Judi Dench, a sentimental woman, said having her late husband’s pocket watch repaired and scraped by the Repair Shop crew was “much more than she could have hoped for”.
The 87-year-old veteran actress mended the emotional item as part of a special live session of the BBC One show held at the Edinburgh TV Festival to celebrate the programme’s fifth anniversary.
Before Judi took the stage, a videotape was played showing her handing over the pocket watch she had given to her late husband, actor Michael, to the team in 1972, a year after their wedding.
Love: Dame Judi Dench says her late husband’s pocket watch, which was repaired and scraped by the team at The Repair Shop, was “much more than she could have hoped for”.
Dame Judi told furniture mechanic and show host Jay Blades that she gave the watch to Williams while she was acting together and used it during production.
He later said he carried it in his pocket and “guessed it” before he died of lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 65 after nearly 30 years of marriage.
The couple appeared together on ITV’s hit sitcom A Fine Romance, about the affair between Mike and Laura, an unlikely middle-aged, lonely couple who are reunited by Susan Penhaligon’s matchmaker sister. It has become a name.
Dessert: The veteran actress has fixed the emotional element as part of the BBC One show’s special live session at the Edinburgh TV Festival (pictured).
Friendly: Judi revealed that her late husband Michale (pictured in 1999) got the watch as a gift a year after their wedding in 1972 and always carried it in his pocket until his death in 2001.
The show ran 26 episodes in four series between 1981 and 1984 and attracted millions of viewers on Sunday nights.
The actress described her late husband as “wonderful” and said it would be “wonderful” for her to hear her pocket watch ticking again as a reminder of the times they shared.
In another clip, watchmaker Steve Fletcher disassembles the watch to thoroughly clean it and repair the mechanisms.
When Judi was presented with her watch repaired live on the television festival stage, she looked emotional and described the work as “sublime” as she held it to her ear to hear the ticking sound again after many years of silence.
Screen stars: The couple became famous by appearing together on ITV’s hit sitcom A Fine Romance from 1981 to 1984 (pictured in 1983)
The team also stated that they had engraved her husband’s initials on the back of the watch for her, and replied, “Oh my God, this is so much more than I had hoped for.” Thanks a thousand times.’
He added that he is “full of admiration” for the work they do and that the show has an avid audience.
When asked what he wanted to do with the watch, he said he wanted to give it to his daughter Finty or his granddaughter Stanley.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, 57, also attended the live session Wednesday as he searched for a realistic chimpanzee from the musical Sunset Boulevard given to him for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s opening night. by the expert team.
In a video, we saw how furniture mechanic Will Kirk and ‘Teddy Bear Ladies’, plush experts Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell, meticulously repair the chimp by creating new hands with liquid rubber and repairing hair that is thinning and gives hair plugs.
After portraying the animal, the notoriously tough Horwood said the transformation was “wonderful”.
“It’s actually 100 times better than it would have been in 1992,” he added. The team asked if they could get a perfect 10 for their job, and they said they got a “better than 10”.
Love: Actress with her partner, environmentalist David Mills, for 12 years (pictured together in 2015)
Earlier this year, the actress appeared in a skit that copied The Repair Shop for Comic Relief.
She played a character struggling with her memory who wants to have an old doll from her childhood repaired to help her remember her childhood, but finds it destroyed by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Judi has been with her partner, environmentalist David Mills, for 12 years. Mills announced last year that she was considering getting married during the pandemic and went so far as to weigh the benefits of marriage.
Speaking to Richard Eden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Mills said, “We haven’t researched it yet, but we had some serious discussion during the quarantine examining the pros and cons.”
The Live Show: Judi was a special guest along with Craig Revel Horwood, 57, of Strictly Come Dancing in the live episode to celebrate the show’s fifth anniversary at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
“After thinking for a long time we decided not to and thought, ‘We are happy to stay as we are. ‘
The actor recently revealed that he was “scared” when he finished acting. Lady Judi said: Despite his legendary reputation, he is always afraid that no one will hire him again.
In an interview with Reader’s Digest, she admitted: “I always thought you were very lucky to have been hired.
“I’m always scared at the end of the job because I don’t think I’ll be enlisting anymore and then at the beginning of the next I’ll feel really relieved.”
Comedy: Dame Judi comes after appearing earlier this year with Jay Blades in a comic skit that mimics The Repair Shop for Comic Relief.
Source: Daily Mail
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