A
selection of recent Su
Pollard: Still Fully Charged
news, press and media:
•
BBC Radio Wales: Su
chats Still Fully Charged, and more.
Listen to Su from approximately 2hrs 9m
in - Continue...
• BBC Radio Lancashire:
Hi-de-Hi star looks forward to Lancashire
visits: Su Pollard is heading to the
county for appearances in Lytham,
Blackpool and Lancaster - Continue...
• West End Wilma:
Su Pollard: Still Fully Charged sets off
on a major tour across the UK - Continue...
• South Wales Argus:
Su Pollard coming to Riverfront in
Newport this autumn - Continue...
• Barnet Post: Su
Pollard: Still Fully Charged –
artsdepot: A one-woman show celebrating
50 years in show business - Continue...
• Bang Showbiz:
Hi-de-Hi legend Su Pollard to revive
iconic character Peggy almost 40 years
after BBC sitcom ended - Continue...
• Harrogate Theatre:
Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud At Harrogate
Comedy Festival 2024 - Continue...
• Stamford Corn Exchange:
A message from Su Pollard, live here 11th
September - Continue...
Celebrity MasterChef: BBC1:
Friday 30th August: 9pm Series 19 Episode 9 of 18.
It’s the end of heat three, which
can only mean one thing – time for
another stress-inducing quarter-final,
featuring the week’s three best
celebrity cooks.
The celebrities need to prepare a
two-course dinner party feast, which will
be enough to satisfy three specially
invited guests. The diners are 2021
semi-finalist Su Pollard, 2019 finalist
Vicky Pattison and 2017 champion
Angellica Bell. They all know what it
takes to make it through the competition
and will be sure to give credit where
it’s due. A place in the semi-finals
is at stake, so only food that really
sings will cut the mustard.
• The Club For Acts and
Actors: 2024 CAA Summer Garden
Party: Saturday 20th of July will go down
in CAA history as the biggest attendance
ever for a club event. Opened by our
patron Su Pollard, well over 200 came to
The Actors Church in Covent Garden and a
wonderful time was had by all. Crazy
Golf, Punch and Judy, Mardi Gras Jazz
Band, ‘Cool’ Karl Charity,
disco, raffle and more - Continue...
• Manchester Evening News:
The famous faces spotted at Manchester
Pride 2024: Su Pollard said Hi-de-Hi! - Continue...
• Acting For Others:
New Podcast Episode at the West End Flea
Market!: Join Su Pollard as we visit
stalls, the autograph area, and psychic
tents full of your favourite West End
stars including Harriet Thorpe, Ruth
Jones, Lesley Joseph, Christopher
Biggins, Bonnie Langford, Clive Rowe and
many more! - Continue...
• BBC Radio Wales:
My Welsh Connection: Su Pollard's
emotional farewell to Ruth Madoc: The
comic actor reflects on saying goodbye to
her long-time colleague and friend - Continue...
• Su On TV: Don't
forget Hi-de-Hi! continues to air on
Gold, and You Rang, M'Lord? on That's TV.
Check your TV guides for exact days and
times...
23.08.2024:
Still Fully Charged - Su Pollard
Interviews
In the lead up to Su
Pollard: Still Fully Charged opening
we will be uploading - to Instagram
& YouTube -
a selection of short chats, talking with
Su about parts of her - 50-year - career
she doesn't often get asked about in
interviews...
Already available are chats on Gimme
Gimme Gimme/Heidi Honeycomb, music,
and Perry Benson/Henry from You Rang,
M'Lord?
Stay tuned for chat on Peggy Ollerenshaw,
You Rang, M'Lord?, Ivy Teasdale,
Perry & Croft, nostalgia, comedy
& more!
Actress
and singer Su Pollard’s new tour
Still Fully Charged celebrates her 50
years in showbiz – she catches up
with Michelle McManus about what keeps
her hooked, and being beaten by a dog in
a talent competition. Clive Anderson
chats to comedian and actor Chris Grace.
