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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
TV fans gobsmacked as Hetty Wainthropp Investigates stars reunite decades after show ended
Fans of the small screen were stunned to see the lead stars of iconic BBC crime drama Hetty Wainthropp Investigates reunite together decades after their show ended TV fans were blown away when Hollywood star Dominic Monaghan took his social media followers for a walk down memory lane as he reunited with an old small screen co-star. While the 48-year-old actor is best known for playing Merry Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, he has a past as a TV sweetheart. And one of his biggest hits on the box was playing Geoffrey Shawcross in the classic BBC cosy crime show Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. The series, which aired from 1996 until 1998 starred Dame Patricia Routledge in the lead role. On Saturday, Dominic took to Instagram to share a selfie of himself with his 96-year-old co-star. The pair looked in good spirits as they posed for the camera and smiled towards the lens. It comes as ITV axes Noel Edmonds' big TV comeback after just one series. Dominic sported short cropped hair, had a bit of designer stubble, and appeared casual in a simple black top. While Dame Patricia looked regal in a green jacket, white top and with jewellery on display. Sharing the snap on his main grid, Dominic shared his appreciation, admiration and respect for his elder co-star. In a touching note, he wrote: "25 YEARS later! So wonderful to see Dame Patricia." Detailing their continuing friendship, he wrote: "We always shared a love of acting, of actors, of the natural world and all of the curiosities of life, it was fantastic to spend a couple of hours doing the same! She still tells fantastic stories, loves great food and wine, and as always is sharp as a tack, with fantastic skin and style." Dominic continued: "She taught me so much, and continues to do so, aging with a class and quality I hope to emulate." He rounded out his post, typing: "#hettywainthroppinvestigates forever!" and added the hashtag: "#becurious." The update stunned Dominic's followers - and fans of Dame Patricia and her backcatalogue of work. Many took to the comments section to share their joy over the charming snap. One thrilled fan typed:" This is the best!! I loved you two in Hetty Wainthrop! You had such a good relationship on screen." And another, gushing over Dame Patricia, wrote: "So absolutely lovely to see someone aging as they should, naturally. Far more beautiful than all these plastic celebrities." The appearance of the iconic TV star prompted many others to recall some of there other work - notably her role in the legendary sitcom, Keeping Up Appearances. One wrote: "Hyacinth Bucket was such an institution in my childhood home and then watching Hetty Wainthrop Investigates as a teen made Patricia Routledge a stable in my life in a whole new way. (And yes, I think we all had crushes on you)." And another, in reference to the script of the sitcom, typed: "Did she bring her sister Violet. She's the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony…" Keeping Up Appearances ran on the BBC from 1990 until 1995 and was a ratings smash - pulling in over 16 million viewers. Dame Patricia has scaled back her acting in recent years, but has still appeared on-screen - most recently in 2024 where she featured in a special documentary about Keeping Up Appearances in which she reflected on her time on the show.
The Irish Sun
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Viral £600 sliders are utterly plain & cost is daylight robbery but here's why everyone's dying to buy them
ANOTHER week, another trend to get our Primark knickers in an almighty twist about. This week, it's luxury fashion brand 4 Zoe Kravitz steps out in the £760 flip-flops Credit: Goff 4 The Row is the fashion powerhouse set up by US twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Credit: Getty In stark contrast to designer rivals like Hermes and Gucci, whose slip-ons are plastered with logos or distinctive shapes, The Row's pair are remarkably, utterly plain. They're a cartoon-like, bulky slip-on with an open toe (the sort you wear to shuffle in to take the bins out) that come in red, white and black, made from rubber. Yep, £600 for something so basic — that's roughly a couple's weekend in Ibiza. Yet, these plain sliders reportedly sold out at The Row's London store in just one day. READ MORE ON FASHION So why are the fashion crowd — me excluded — dying to get their mitts on them? We call this 'rage bait'. Silly money These expensive rubber sliders have gone viral precisely because people like us are enraged. Social media is awash with fury, dismay and bafflement over their exorbitant price for such plainness. Most read in Fabulous This hysteria is 'rage bait' in action: Driving engagement — comments, shares, views — and ultimately pushing furious shoppers straight to that click-to-buy button, generating huge revenue via their own outrage. It's a clever, yet simple, trap. Fashion followers, seeing 'everyone' discussing these shoes, foolishly believe owning a pair will make them a talking point or instantly cool. Lynsey Hope and fashion expert Neka Okonji review dupe fashion items from DHGate