Ayisiyiyo into yokuba i-cast ngo-1968 yayinenkqubela yokuphumelela okuzayo. I-Lavender, ehlala eLondon emva koko, ukhumbula ukubukela isiqendu sokuqala kwi-BBC1 (iGolide iyayibonisa kule veki kwangalo mhla, 31 Julayi, kwangexesha elifanayo, ngo-8.20pm). Ndiye ndehla ngeNdlela yeNorth End ngentsasa elandelayo ndilindele ukuba abantu bahambe, ‘Owu, jonga, nguye!’ Akukho kwanto. Akukho nto! uyahleka. Kwaye loluphi uhlobo lokushicilela olwalungekho lulungile, akunjalo? Kwakulila ngendumiso encinci.
Kodwa iRadio Times yabona ukubakho kwangoko, ibhengeza, Ulonwabo ngokwalo alunasiphelo, kwaye kwisithuba seenyanga ezisibhozo abaphulaphuli bokuqala bezigidi ezisixhenxe baphindaphindwe. Ngo-1970 umlawuli we-BBC1 owayengathandabuzi uPaul Fox wayethumele ileta evuyisayo kuDavid Croft.
Uzalelwe eBirmingham ngo-1946, uLavender wayeneminyaka engama-50 emncinci kunabanye oogxa bakhe (ulilungu lokugqibela elisindayo leqela, nangona uFrank uVicar Williams esasebenza eneminyaka engama-87), kodwa wayenalo ulwazi ngemfazwe Utata wakhe wayengusergeant kwisikhululo samapolisa, enxibelelana neCandelo loLondolozo lwaseKhaya kunye nomkhosi wokulahla ibhombu.
Uvele kwimidlalo yesikolo ngaphambi kokuba aye kwisikolo iBristol Old Vic Theatre, kwaye indima yakhe yokuqala kumabonakude yayingumdlalo we-ITV owawubizwa ngokuba ziintyatyambo kwiinyawo zam ngo-1968. Yayingumntu ophethe abathathu noJane Hylton, Angela Baddeley kunye nam. Ndiyayithanda. Eyoyikisayo. Kodwa bona [abavelisi] emva koko baqala ukufowunela iarhente yam besithi, ‘uzakutshintsha igama lakhe?’ ‘Hayi, kutheni kufanele?’ ‘Ewe, abafuni kubeka u-Ian Lavender kwiintyatyambo kwiinyawo zam. Ngaba angayitshintsha iLavender yakhe? ’‘ Hayi! ’Sala. Kodwa bendingazi ukuba yeyona ndima iphambili kwaye nokuba ngubani lo uphumileyo, bendihlala ndimbulela kakhulu.
Ukwenziwa kwePike yabucala
Kwakuloo nyaka kwafika umhla kaLavender kunye nesiphelo, uphicotho-zincwadi njengoko uMollycoddled Guard Guard waqesha uFrank Pike. Ndathunyelwa ukuba ndihlangane nale ndoda, [umbhali-mbhali kunye nomlawuli] uDavid Croft, kwaye ndabuya umva ndaya kumbona. Sahamba ukusuka kwinye ukuya kwezimbini ukuya kwiphepha elinesithathu le-foolscap. Ekubuyiseleni emuva, ndicinga ukuba into eyenziwa nguDavid kukubeka imigca ukusuka kwisiqendu ngasinye ukuya emaphepheni amathathu.
Ndandinomnxeba wokunxibelelana ne-arhente yam, kwaye yathi, ‘Uyifumene!’ ‘Owu, sithandwa!’ Uthethathethwano olo lwaluloludweliso olunye kuphela ngelo xesha. Kwakuthetha ukuba kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba ndithathe umsebenzi wokuya kwi-rep eLeicester, kwaye ndingahlala eLondon nentombi yam nabahlobo bam. Kodwa yayisothukile into yokuba yayihlekisa. Ndingathanda kuphela ukwenza umdlalo wokubuyisela esikolweni.
