Although sadly no longer with us , Derek Fowlds remains a national treasure . The best tributes are paid to people during their lifetime , and that is surely the greatest single achievement of this documentary .

His BEAUTIFUL smile went through the characters he played. "A part worth playing". ✨💓✨🌟 Bless you, Derek.

Great actor, great man, great Englishman. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 RIP.

You must watch this - a wonderful man and respected actor. When he talks about his mother bringing him his letter (his acceptance for RADA), it’s so moving as he pauses and is obviously remembering his mum - and tells us of the memory. He later tells us of the wishes his mum asked him for - his name up in lights (tick), his picture on the radio times (tick) and to be a subject of This Is Your Life (tick). Yes, was guilty of thinking he’d only starred in three things on TV, but as he tells us, there was much more work behind his career . I was actually in tears as he talked about his mum, who he obviously loved very much. I’m now looking up his biography. He must have some wonderful tales to tell and judging by the interview, all positive and happy and times with wonderful people.

A very versatile actor who did everything from Basil Brush to heartbeat and beyond and a really nice interesting man..

He'll always be Mr Derek to me.

I have been watching reruns of Heartbeat and I remember Derek throughout the 1970s and 80s as strict as Blaketon was his eyes always gave away how nice the real man was - this is backed up be this lovely documentary

Been watching heartbeat repeats lately ,and watched them in the beginning ,many years ago and I seem to get so emotional lived it

Hubby and I are going to watch Heartbeat after this we haven't watched it for a few yrs xxxfrom New Zealand

Loved Oscar , loved Heartbeat still do, British Actors are still the best out there !!!.😪😪😪.

So humane acting at the common man level in 'Yes prime minister'

Miss you

This is such a lovely little documentary about this lovely man and his career. It should have had more views because the series was great. I've been watching the repeats of series 1 recently and I appeared as an extra in heartbeats quite a few times. Love little documentaries. Thank you!

thank you very much for creating this documentary ^ ^

@RABBITANDSNAIL

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for your kind comment.

@LleshGordon2122

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for a creating this documentary

To say he aged badly is an understatement. Poor guy.

@davidhampshire8632

10 ай бұрын

Nothing poor about Derek or how he aged. We all get old and his health wasn’t good for several years. He was a lovely man, which is all that matters and to call your comment crass is an understatement.