He’s returned to Edinburgh after his
sold-out 2023 run, this time with a
packed out performance schedule including
his new show Sardines (A Comedy About
Death). Award-winning non-fiction writer
Sinéad Gleeson’s debut novel
Hagstone sees an artist discover a
commune of women on a remote island
– she discusses the inspirations
behind it.
23.08.2024:
Still Fully Charged - Su In Rehearsals!
Pay a visit or subscribe to
Su's Official YouTube channel. We are
slowly but surely building it into a
great archive of Su footage, clips and
memories. and we have already uploaded
some amazing new content.
The full 1986 album was added this week,
and there are various new playlists:
Sitcoms, Su Messages, Ad Spots and even a
"Starting Together" dedicated
playlist.
An "Official Su Bootleg"
playlist is being planned, with some rare
recordings, as well as other playlists.
There'll be new uploads, at least, weekly
so please subscribe if you have a YouTube
account to see what's new in your feed...
26.07.2024:
Still Fully Charged - Su Pollard Live
2024/25
Su guested on Wednesday's Good
Morning Britain to chat about her
career and the new tour. See more photos
by clicking below.
13.07.2024:
Still Fully Charged - Su Pollard Live
2024/25
Tickets for more of the
previously announced dates of Su
Pollard: Still Fully Charged
have now gone on sale. Please click below
to visit supollardlive.com for direct
click through links to each venue to buy
your tickets. Further dates are still to
be announced.
13.07.2024:
The Fringe At Prestonfield - Su &
Biggins
Su makes a welcome return to
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month,
appearing on Friday 16th August (4pm) at The
Fringe At Prestonfield for
a comprehensive chat with Christopher
Biggins on her 50 years in showbusiness.
This will certainly be a very interesting
and unmissable event. Further info and
book tickets by clicking below.
13.07.2024:
Must See Theatre: The Play That Changed
My Life
Ahead of her Edinburgh
Fringe appearance, a new Su interview
feature has just been published at Must
See Theatre. Su recalls the play
that changed her life...
10.07.2024:
Dear Diary: Catch Su On Tour In 2024/25!
Su is incredibly busy for
almost all of the next year... There's a
lot happening over the coming months, so
here is an overview of everything. Click
below for direct links to all of the
events and productions listed.
10.07.2024:
Celebrating Su's Career @ Instagram
Su's Instagram - the ONLY
official Su Pollard social media - is
currently celebrating Su's career and
legacy via gorgeous colourful posts
dedicated to some of her best known
sitcom characters, as well as the
fabulous sitcoms themselves!
The
official Su
Pollard Instagram
now has over 27,000 followers and
recently saw reels attract 325k unique
views, and individual posts receive
almost 10k of likes. These are amazing
stats for Su, and it's great that so many
people enjoy the content.
26.06.2024:
Still Fully Charged - Su Pollard Live
2024/25
The Still
Fully Charged -
Su's new show - tour dates for 2024 and
some of those confirmed, so far, for 2025
are now live at Su's new official tour
website. Simply click on the date you
wish to attend to visit the theatre/venue
website for further details and ticket
link.
Su will headline with Lee
Mead in, her panto for Christmas 2024, Sleeping
Beauty at
Darlington Hippodrome.
Sleeping Beauty runs at
Darlington Hippodrome from Friday 6 to
Tuesday 31 December.
•
Please click below for further details
and ticket links.
01.05.2024:
Su in Summer Panto - Cinderella at
Blackpool
Su will star as Fairy
Godmother in Cinderella at
the renowned Joe Longthorne Theatre this
Summer
LHK Productions & the Joe Longthorne
Theatre bring you an enchanted summer
full of magical family fun with the
timeless classic Cinderella.
One of the nation’s favourite
actresses, Su Pollard, will star in Cinderella,
the story of a beautiful young girl held
captive by her wicked, ugly, stepsisters.
Su is one of the countries’ national
treasures with a career on TV and on
stage spanning 50 years and has appeared
in over 35 stage plays and musicals.
Arguably her most famous role on screen
was in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! but
she also appeared in You Rang,
M’Lord? and Oh, Doctor
Beeching!.