Kwaye uLavender ukhumbula omnye umothuko owenziwa yiarhente yakhe, uAnn Callender. Uthe, 'UDavid Croft ngumyeni wam. Unodliwanondlebe ngenxa yam; Unenxalenye kuba uDavid ufuna wena. Kodwa khumbula into enye: unokuhlala ekubhalela! 'Ke, bendikwazi ukuthi ngalo lonke eli xesha iarhente yam ilele nomlawuli. Impumelelo ngokupheleleyo - baba nabantwana abasixhenxe!
Wayeneminyaka engama-22 xa wayejoyina iqela lobuso obaziwayo kunye namazwi. Kwakoyikisa, ukhumbula uLavender. Ndibazi bonke, ngaphandle kukaJimmy Beck, kwaye ndacinga, ‘Ndiza kusebenza nabo esihogweni somlilo,’ ndandiluhlaza kakhulu ndingazi ukuba asizukubuya ekuthwebeni ngobo busuku. Ukuba ngokwenene siza kuhlala kule ndawo ibizwa ngokuba yiThetford. Ke kuye kwafuneka ndileqe ekhaya ndiphathe ibhegi.
ULowe, uLavender kunye noLe Mesurier bathatha ikhefu ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwisiqendu Bonke Bahlanganisene Ngokukhuselekileyo kwindawo eseBressingham, eNorfolk, ngo-1972
Imipu emikhulu
Kodwa iLavender yabetha igolide kunye nabacebisi abanamava: Bandihoyile kanye kwigama elithi go. Ngokwenene bendihlala ezinyaweni zabo. Ndandiyi-sprog, ndingoyena mncinci. Emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa ehotele, abantu abane okanye abahlanu babehlala kwigumbi lokuphumla, kwaye isangqa sasisonyuka njengoko abantu bebuya, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha bekukho abantu abangama-30 okanye abangama-40 kwisangqa. Ndandihlala phantsi, ndimamele amabali abo, ngobomi kunye neqonga.
Nangona ufumene uJohn Laurie (u-Private Frazer) kancinci kwintlanganiso yabo yokuqala, uyongeza, Wayeyindoda ezukileyo, ndandimthanda. Ndicinga ukuba bonke yayingoyena mntu ndandikufutshane kuye. I-Lavender iyalahleka kwi-Dumuri Burr kaLaurie ukuze iphinde yenzeke ngexesha elinye ngexesha lekhefu: 'Nyana, yintoni le uyenzayo?' 'Ligama eliphambeneyo… iTelegraph.' 'Ndifuna ukuba uthenge iThe Times, kwaye dibana e-cafe ngentsimbi yeshumi kwaye ndiza kunifundisa indlela yokwenza. '
Ndiye ndadibana naye ndenzela ikomityi yekofu wandifundisa. Ibingathi yinguqulelo yamagama aphambili katata wakho ekufundisa ukukhwela ibhayisekile enamavili amabini - ucinga ukuba usayibambile kwaye uyakuyeka uhambe ... ‘Uyabona! Uyenzile! Awusandifuni. ’Owu, wayeyinzwakazi ngokupheleleyo. Babunjalo ubudlelwane babo bokuba uLaurie kamva waba nguthixo woonyana bakaLavender.
UDunn, uLavender kunye noLaurie babelana ngokuhlekisa malunga neskripthi ngelixa babebhala iifilimu Gcina Omncinci kunye noLungileyo- ukusuka kwi-photoshoot ka-1972 yeRadio Times nguGordon Moore
Ingcebiso evela phezulu
Umdlali omncinci wayethanda noKapteni Mainwaring ngokwakhe, uArthur Lowe. Kuluhlu lwesibini, uArthur weza kum ekuziqheliseni wathi, ‘Ungakhathazeki ukuba ubusuku abukho. Baza kuza. Okwangoku, zifunele isinxibo esihlekisayo uze ume ecaleni kwam. ’ILavender isamangalisiwe sisisa sendoda ekhokelayo. I-Photobombing ibizwa ngokuba ngoku, akunjalo?