They walk right into it, then find themselves £600 down. This isn't a fluke, it's a strategy and The Row — the fashion powerhouse set up by US twins Mary-Kate and Earlier this year, it released a plain red-soled flip-flop with a plain black strap for £670. They sold out not only for the brand, but through retailers like Net-A-Porter, snapped up by the likes of Kendall Jenner and It's the same formula. Simple, subtle — but silly money , all under the guise of 'quiet luxury'. The Row has now rocketed to sixth place on the Lyst Index of fashion's hottest brands — its highest-ever ranking. Searches for the brand are soaring, almost tripling in the past three months. And the Olsen twins aren't the only ones at it. In 2023, luxury brand Loewe mastered this trick when its plain, ribbed £325 cotton tank top (featuring just a tiny logo) became the Lyst Index's most searched item. This, too, was utter lunacy. Even if I won the Lottery, paying that much to do an impression of Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances isn't something I can ever buy into. And this 'rage bait' strategy isn't new. 4 The Row's £600 sliders Credit: supplied 4 Primark's near-identical £5 version Credit: supplied In 2007, luxury trainer brand Golden Goose sparked outrage with its £410 Super-Star trainers. The pricey shoes came 'pre-distressed', essentially dirty, yet carried that huge price tag. We journos were baffled but, despite the uproar, people snapped them up, and in the process ignited a trend for all things pre-distressed, from dirty jeans to Balenciaga's practically destroyed trainers, retailing at up to £1,290. Let's call it what it is: Daylight robbery. But the people with wallets fat enough to pay for these so-called luxury items are, well, mugs. In the case of the sliders, why pay £600 when you can get a Primark pair for a fiver? They are almost identical. For once, us normal folk are the real winners because we have the high street. Designer dupes have come on leaps and bounds in the past couple of years and now you can proudly look like a wally in your cheap rubber sandals as opposed to bankrupting yourself. Even if a vest is one of the most popular items, would you get one from Tu at Sainsbury's for less than the cost of a meal deal and a loaf of bread — or a designer one for £325? It's a no-brainer. Prestige fashion used to be about craftsmanship and quality, now it's about who can make the most outrageous item go viral. And people lap it up, not because it looks good, but because it's EVERYWHERE and yet unattainable to the rank and file. So while some brands keep pushing rage-bait items, aiming to drain our cash and sanity for likes, I say: Long live the high street. Its clever dupes offer identical style, no matter how wild, without costing a fortune.
South Wales Argus
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
EastEnders fans discover BBC soap star is 90s comedy legend
Villains are killed off and others jet off abroad in search of a new life, making way for new talent to arrive on Albert Square. Among the most recent confirmed exits on the BBC soap include Molly Rainford, known for playing Queen Vic barmaid Anna Knight. But there's one former resident of Walford who has recently been appearing in the classic EastEnders episodes, and fans are shocked to realise she was also a 90s comedy legend. EastEnders' Top 5 Villains EastEnders fans discover Queenie Trott actress is 90s comedy star It comes as someone said in a throwback post on Reddit: 'Classic EE: I just realised who Queenie Trott was! 'She used to star in comedy show Keeping Up Appearances playing Daisy in the 90s. 'Judy Cornwell (who played Heather's Mum) only lasted 8 episodes (2007-08) and her last appearance was only this week after seeing her daughter getting married to Minty (fake or real). 'Was it just me, or did anyone else knew who she was?' Queenie Trott was played by Judy Cornwell, who joined the programme in 2007 and was the mother of Heather Trott. However, in 2008, Queenie exited the BBC soap as part of a storyline that saw Heather marry her fiancé, Minty Peterson. When Heather was murdered on EastEnders in 2012, Queenie didn't attend her funeral. Yet before her role on EastEnders, Judy took on the character of Daisy, who was the sister of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) and was married to Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes) on Keeping Up Appearances. Reacting to the discovery of Judy's role as Daisy in the BBC sitcom (from 1990 to 1995), someone responded to the original post on the subreddit r/eastenders: 'And the penny drops!!!! Thank you!!' This person commented: 'What a great actress, those two characters are worlds apart.' Someone else put: 'I knew who she was, always liked Onslow and Daisy lol.' Meanwhile, one fan revealed: 'She also played Mrs. Musgrove in the 1995 film 'Persuasion' with Ciarán Hinds—she was fantastic in that role!' Recommended reading: Another added: 'I knew who she was, but I'm once again aggrieved at Heather's demise when she had so much more storytelling to do, including her relationship with Queenie!' One viewer replied: 'And Judy is still alive and well, now 85 years old.' Do you remember Judy Cornwell as Queenie Trott in EastEnders or as Daisy in Keeping Up Appearances? Let us know in the comments below.
