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From Caroline Flack and Barbara Windsor to Sean Connery and Maradona - we bid a final farewell to those we lost in 2020

Neil Peart passed on January 7 from brain cancerCredit: Getty - Contributor As a member of prog-rock group Rush, the 67-year-old Canadian was considered to be one of the great drummers. As Rush’s main lyricist, Neil – who died of brain cancer on Jan 7 – helped the band sell over 40million albums. DEREK FOWLDS Derek Fowlds died on January 17 from pneumoniaCredit: BBC Best known for his role as naive Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister. As “Mr Derek” he was Basil Brush’s sidekick in the 70s and grumpy Oscar Blaketon in ITV’s Heartbeat for 18 years. He died aged 82 on Jan 17 with pneumonia.

On the Buses was Elstree hit - but time ran out for Hammer

This week we travel back 50 years to Elstree Studios in 1970 to see what was happening. The Studios was still fully manned, with hundreds of staff employed year round, which sadly meant the facility was about to enter an era awash in red ink. Bryan Forbes had been appointed head of production and tasked with keeping the studio afloat. Bryan told me: When I arrived I expected to enter a battlefield but not Hiroshima. They promised me a revolving production fund that did not revolve and when I asked for enough money to renovate the ageing buildings they gave me enough to repaint it.

On the Buses was Elstree hit - but time ran out for Hammer | St Albans & Harpenden Review

This week we travel back 50 years to Elstree Studios in 1970 to see what was happening. The Studios was still fully manned, with hundreds of staff employed year round, which sadly meant the facility was about to enter an era awash in red ink. Bryan Forbes had been appointed head of production and tasked with keeping the studio afloat. Bryan told me: When I arrived I expected to enter a battlefield but not Hiroshima. They promised me a revolving production fund that did not revolve and when I asked for enough money to renovate the ageing buildings they gave me enough to repaint it.

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