Xa wayekhangela loo mpahla ihlekisayo kaPike, uLavender wakhetha isikhafu kwisebe lesinxibo se-BBC, esinye esasibonisa ukuthembeka kwenkwenkwana kwi-Aston Villa FC. Kwakunxibelelwano nje nalapho ndivela khona. Ngokwenyani bendingazi- yile ndlela bendisazi ngayo ngebhola ekhatywayo- amanye amaqela aya kuba nalo mbala. UBurnley, iWest Ham, iScunthorpe… kodwa bendinegama elibi lokuba yayiyisikhafu seVilla!
Iphathwa njengoluhlobo lwe-relic ngoku, uyongeza, echaza ixesha awabonisa ngalo isibonelelo kubaphulaphuli bokubonisa kwendoda yakhe enye. Isikhafu safumana ihlombe. Kuya kufuneka ndisebenze iyure nje ukuze ndifumane ihlombe kodwa ndizisa isikhafu ngaphandle kwaye ilandelwa kwangoko!
Leyo yayiyintetho ehlekisayo kaLavender kunye noLowe yokuba babeza kwenza iyelenqe kubunjineli obathandayo: Uphawu lwentengiso lweMainwaring ikepusi ejijekileyo kunye neiglasi. Sasizokukonwabela oko… wayewela okanye akhubeke ezingalweni zam, enze iiglasi ndenze umnqwazi. Oko kwaba yinto enkulu yokubaleka njengo 'Abayithandi phezulu em' okanye nantoni na.
Umntu owayo
Kwiziqendu zokuqala uPike wafika ngolangazelelo kwaye eqaqambile, ngokunjalo nesigqibo safika sokwenza umntu owayo, inkwenkwe esisidenge eyabizwa ngutata uJimmy Perry yena xa wayesemncinci? Andicingi njalo. Ndihlala ndigcina ukuba uPike wayengesosidenge, wayengenalwazi. Kwaye amaxesha ngamaxesha kunokuba kunjalo, wayelungile.
Ndathetha noDavid xa kwakuvela izinto ezithile: ‘Kutheni uye wandimunca ngesiquphe ubhontsi wam? Andizange ndincancise ubhontsi wam nakwesiphi na esinye isiqendu kwaye ngoku kukho isiqendu nam esifunxa ubhontsi wam. ’Wandijonga wathi,‘ Kuba iyahlekisa! ’
Kwaye kwacaca ukuba xa kufuneka amandla amakhulu, loo msebenzi uza kwehlela amalungu amancinci ebalingisi. UBill Pertwee noClive Dunn kunye nathi siye sangenisa iimpahla zethu zewetshi kwinqwelo enxibe iimpahla xa sasisiya kufota. ‘Ngaba ikhona into ebandakanya amanzi?’ Sabuza. ‘Hayi, siyifake kakuhle nje!’
Sixelele, Pike!
Kwaye ke, ewe, kukho isiqendu esidumileyo soMkhosi kaTata, isiQhoboshelo esibulalayo, apho abaGadi baseKhaya bachazelwe ukugcina abasebenzi base-U-boat baseJamani phantsi koonogada abaxhobileyo, kwaye uPike, elungelelene kwizinyuko, egubungela amabanjwa umpu. I-gag ephezulu kwibhili, Musa ukumxelela, uPike, ungene kwi-sitcom yokungafi. Uvakalise umgca wehlaya ohlekisayo okhe wavota ngo-2017, ikwavotelwa elona xesha libalaseleyo kwimiboniso ye-Intanethi ye-RadioTimes.com.
