. Far, a long long
way to run............
November
2000
"Henry II."
The
correct answer given by competitor Judith Kepple
on the UK version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire.'
Worth £1m (approx. US$1.43m) the fifteenth and final
question was : Which king of England was married to
Eleanor of Aquitaine?
November
2000
"I've learned the only
thing an accountant can tell you that is of lasting value
is that the last accountant didn't do his job
properly."
TV chef Keith
Floyd (pictured above), 56, who returns to
Channel 5 with his new show in December. His pub, The
Maltsters Arms, in Devon, went into receivership in 1996.
November
2000
"Thank Lewis for
me."
Last words
of Inspector Morse (John Thaw) on his
death-bed to his bumbling superior, Chief Superintendent
Strange. The intrepid Inspector was killed off with a
heart attack by his creator Colin Dexter after 33 TV
episodes and over 80 murders, which made Oxford the
fictional murder capital of England.
"Goodbye sir."
Sgt
Lewis (Kevin Whately) in the hospital mortuary, quietly uncovering his late bosses face and kissing his
forehead.
November
2000
"Trust a woman to name
her aircraft after a man who used a boat rather than a
winged horse."
Contestant
Duncan Bickley, who lost £218,000 on
the British version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? On
the £500,000(about US$800,000) question he wrongly
guessed that British aviator Amy Johnson's aircraft was
called Pegasus, and not Jason. He still walked away with
£32,000(about US$50,000).
October
2000
"As far as I know, I
haven't got a reputation as a receiver of stolen
goods."
Astonished
BBC TV Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman,
on opening a parcel addressed to him containing the
stolen World War II Enigma decoding machine. The device
valued at £100,000 was stolen from the Bletchley Park
wartime codebreaking centre in Buckinghamshire, England,
on 1 April this year. The parcel had lain unopened for
days at the Newsnight office at the BBC Television
Centre, London.
October
2000
"...my boobs have been
hiding under the duvet for too long and need a good
airing."
Essex girl
Denise Van Outen (pictured), 26, on why she is
going back on Channel 4's Big Breakfast for a five month
stint of 4am starts.
September
2000
"People still come up to
me and say : "Loved your dad as Reggie Perrin the
other day. What's he up to now?" I say not a
lot."
Gillian
Rossiter, who was twelve when her comic actor
father Leonard - star of Rising Damp and The Fall and
Rise of Reginald Perrin - died days before his 58th
birthday in October 1994.
September
2000
"It is a very, very good
show and people have a great affection for it."
Nick
Elliott, ITV's head of drama, on their decision
to bring back the soap opera Crossroads to daytime TV,
showing five days a week from next year. The original
show, renowned for its dodgy acting and wobbly scenery,
was axed in 1988.
August
2000
"Grant doesn't even like
chocolate - he's far too vain. He likes to watch his
figure."
Della
Bovey, of her ex-husband Grant Bovey, who was
pictured after his wedding to TV presenter Anthea Turner (pictured), eating the new Cadbury's Snowflake. The
couple managed to blag 500 free bars of the new chocolate
confectionery for the guests at their wedding. The couple
were paid a six figure sum for exclusive picture rights
by OK! magazine. The accompanying caption to the photo
the read :
"Anthea
Turner and Grant Bovey exclusive OK! wedding photograph,
enjoying Cadbury's Snowflake. For the complete wedding
coverage and a free Cadbury Snowflake, buy OK! magazine
this weekend."
August
2000
"I'm thinking of getting
a T- shirt saying 'Make me laugh, you'll get in my pants'."
Channel
4 Big Breakfast presenter Lisa Rogers (pictured),
26, on what she looks for in a man.
August
2000
"You are going further
than I wish to go."
Former PM,
Lady Thatcher, in a memorable TV
interview conducted by the late Sir Robin Day, who died,
aged 76, on Sunday 6 August 2000.
August
2000
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