Actor and ex-Flying Pickets singer Brian Hibbard dies

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

I sing the song 'Only You' to my one-year old son on a regular basis, have done since he was in the womb.

The actor and performer Brian Hibbard has died at the age of 65 after suffering from prostate cancer.
Born in Ebbw Vale, he became famous as the singer of the chart-topping Flying Pickets before his acting career.
He had parts in the films Twin Town and Rancid Aluminium and appeared in Emmerdale, EastEnders, Coronation Street and the Welsh soap Pobol Y Cwm.
His close friend and fellow actor Boyd Clack said he was a "fantastic actor, fantastic singer and fantastic man".
He came to prominence after forming the a cappella band Flying Pickets with a group of other actors who used to sing in a coach on the way to appearances.
Their hit, Only You, took them to number one in the charts in 1983 for five weeks.

(BBC News)

[Hit The North]

And yet the vampire Thatcher still lives... :crying:

Typically, the BBC neglect to mention Brian's socialist politics and his band's support for the Miners Strike in 1984 (touring and raising money for the strikers). Of course their name, the Flying Pickets, was taken from that particular innovation in the class struggle, developed by the Yorkshire and Welsh miners in the 1970s.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

And yet the vampire Thatcher still lives... :crying:

Typically, the BBC neglect to mention Brian's socialist politics and his band's support for the Miners Strike in 1984 (touring and raising money for the strikers). Of course their name, the Flying Pickets, was taken from that particular innovation in the class struggle, developed by the Yorkshire and Welsh miners in the 1970s.

Of course, it's far more relevant and interesting to mention his stint in EastEnders...silly BBC.

[Conflict]

That's sad. I liked their music.