Kodwa yintoni ekhunjulwa nguLavender malunga nomdlalo, erekhodwe nge-22 kaJuni, ngo-1973. Sonke kwavunyelwana ukuba yenye yezo mizila ungenakho ukuphinda uzikhumbule. Ndaya kuDavid Croft emva kokuziqhelanisa nekhamera ndathi, 'Nceda unqumle omnye umntu? Andikwazi ukugcina ubuso obuthe tye. ’Kwaye wathi,‘ ndingavuya ndiye kwenye indawo ukuba ungandixelela apho… Hayi, ndi unayo ukuza kuwe, andinakuya kwenye indawo. Kufuneka ibe nguwe. Yenza okugqibelele.'
ULowe kunye noPhilip Madoc, odlala ukapteni we-U-boat, kwi-Attachment Attachment
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Ngobusuku, imeko yongezwa yimpazamo encinci. UArthur waqalisa ukucekisa umgca phambi kwakhe - ‘Andithandi ... hayi njengoluleko oluhle lwejackly jack yethu ... jack tars’ - kungenxa yokuba uyazi ukuba le punchline iyeza kwaye akafuni kuphazamisa. Ke ndiye ndiqale ukuncwina [ndilinganisa ukuluma esidleleni], kwaye ekugqibeleni igazi liye lahamba, ngenxa yokuba ndiyifumene ihlekisa.
Ngaba iLavender izive isindwa ngumgca? Kuphela kuphela yindlela abantu abathi kum, ‘Qhubeka, yitsho umgca.’ Nguwuphi loo mgca? Khange ndithethe nto! Okanye baxoka ngelithi: 'Ungamxeleli igama lakho, Pike!'
Ngaba ke unayo isiqendu asithandayo? Kumele ukuba yi-Ring Dem Bells ndicinga ukuba. Kuba kufuneka ndinxibe; kwakumnandi kakhulu. Kwiveki enye noJohn Le Mesurier kwaye sasinezi mpahla zintofontofo. Kwakumnandi kakhulu. Kwaye uDavid wathi, 'Khawukhuphe intloko yakho evenini. Yenza lento oyifunayo.'
ULowe, uLavender kunye noLe Mesurier ngexesha lokuziqhelanisa nekhamera kwiiRingi zeBell Dem. Umfanekiso othathwe nguDon Smith nge-3 kaJulayi 1975
Kwakungeli xesha ke apho uLavender wadibana noMichele (Miki) Hardy, awathi kamva watshata naye ngo-1993. Sadibana kumdlalo weqonga woMkhosi kaTata. Waye choreographing njengomncedisi kaSheila O'Neill kwaye wathi, ‘Kutheni sinamadoda amadala nje?’ Wayengazange awubone!
Iqela
Inye into ecaphukisa iLavender lulo naluphi na uluvo lokuba bekukho ukungavisisani phakathi kwamalungu e-cast. Umzobo wokuziqhelisa okhululekileyo apha ngezantsi, umzekelo, owathatyathwa kuthotho lokuqala lutshaba Iintshaba kwiiGates ngo-1968, uxoka uluvo lokuba uJohn Laurie (Frazer) noArnold Ridley (Godfrey) khange bangene.
U-Ian Lavender ucacisa: Ehotele ngelixa sasifota, uya kujika kwaye behleli ekoneni, bebabini nje etafileni, besiya entloko. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ungaqinisekisa ukuba iipesenti ezingama-75 zexesha ababethetha ngazo ngeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala. Bobabini babeneemfazwe ezoyikekayo. Ndiyathetha, uJohn wandixelela izinto angazange axelele umfazi wakhe okanye intombi yakhe.
Ewe, bobabini uLaurie noRidley balwa kwindyikityha yokufa yaseSomme - eyokugqibela yenzakala kathathu ngaphambi kokuba ikhululwe ngo-1917.
Ukuvaleliswa kwejoni
ILavender ikhumbula mzuzu besazi ukuba umkhosi kaTata uphelile. Kwinyanga nje emva kokurekhoda into eyabonakalisa ukuba sisiqendu sokugqibela, Ungaze Ube mdala kakhulu ngo-1977, u-Edward Teddy Sinclair, owayedlala iVerger, wasweleka. Sasikho sonke emngcwabeni, nakwindlu kaTeddy, sime kwiifestile zaseFrance sijonge egadini. UDavid wayekhona kwaye wathi, ‘Ndicinga ukuba yiyo, akunjalo?’ Kwaye sonke sathi ewe. Sasihambe ngokuphulukana noJimmy Beck [ngo-1974] kwaye uninzi lwethu aluzange lucinge ukuba singakwazi ukuyigqiba loo nto.