01.05.2024:
Hi-de-Hi! Celebration Raises Over £1200
Harwich
Museum keeps the Hi-de-Hi! flag flying
raising over £1200
A two-day celebration of a BBC comedy has
raised more than £1,200 for the Harwich
Museum after cast and crew members
returned to the town 45 years after first
filming.
From 1980 to 1988, viewers enjoyed
following the antics of the employees of
Maplin’s holiday camp in the BBC
comedy Hi-de-Hi! which attracted as many
as 20 million viewers.
The hit sitcom was shot in Warner's
Holiday Camp, in Dovercourt, which
doubled up as the fictional holiday camp
Maplins.
Over the weekend, the Harwich Museum
played host to several of the famous
faces who starred in the show, including
Su Pollard, David Webb, Vince Rayner, and
Charles Garland.
Su has recorded a podcast
with Benjy Harlow - Benjy's
Cafe Podcast -
discuss the joy of making people happy,
having fun & embracing new
opportunities. This episode is available
from Tuesday wherever you listen to your
podcasts (and also airing on Liverpool's
Riverside Radio).
•
Watch a short preview at Instagram by
clicking below.
21.04.2024:
Su On The Radio: Obsessions/BBC R4
Su is guesting on an
upcoming episode of BBC Radio 4's Obsessions.
The series has been resurrected, after
previously being fronted by Joe Lycett
2018 to 2020, and will now be hosted by
Ivo Graham. Recording for the new series
begins in late April Broadcast info will
be posted when known.
21.04.2024:
Events: Royal Windsor Horse Show 2024
Su has been confirmed as a
weekend guest at The Royal Windsor
Horse Show, with Debbie Wiseman and
Alan Titchmarsh at The Hub. The event
runs from 1st to 5th May, and Su will be
in attendance on the 4th and 5th.
•
Ticket info is available here or
by clicking below.
21.04.2024:
Radio: You Heard It Here First/BBC R4
Su guested on the first
episode of the new series of BBC Radio
4's You Heard It Here First in
early April. Listen to the episode at BBC
Sounds/iPlayer
now.
Panel show in which Chris McCausland asks
Iain Stirling, Su Pollard, Alasdair
Beckett-King and Sophie Duker to live in
an audio world and decipher sound cues.
Su guested on the Mumbelievable
podcast with Sonia Beldom - A wonderful,
interesting and moving chat. Well worth a
listen...
• Listen at Amazon by
clicking below. Also available where you
get your podcasts!
21.04.2024:
Acting For Other: Golden Bucket Awards
2024
Su was a guest presenter at
Acting For Others' Golden Bucket
Awards 2024 on 11th April at the
Prince Of Wales Theatre, London.
21.04.2024:
Su On TV: Blankety Blank
Su has recently recorded
another episode of Blankety Blank
for future broadcast on BBC1 primetime
Saturday evening. Air date will be posted
when available.
21.04.2024:
Events: Frodsham Festival Of Walks
Su is taking part in Frodsham
Festival Of Walks' Walk 10 - An
Interview with Su Pollard, on Sunday 28th
April, beginning at 10am. Chatting about Pilgrimage
and more.
21.04.2024:
Events: British Music Hall Society's Day
By The Sea
As previously reported, Su
became the first female President of The
British Music Hall Society in late
2023.
Su is guesting at British Music Hall
Society's Day By The Sea - As the
President of BMHS - on Saturday 1st June
at Eastbourne Hippodrome. Below is a
detail from the fab cover of TBMHS
official journal, The Call Boy,
featuring great photos of Su.
Su chats theatre in the
latest episode of the Pink
Podcast,
along with Alexis Gregory and Chloe
Nelkin. Listen to this fascinating
discussion by clicking below.
05.10.2023:
Su In Panto - Snow White In Bournemouth
Su will reprise her Wicked
Queen in panto this Christmas at the
Bournemouth Pavilion in Snow White
& The Seven Dwarfs... Info and
ticket links available by clicking below.
05.10.2023:
Su Announced As President Of BMHS
Following in the footsteps
of some fabulous entertainers, including
wonderful Paul O'Grady, Su has been
announced as the new President of The
British Music Hall Society.
