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Tea Lady · 27-10-2011, 07:17 AM

(27-10-2011 06:38 AM)SweetTea Wrote: Happy Birthday to our favorite leading man, Peter Firth! You make 58 look very good!

On a somewhat related note, any idea why Harry wasn't given the same birthday as Peter, given that they are only 4 days apart (Harry's birthday is 1 November, 1953)? I noticed that Ruth has Nicola's birthday, so I was just curious.

I'm pretty sure it's wondering about things like this that verify that I'm insane - about Spooks anyway!

They like to keep us on our toes SweetTea Wink

Happy birthday to the boy, wherever you are in the world. x

SweetTea · 27-10-2011, 01:21 PM

(27-10-2011 06:43 AM)pookster Wrote: Don't be so hard on yourself, SweetTea. I and a lot of other people share your very particular brand of insanity

Thanks, pookster. It is nice to know I'm not alone in this. Smile

**Silktie** · 27-10-2011, 03:50 PM

Happy birthday, Mr Firth!

Hope he's celebrating it with a particularly good paella.

nimax1 · 27-10-2011, 04:57 PM

(27-10-2011 03:50 PM)Silktie Wrote: Happy birthday, Mr Firth!

Hope he's celebrating it with a particularly good paella.

With an Ardbeg. Smile

**picard1109** · 27-10-2011, 10:28 PM

With a fine champagne!

BTW...my OH has been offered a job in a village very close to Marlow and we'll be moving there soon. I'm sure I'll be visiting Marlow quite a bit for shopping...

pookster · (This post was last modified: 11-11-2011 08:28 PM by pookster.)

Bored recently so I googled the wonderful PF and I found this TV show featuring PF on youtube from 1998 - Dead Man's Gun - The Ripper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMKLpsDXV...re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8CqE1ry0...re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0SM773bo...re=related

Enjoy.

**picard1109** · (This post was last modified: 11-11-2011 09:31 PM by picard1109.)

Excellent - well done on finding that, Pookster!!

I have a little programme that downloads Youtube videos and converts them into .avi files, so I can watch them on my DVD player. PM me if you want the link to download the (free) programme.

And here's the link to PF's 'Fitz' (US version of 'Cracker') episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL03hPDIb...re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHqj2dgJ...re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pj7XOSlK...re=related

Tea Lady · 14-11-2011, 08:37 PM

If you haven't already, you can vote for Peter (and Nicola) on the Cultbox website. Best actor 2011. I'm not sure if I am allowed to post the link here but it's pretty easy to find on google search anyway.

**A Cousin** · 15-11-2011, 03:38 PM

(11-11-2011 09:27 PM)picard1109 Wrote: And here's the link to PF's 'Fitz' (US version of 'Cracker') episode:

Wow! Just Wow! Thanks, picard for that truly disturbing but incredible work by PF. He might just be one of the most courageous actors around. How he manages to make a character like that even remotely sympathetic, I will never know. He certainly has an eye for them. But the best baddies are the ones who have a reasonably plausible motivation, even if it is just barely reasonable.

Ironically, as much as I really like Robert Pastorelli as an actor, I missed this b/c I preferred the UK version of Cracker.

beatrice4ruth · (This post was last modified: 15-11-2011 05:49 PM by beatrice4ruth.)

I am so happy that Peter Firth accepted the role of Harry. Over the years his great acting skills were scattered in various TV shows and movies. Spooks allowed us to discover a fabulous actor with an incredible range of emotions. I too find him very courageous in the choice of the characters he plays. Soldier, Soldier, is also disturbing, but not as much as Fitz. I won't even mention the two other unsettling roles he is famous for.