Ngaba iLavender iyazithanda iifilimu zomkhosi kaTata ezenziweyo? Eyokuqala, eyakhutshwa ngo-1971, yayinabalingisi abaninzi kodwa iColumbia Pictures yathatha indawo kaJanet Davies, owayedlala nomama kaPike kolu ngcelele, noLiz Fraser. Akukho namnye kuthi owayethanda imovie yokuqala. Bendimazi uLiz kakuhle kwaye kungekho mntu unento ngakuye, kodwa kwakutheni ukuze uJan angadlali uMama wam? Wayemhle.
Ungumlandeli womkhosi omkhulu ka-2016 ka-Dad's Army, nangona zonke iindima eziphambili zathathwa ngabanye abadlali: Ukujongwa nguToby Jones, uWilson nguBill Nighy kunye noPike nguBlake The Inbetweeners Harrison. I-Lavender yenza i-cameo, nangona kunjalo, njenge-brigadier, ngelixa uFrank Williams ephinda eyidlala indima yakhe ye-TV njengo-Vicar.
Ndiyithandile. Ukuqokelela ndawonye isamente enjalo yayiyincoma enkulu kuyo yonke loo nto. Andiqinisekanga ngabo ngenene ukudibana notshaba ngomsindo. Ijaji yam isaphumile kuloo nto…
Olunye uhlobo lwe-Square bashing
Kwiqonga uLavender uqhubeke ukubonakala kwezomculo (I-Rocky Horror Show kunye neMikado) kunye noDustin Hoffman kwi-Merchant yaseVenice, ngelixa ekwi-TV wayeseRising Damp , Ewe uMphathiswa noThintelo. Indima ephezulu kwi-noughties zakuqala yayingu-EastEnders 'uDerek Harkinson, umhlobo osisitabane kaPauline Fowler (umhlobo kaLavender wobomi bokwenyani uWendy Richard, owayetyelele eMkhosini kaTata).
Bendisazi noJuni Brown noDerek Martin… ke oko kube luncedo kakhulu ngokuya kusuku lokuqala kwaye ndibona abadlali abaziwayo, abanamava. Ngenxa yokuba usandul 'ukungeniswa kuyo, akukho luhlobo lokwamkelwa okanye' wenza njani? ', Kukufunda nje okokuqala kwaye ungene kumdlalo ... ewe, yenza ukuba kube lula kakhulu, usazi isiqingatha sedazini.
Ndiyonwabele kakhulu. Andinanto ngaphandle kokuncoma zonke iisepha, zokufikelela kwiscreen seziqendu ezintathu nezine ngeveki. Uqeqesho olumsulwa lwaloo nto; wonke umntu kufuneka enze umsebenzi wakhe. Okubuhlungu kukuba, amaxesha amaninzi kuyekiswa ngabadlali abangakhange bawenze umsebenzi wesikolo.
ILavender ibuyele eWalford ngo-2016 kuphela ukushiya kwakhona kunyaka ophelileyo. Ngelixa ethatha inxaxheba kwiChannel 5 yoNambitha oDumileyo wase-Italiya wagula kakhulu ngenxa ye-sepsis, kwaye usengcono nangoku. Uye woyisa umhlaza kunye nesifo sentliziyo. Ke nangona ebuyela kwisepha ukuba ubuziwe, uyongeza, andicingi ukuba bangandifumana i-inshurensi ngoku. Iintsuku ezimbalwa apha naphaya kodwa ungangeni.