The British Music Hall Society is
delighted to announce that Su Pollard has
agreed to become our new President.
Su Pollard said: ‘I am delighted to
be asked to take on the role of
President. I will do my utmost to help
keep the traditions of music hall and
variety alive through this wonderful
organisation'.
Chairman of the British Music Hall
Society (“BMHS”) Dean Caston
said: ‘We are thrilled that Su has
agreed to become out first female
President! I am confident that she will
be a great advocate for our Society and
carry out the role with passion and
commitment.’
Congratulations
to Su on receiving her Outstanding
Achievement award this week at The
Pantomime Awards 2023.
The
Pantomime Awards organisers said:
"Su Pollard was
honoured with the Outstanding Achievement
Award for her many decades of passion and
commitment to treading the boards in
pantomimes around the country."
Su attended the ceremony as
a guest on Wednesday and was surprised at
the end of the ceremony when host,
Christopher Biggins, announced that the
Outstanding Achievement award was going
to... Su Pollard!
Watch the video of
highlights
from the evening, including Su's surprise
at the ammouncement, and also receiving
her award.
There has been a deluge of
congratulations and well done messages
from many at Instagram. Su thanked
everyone via an Instagram story (above)
and special post.
It's
been a busy few weeks for Su,
particularly the past week, with a lot of
press, television and radio appearances,
mostly in anticipation of the premiere of
the first episode of Pilgrimage: The
Road Through Portugal.
Last Sunday (2nd April) Su guested on Sunday
Brunch on Channel 4, chatting and
enjoying some great food throughout the
three-and-a-half-hour show. Su also made
a return appearance to James Whale's show
on Talk TV.
On
Thursday evening Su guested on BBC1's The One
Show,
alongside her Pilgrimage friends
Bobby Seagull and Rita Simons. Also
guesting was Jeff Goldblum.
During the week Su also did a number of
radio interviews, including BBC Radio
Northampton and BBC Radio Scotland, on Sunday
Morning With Cathy Macdonald -
Listen at BBC Sounds.
On Friday morning Su guested on Good
Morning Britain,
the first of three TV appearances that
day. Later she made her second visit to The
Weakest Link -
having previously been on the legendary
quiz show 20 years earlier when it was
then hosted by Anne Robinson - coming a
very respectable fourth in the
competition, which aired on BBC1 prime
time.
• BBC:
Pilgrimage is back! Seven celebrities
take on a challenging journey through
Portugal for brand new BBC Two and
iPlayer series: Seven well known
personalities of differing faiths and
beliefs head off on a personal journey
along the northern route of the Fatima
Way in Portugal - Continue...
• Radio Times: Su
Pollard, Rita Simons and Shane Lynch
reveal what a journey of discovery to
Portugal meant to them: Pilgrimage: the
Road through Portugal Good Friday 9.00pm
BBC2 - Continue...
• Radio Times:
Pilgrimage star reveals they accidentally
stayed in a "swingers" hotel:
Pilgrimage star Su Pollard is one of the
celebrities who undertook the route
through Portugal for the show's 2023
season - Continue...
• Yahoo!:
Pilgrimage to return as Vicky Pattison,
Shane Lynch and Su Pollard explore their
faith - Continue...
• Wales Online: Su
Pollard, Bobby Seagull, Vicky Pattison,
Rita Simons and Shane Lynch on Pilgrimage
– The Road Through Portugal: Set
over three episodes, the show sees the
group hike 364km over 15 days - Continue...
02.04.2023:
Daily Star - New Su Interview
Su
Pollard is 'living life for her pal Ruth
Madoc' after tragic death of Hi-de-Hi
star
Hi-de-Hi! stars Su Pollard and Ruth
Madoc were best friends for 40 years,
though sadly Ruth passed away last year.
Though Su is determined to live her life
in memory of her pal
Su Pollard is living life to the fullest
in honour of late pal Ruth Madoc.
The Hi-de-Hi! legends were friends for
more than 40 years. So when Ruth, who
played yellowcoat Gladys Pugh in the
sitcom, died aged 79 last December, it
made her take stock.
