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The first part of a new mini-series 'The Rebel', starring Simon Callow, in airing on UK Gold tonight at 10pm.
It's set and filmed in Brighton, and is based on a cartoon-strip character from 'The Oldie' magazine.
You’d think a 70-year-old spending his retirement years by the seaside would enjoy putting his feet up and taking it easy. But not Henry Palmer, the title character of Gold’s new three-part comedy The Rebel, played by Simon Callow, which is based on the cartoon strip of the same name as featured in The Oldie magazine.
Described by his doctor as a ‘WGPA’ (weapons-grade pain in the arse), Henry is nostalgic for his 1960s heyday as a mod, exasperated by modern life and generally pretty angry – which may or may not be a reaction to the recent death of his wife.
“There’s 40 years of bottled-up rage inside that man,” said Simon Callow, 67, who stars alongside Bill Paterson, Anita Dobson and Anna Crilly in the show. He doesn’t really care any more. He’s angry about so many things – being 70, having spent a life of conformity, modern art, the way the world has gone – everything really.
“Henry is not simply a south coast variation on One Foot in the Grave’s curmudgeonly codger Victor Meldrew. Victor dislikes the modern world because it’s the modern world. Henry dislikes it because it isn’t anarchic enough.”
Could be good, could be shite. Just thought I'd let you know.
It's set and filmed in Brighton, and is based on a cartoon-strip character from 'The Oldie' magazine.
You’d think a 70-year-old spending his retirement years by the seaside would enjoy putting his feet up and taking it easy. But not Henry Palmer, the title character of Gold’s new three-part comedy The Rebel, played by Simon Callow, which is based on the cartoon strip of the same name as featured in The Oldie magazine.
Described by his doctor as a ‘WGPA’ (weapons-grade pain in the arse), Henry is nostalgic for his 1960s heyday as a mod, exasperated by modern life and generally pretty angry – which may or may not be a reaction to the recent death of his wife.
“There’s 40 years of bottled-up rage inside that man,” said Simon Callow, 67, who stars alongside Bill Paterson, Anita Dobson and Anna Crilly in the show. He doesn’t really care any more. He’s angry about so many things – being 70, having spent a life of conformity, modern art, the way the world has gone – everything really.
“Henry is not simply a south coast variation on One Foot in the Grave’s curmudgeonly codger Victor Meldrew. Victor dislikes the modern world because it’s the modern world. Henry dislikes it because it isn’t anarchic enough.”
Could be good, could be shite. Just thought I'd let you know.