Ngaba umkhosi kaTata wamthintela ukuba afumane omnye umsebenzi, ekuqaleni? Hayi, yandinqanda ndafumana uhlobo lomsebenzi. Ndandichwetheza. Andizange ndilingiswe. Ngelixa uninzi lwamaqabane awayekwi-series ethe tye-Z Iimoto kwaye olo hlobo lwento-azange babanjwe emva koko. Nditsho noPat Phoenix xa wayeshiya isitalato iCoronation esiya kwenza eyakhe imveliso yeGaslight - kwaye wayemangalisa - babengafuni ukwazi. Bafuna ukubona uElsie Tanner.
Bekulindeleke ukuba ndihlekise; Kwakungalindelwanga ukuba ndibenguPike. Ngelixa ndisafumana iileta malunga ne-EastEnders endixelela ukuba ndifumane iingcebiso kumfazi wevenkile- 'uyayazi into ayithethayo'.
Kodwa eshwankathela iintsuku zakhe zokuthambisa kwi-Army ye-barmy, uLavender uthi, ndiyaziqhenya ngayo. Ndonwabile ukukhunjulwa ngayo. Andikaze ndisiqonde isizathu sokuba abadlali bathi, 'Ayisiyiyo kuphela into endiyenzileyo'. Kwaye ngovuyo silungisa imfihlelo enye kube kanye: Ekupheleni kwesiqendu sokugqibela, ndathi kuDavid Croft, 'Ndiza kukubuza into ibenye: Ngaba uMalume uArthur ngutata wam?' Wandijonga wathi, ' Ewe kunjalo! '
Ukuba bendisazi ngaphambili, inokuba ibenombala nje imigca embalwa. Iyahambelana namabali endiwabaliselwe ekhaya. Emva nje kwemfazwe umfazi owayesendleleni owayenentombi eyayineminyaka emalunga nonyaka kunam, wafunga engaboni ukuba umyeni wakhe upasile ngeempelaveki entlango- nto leyo ibangela ukuba intombi izalwe ngelixa ibanjiwe- yenkampu yemfazwe!
Ilanga ngokuzenzekelayo
Zeziphi iinkumbulo ezimenza ancume? UArthur Lowe wayala i-bacon yakhe - e-crispy kwaye eqinile-ehotele kwisidlo sakusasa rhoqo kusasa. UJohn Laurie ungumntu ozibukeleyo kuyo yonke indawo kwaye uhlala eyinkwenkwana encinci. Iinzame zikaDavid zokuba uArthur athathe isicatshulwa sakhe asise ekhaya ebusuku… Iwadi ka-Jimmy Perry- umama ngewayebize kakhulu, kodwa akukho nto yayinokuvakala ngakumbi njengehlombe elingenamda. Kwaye, ewe, ndiyoyika ukuba uArthur noPhilip Madoc basandenza intlekisa njengoko besebenza umgca othi 'Ungamxeleli uPike!'
I-Lavender igcina ukuba iimpembelelo ze-creaky kunye ne-fluff amaxesha ngamaxesha ziyinxalenye yomtsalane womboniso. Ujonge ngoku kwaye ngobuchwephesha yinto yamandulo. Iimpawu ze-bluescreen ezibengezelayo njalo njalo. Kodwa kuyathandeka ukubona amasuntswana eempazamo. Oko kunokuba kuthandeke.
Xa beze kubabeka ekhompyutheni, umntu endimaziyo wanikwa umsebenzi wokubaqoqosha kwaye ndadibana naye. Ndathi, ‘Kutheni usike le, okanye leya?’ Yiyo yonke loo nto iyinxalenye yomtsalane - yongezwe ngokwamaleko!
Mhlawumbi, ekugqibeleni, i-chemistry ye-cast sisitshixo? Ndikhumbula uDavid endixelela ukuba utshilo kuJimmy kungekudala emva kokurekhodwa kokuqala, ‘Ukuba eli qela linokuqhubeka, singaba nokubetha ezandleni zethu.’ Mhlawumbi yiloo nto. Siqhubekile, nathi-kunye nabaphulaphuli.
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