Rhyl Journal
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
EastEnders fans discover BBC soap star is 90s comedy legend
Villains are killed off and others jet off abroad in search of a new life, making way for new talent to arrive on Albert Square. Among the most recent confirmed exits on the BBC soap include Molly Rainford, known for playing Queen Vic barmaid Anna Knight. But there's one former resident of Walford who has recently been appearing in the classic EastEnders episodes, and fans are shocked to realise she was also a 90s comedy legend. It comes as someone said in a throwback post on Reddit: 'Classic EE: I just realised who Queenie Trott was! 'She used to star in comedy show Keeping Up Appearances playing Daisy in the 90s. 'Judy Cornwell (who played Heather's Mum) only lasted 8 episodes (2007-08) and her last appearance was only this week after seeing her daughter getting married to Minty (fake or real). 'Was it just me, or did anyone else knew who she was?' Queenie Trott was played by Judy Cornwell, who joined the programme in 2007 and was the mother of Heather Trott. However, in 2008, Queenie exited the BBC soap as part of a storyline that saw Heather marry her fiancé, Minty Peterson. When Heather was murdered on EastEnders in 2012, Queenie didn't attend her funeral. Yet before her role on EastEnders, Judy took on the character of Daisy, who was the sister of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) and was married to Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes) on Keeping Up Appearances. Reacting to the discovery of Judy's role as Daisy in the BBC sitcom (from 1990 to 1995), someone responded to the original post on the subreddit r/eastenders: 'And the penny drops!!!! Thank you!!' This person commented: 'What a great actress, those two characters are worlds apart.' Someone else put: 'I knew who she was, always liked Onslow and Daisy lol.' Meanwhile, one fan revealed: 'She also played Mrs. Musgrove in the 1995 film 'Persuasion' with Ciarán Hinds—she was fantastic in that role!' Recommended reading: EastEnders legend returning to role after 27 years and teases 'awful surprises' Major EastEnders exit is confirmed as popular star set to leave BBC soap EastEnders icon rushed to hospital after collapsing twice on the BBC show Another added: 'I knew who she was, but I'm once again aggrieved at Heather's demise when she had so much more storytelling to do, including her relationship with Queenie!' One viewer replied: 'And Judy is still alive and well, now 85 years old.' Do you remember Judy Cornwell as Queenie Trott in EastEnders or as Daisy in Keeping Up Appearances? Let us know in the comments below.
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘And the penny drops' – EastEnders fans discover soap star is 90s comedy legend
Just like all British soap operas, EastEnders has many characters who come and go over the years. Villains are killed off and others jet off abroad in search of a new life, making way for new talent to arrive on Albert Square. Among the most recent confirmed exits on the BBC soap include Molly Rainford, known for playing Queen Vic barmaid Anna Knight. But there's one former resident of Walford who has recently been appearing in the classic EastEnders episodes, and fans are shocked to realise she was also a 90s comedy legend. It comes as someone said in a throwback post on Reddit: 'Classic EE: I just realised who Queenie Trott was! 'She used to star in comedy show Keeping Up Appearances playing Daisy in the 90s. 'Judy Cornwell (who played Heather's Mum) only lasted 8 episodes (2007-08) and her last appearance was only this week after seeing her daughter getting married to Minty (fake or real). 'Was it just me, or did anyone else knew who she was?' Queenie Trott was played by Judy Cornwell, who joined the programme in 2007 and was the mother of Heather Trott. However, in 2008, Queenie exited the BBC soap as part of a storyline that saw Heather marry her fiancé, Minty Peterson. When Heather was murdered on EastEnders in 2012, Queenie didn't attend her funeral. Yet before her role on EastEnders, Judy took on the character of Daisy, who was the sister of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) and was married to Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes) on Keeping Up Appearances. Reacting to the discovery of Judy's role as Daisy in the BBC sitcom (from 1990 to 1995), someone responded to the original post on the subreddit r/eastenders: 'And the penny drops!!!! Thank you!!' This person commented: 'What a great actress, those two characters are worlds apart.' Someone else put: 'I knew who she was, always liked Onslow and Daisy lol.' Meanwhile, one fan revealed: 'She also played Mrs. Musgrove in the 1995 film 'Persuasion' with Ciarán Hinds—she was fantastic in that role!' Recommended reading: EastEnders legend returning to role after 27 years and teases 'awful surprises' Major EastEnders exit is confirmed as popular star set to leave BBC soap EastEnders icon rushed to hospital after collapsing twice on the BBC show Another added: 'I knew who she was, but I'm once again aggrieved at Heather's demise when she had so much more storytelling to do, including her relationship with Queenie!' One viewer replied: 'And Judy is still alive and well, now 85 years old.' Do you remember Judy Cornwell as Queenie Trott in EastEnders or as Daisy in Keeping Up Appearances? Let us know in the comments below.
