michael hayes played uncle peter in reeves and mortimer.
michael hayes played uncle peter in reeves and mortimer.
who played uncle peter in reeves and mortimer?
michael hayes
played by comedian charlie chuck, uncle peter was a big-haired, battered-suit wearing lunatic with a bizarre gait and an unnerving habit of shouting incomprehensibly ("donkey!") he was in a band, which featured himself and an unidentified piano player played by trevor peacock. the band saw peter shout random nonsense before completely destroying his drumkit. peter was always wary of being sent back "to t'dark place" by the duo.









































the bra men - pat wright & dave arrowsmith
the smell of reeves and mortimer
"sydney"s second patrol began on 18 october, with her aircraft involved in strikes against north korean units, coastal shipping, railway bridges, and other supply routes. they also performed their first close air support mission on 21 october, providing cover for the 1st commonwealth division. two sea furies were shot down on 25 october; both pilots escaped unharmed. the next day, during a moderately successful strike involving five ran aircraft against a railway tunnel, a firefly was shot down inland, deep inside north korean territory. there were doubts that a rescue helicopter could reach the crash site and return safely, as it was at the extreme limit of helicopter range and some of the return flight would occur after dark. despite this, uncle peter's usn aircrew volunteered to try, and after the observer was quickly taught how to use an owen submachine gun, the helicopter launched at 16:22. the four ran aircraft provided cover for the two downed personnel until they were ordered to return to the carrier; two of the fireflies met uncle peter at 17:15, and turned around to escort the helicopter. at 17:33 uncle peter arrived at the crash site and collected the ran aircrew, with covering fire provided by the escorting fireflies and the helicopter's observer. all three aircraft were at extreme fuel limits on their return: the two fireflies barely made it back to "sydney", while uncle peter arrived at kimpo air base at 18:30 and had to land with the aid of truck headlights. the rescue was the longest helicopter rescue transit over north korean territory during the war, and sikorsky pilot received both the british distinguished service medal and the united states navy cross: the only instance of these two medals being awarded to the same person for the same action. "sydney" was relieved by uss "rendova" on 27 october and returned to kure.
hmas sydney (r17)