News about Bernard Hill

Gissa job! I can do that. Go on, gissa job.' Yosser Hughes, played brilliantly by the late Bernard Hill in Alan Bleasdale's landmark BBC series Boys From The Blackstuff, came to epitomise the desperation of the unemployed in the early 1980s. Yosser is the manic father-of-three who will go to any lengths to find work so he can feed his family. In episode one, he claims to be a bricklayer, even though he'd have more success laying eggs. When he's fired by the construction gangmaster, after building the world's worst wall, he headbutts him. 'You can't sack me, I'm on the dole.'

UK writer Kathryn Flett (left) reviews the new series of Netflix hit Bridgerton (right) as well as new Channel 4 gymnast drama The Gathering.

GRAEME SOUNESS: I don't get the pass the buck culture at Manchester United, it's an old cliche but look in the bloody mirror. It's a trend of the modern game to hear players disconnecting with the coach because they are unsure whether he will be manager come the summer, they blame his tactics, the coaching, the selection. As a player, when my team played badly it was OUR fault. It wasn't the manager's, it wasn't the tactics, it wasn't down to the coaches' messages, it was down to us.

Martin Freeman has paid tribute to his co-star Bernard Hill as a 'gentle' and 'kind' man following his death at the age of 79. The actor, who starred alongside Martin in BBC police drama The Responder, died in the early hours of May 5, his agent confirmed.  Bernard was best known to audiences for his role as King Theodon in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and he also played Captain Edward J. Smith in Titantic.  

Bernard Hill was a 'playful man with a twinkle in his eye', Martin Freeman has said. The late Boys from the Blackstuff star was 'Liverpool royalty' and a 'gentle, kind' man, he told the One show. Reflecting on his working relationship with Hill, Freeman said: 'It was delightful, it was really lovely. I think, you know, when he came on set he's sort of, you know, he was from Manchester but he was Liverpool royalty, having played Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff like 40 years ago. 'He was loved in that city. And for us and the cast and crew, he was a really gentle kind, sort of playful man with a twinkle in his eye.

Prince William is packing his crested pyjamas for a two-day visit to his Duchy of Cornwall on Thursday and Friday, the first time William will have been away overnight since Kate's cancer diagnosis. He has been at her side and doing the school runs, with his diary modified accordingly. His willingness to have a night away is the best indicator yet that the Princess of Wales may be on the mend.

The Responder writer Tony Schumacher has revealed the late Bernard Hill's response to being offered a role in the BBC crime drama, which aired last night. It comes after the actor died at the age of 79. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the writer shared the touching seven-word reply that Hill gave when the team called him up about joining the second season of the programme.

What a way to take his final curtain. Bernard Hill (pictured), an actor of unmatched power, and celebrated by two generations for vastly different roles, died yesterday - hours before his final performance aired. As fraught copper Chris Carson answered a call to a burgled house in The Responder, those who (like me) have been fans of Hill since the 1980s took one look at the geezer in the battered armchair with the walking frame and chorused: 'Gissa job!' He might have been better known to the under-50s as the heroic King Theoden in The Lord Of The Rings. But at the start of the Thatcher years, Hill was Britain's best-known actor - the face of the recession - playing Yosser Hughes, a Scouse tarmac-layer who loses his job, in Boys From The Blackstuff.

Bernard Hill's final TV performance in BBC's The Responder left viewers in tears on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was confirmed aged 79. The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent. As well as appearing in the billion pound fantasy trilogy which one 11 Oscars, he also starred in Titanic and iconic 1980's TV play The Black Stuff and it's sequel which catapulted him to stardom. 

Hill's leading role in the 1982 series as a gruff Liverpudlian not only caught the eye of Hollywood producers and landed him a Bafta nomination for best television actor, but helped define an era for working class men in the North. Praising the star, Bleasdale tonight said Hill 'gave everything to that role ... he became Yosser Hughes' adding that his role was 'the great, definitive performance of his generation'.

The Manchester-born actor, who shot to fame as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff before becoming known to a generation as the embattled King Theoden in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, died surrounded by loved ones this morning. Tonight, his co-stars from the film series based on JRR Tolkien's novels, stood at the event in Merseyside and paid tribute to their 'intrepid, funny, gruff, irascible and beautiful' friend and colleague. Elijah Wood , Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin - who played the four hobbits in the trilogy - stood on stage as they told fans they 'lost a member of our family' today.

The actor, who starred in Titanic and became known to a generation for his portrayal of the embattled King Theoden in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent said. Just hours before his death, however, the beloved star, 79, failed to attend a huge get-together with his former cast mates, including Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood , Andy Serkis, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd.

The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent.

Titanic and Lord Of The Rings legend Bernard Hill died aged 79 on Sunday. The actor's death comes hours before he is due to return to TV in Martin Freeman's drama The Responder, which will airs on BBC One tonight.  Bernard's agent announced the sad news Bernard died in the early hours of this morning. His cause of death has yet to be announced.

Bernard Hill, who starred in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died at the age of 79. The actor, who played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent has said. A father-of-one, he became known to a generation for his portrayal of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In the process he starred in two films - Titanic and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - which won 11 Oscars and crossed $1billion at the box office. Hill had first become familiar to many in the UK for his emotive and nuanced performance as Yosser Hughes in the 1980s drama Boys from the Blackstuff. His passing comes hours before he was due to return to TV in Martin Freeman drama The Responder, which airs on BBC One tonight.

Singer and actress Barbara Dickson led tributes to Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor Bernard Hill after his death aged 79 on Sunday. The star, who played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent has said. A father-of-one, he became known to a generation for his portrayal of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Today (April 15) is the 112th anniversary of the RMS Titanic sinking. After more than a century, there are still unanswered questions surrounding how tragedy unfolded for the 'unsinkable' boat. Here, MailOnline looks into the remaining mysteries of the Titanic, which we may never know the answer to, including what happened to the passengers and whether an iceberg really caused the disaster.

As she joined the actors arriving at the British Vogue And Tiffany & Co., the 50-year-old posed up a storm. On Sunday evening, Annabel's celebrated the 2024 Fashion And Film Festival. In a dramatic black dress with a lace bodice, the actress, 50, turned heads. The high-legged corset converted into a long black train skirt.

RMS Titanic is still the most popular ship in history more than 100 years since she sank while crossing the Atlantic on her maiden voyage. The luxurious ocean liner, owned and operated by British shipping company White Star Line, tragically sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, killing an estimated 1,517 of the 2,224 people on board. Her remains now lie on the seafloor about 350 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, although the delicate wreck is dripping so rapidly that it may disappear completely within the next 40 years. Despite numerous theories surrounding the mystery of the sinking verge of a conspiracy, here are five bona fide Titanic mysteries, some of which will never be answered.