Hugh Lloyd found fame in 'Hancock's Half Hour' and his was a perenially popular face in television sitcoms throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In this article, Television Heaven pays tribute to an actor who charmed Britain for over half a century
One of British sitcom's most iconic characters, Lloyd-Pack also played important roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He described Trigger in Only Fools and Horses as both a blessing and a curse, before cementing his status as a national treasure in The Vicar of Dibley
In a career spanning more than 65 years, Herbert Lom played an extraordinarily wide range of characters on both the big and small screen
Arthur Lowe could get more laughs by the raise of an eyebrow or a subtle hand movement than most actors could get out of whole sentences. However, in private Lowe was not filled with the laughs he so easily gave to others.
A name synonymous with the authoritarian yet comically rigid prison officer in Porridge, Fulton Mackay won his way into the hearts of the British public by balancing his exceptional humour with a commanding presence, earning him a place in the pantheon of great character actors
The British born writer and presenter whose brief TV career in the 1950s was a prelude to her coming out - becoming a trailblazing gay rights activist and making her a role model to thousands
One of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in British cinema, Victor Maddern epitomised the post-war British film industry. Television Heaven looks back, with the help of his daughter, Julie White, on a prolific career that also took in a huge variety of television and stage.
One of the best known faces on television in the 1960s and constantly in the spotlight, and yet Patrick McGoohan managed to keep his private life out of public view.
Spike Milligan wrote The Goon Show and then died on 27th February 2002. In between he created modern comedy and defined the term comic genius.
One of British TV's most popular performers with a career that spanned over fifty years and included work as a cartoonist, comedian, actor, writer and TV presenter who was once billed as Britain's answer to Bob Hope.