the sweeney that first made him a household name. have you gone bananas? waterman s character, a voice of reason tojohn thaw s no nonsense policing style. but it was minder, starring alongside george cole s unscrupulous arthur daly, that cemented a place in television history. how did you get someone like granger to give you the best part of a grand for two dodgy phones? # if you want to, i ll change your situation.# his recording of the theme tune reaching number three in the uk charts. you didn t have to do that. in 2004, he took another starring role as a former detective in the tv series new tricks. spare us the carefully paced build up. they found the gun, right? dennis waterman worked across theatre, television, music and film, in a career which spanned more than six decades. he has been in some iconic
tremendously successful as you say and a huge star in the 70s and 80s, but came to a new generation, didn t he, through matt lucas and david walliams in little britain, rather taking the mickey out of him also writing the theme tune to minder as well as performing it. well as performing it. doesn t it seak well as performing it. doesn t it speak well well as performing it. doesn t it speak well that well as performing it. doesn t it speak well that he well as performing it. doesn t it speak well that he joined - well as performing it. doesn t it speak well that he joined them | speak well that he joined them onstage to sing the theme tune with david walliams and matt lucas. if anything, dennis waterman, although anything, dennis waterman, although a very popularfigure, did well on television, never quite got the film success. nevertheless, for many of us, dennis waterman has been a part of everyone s television viewing and that s not bad. that s not bad. thanks for your time. n
walliams and matt lucas, by spacing with the writing and singing the theme tune. and matt lucas tweeted today that he joined them onstage when they were on tour, basically the greatest moment of his entire career! and he worked on stage, too, he was an accomplished actor and starred in films, comedy is. his work spanned multiple genres it of course he was i was i was going to be remembered, i suppose, for those rose in minderand be remembered, i suppose, for those rose in minder and the sweeney and later in his career new tricks he was always going to be remembered for those roles. i think what s interesting is that the sweeney and minder revolved around his rapport with his fellow actors, didn t it? and that s not easy. you ve got to be a certain kind of actor who is not wanting to be the big i am, haven t you, to make that kind of relationship work? relationship work? they clearly complemented relationship work? they clearly complemented each
a decade as well, he was a cast member on that. at singing the theme tune is something that has stuck with his career as well because that s what he did for minder, of course, went to number three in the charts. he also sang the new tricks theme tune as well stop little britain, obviously of long running sketch, write theme tune, sing the theme gym. but actually, dennis waterman love that it was a big deal to him, there is a lovely tribute from matt lucas from little britain, in the last couple of hours, he said, i grow up watching dennis waterman, his guest appearance at hammersmith apollo in which he duetted with david s observed impersonation of him remains the absolute highlight of my career. so he loved that, that was all part of it for him, in a career which spanned theatre, tv, music, films, he didn t finish acting until 2020, he didn t finish acting until 2020, he was in an australian movie, so more than six decades of acting, really cementing him as an icon of the british ac
the irrepressible schoolboy lead. with the total shock suspense, the sweeney. it was, though, the 70s showed the sweeney that first made him a household name. dennis waterman. have you gone bananas? waterman s character, a voice of reason tojohn thaw s no nonsense policing style. but it was minder, starring alongside george cole s unscrupulous arthur daley, that cemented a place in television history. how did you get someone like grainger to give you the best part of a grand for two dodgy phones? # if you want to i ll change the situation. his recording of the theme tune, reaching number three in the uk charts. didn t have to do that. in 2004 he took another storing role as a former detective in the tv series new tricks. spare us the carefully placed build up. they found the gun. dennis waterman worked across theatre, television, music and film in a career which spanned more than six decades.