Su, who starred as cleaner Peggy, vividly
remembers the moment she heard the news.
She told the Daily Star Sunday: “It
was ever such a shock. It was terrible. I
was about to do panto and I got a phone
call to say Ruth had broken her leg.
“I found out what hospital she was
in and I phoned her. And then a few days
later she was gone."
Pilgrimage
- The Road Through Portugal: BBC2: Friday
7th April 9pm Series 5, Episode 1. Seven well
known personalities with differing faiths
and beliefs, meet in northern Portugal to
tackle a modern-day Catholic pilgrimage.
Taking part are actresses Su Pollard and
Rita Simons, Shane Lynch of Boyzone fame,
reality TV star Vicky Pattison, TV
personality Bobby Seagull, comedian Nabil
Abdulrashid and Paralympian skier Millie
Knight.
02.04.2023:
Su on Sunday Brunch
Su guested on this morning's
Sunday Brunch. Here's a snapshot
from the show.
15.03.2023:
Su On The Radio: For Better Or For Worse
For Better Or For Worse,
the radio sitcom, originally first
broadcast in 1993 on BBC Radio 2,
starring Su and Gorden Kaye, is currently
re-airing on BBC Radio 4
Extra.
• NB: Su has a number of upcoming TV
appearances, including the, aforementiond
and still to air, Weakest Link,
There are several others which she has
already filmed/recorded but info is
currently embargoed.
28.02.2023:
Su On Talk Sport
Su
guested on Talk Sport's Hawksbee and
Jacob's Daily earlier this month.
the podcast of the full show is available
to listen to online.
LVP At The NCP ft. Su Pollard
Paul Hawksbee and Charlie Baker bring you
a bumper podcast episode.
Including
journeyman boxer Lewis van Poetsch, Dean
Holden and Tracey Leaburn from Charlton
Athletic, Grimsby supporting comedian
Lloyd Griffith and sitcom royalty Su
Pollard!
10.12.2022:
Su On Christmas TV - Festive House Of
Games
Su is guesting, for five
consecutive evenings, on the Christmas
specials of Richard Osman's Festive
House Of Games. Airing on BBC2 in
the lead up to Christmas week.
Su and, her panto co-star,
Mark Labbett (from ITV's The Chase)
lit up Christmas in Middlewich last
weekend. See photos at Instagram
and read press reports at Northwich
& Winford Guardian,
and Yahoo News.
10.12.2022:
Car Boot Carole / Xanadu Films
In celebration of Su's
birthday, Xanadu Films made Car Boot
Carole - filmed in October 2022 -
available to watch at their website.
They said: "Following Ted's Shed
earlier this year (performed by Tommy
Cannon) we have another similar piece,
this time performed by the wonderful Su
Pollard".
21.09.2022:
Fairy Su in Jack And The Beanstalk This
Christmas!
Su's panto for Christmas
2022 has just been announced. It's Jack
And The Beanstalk at Northwich
Memorial Court. Please click below for
further info and ticket booking.
02.09.2022:
Oxford Mail: Didcot Food Festival 2022
Su
is opening the Didcot Food Festival on
Saturday 24th September, the first day of
the two day event.
Didcot Food Festival 2022
returning next month
An annual food festival is returning next
month to Didcot.
The Didcot Food Festival will take place
in the civic hall in Britwell Road from
10am to 4pm on Saturday, September 24 and
Sunday, September 25.
It is organised by Great British Bake Off
quarter-finalist, Christine Wallace, and
features over 50 exhibitors of fine food,
drink, street food and skills demos.
There will be a line-up of chefs from
Great British Bake Off, Masterchef and
local hotels and restaurants to feature
in the “great demonstration
theatre”.
A
museum enjoyed a weekend of fun as it
celebrated its first anniversary in style
with notable names in attendance.
Harwich Museum celebrated its first
birthday on Sunday, August 21, with an
eventful day including stalls, raffles, a
tombola and talks.
The festivities began on Friday with a
coffee morning that was busy and well
supported. Lisa Cowley, office
administrator at the museum, said:
“The celebration was a fun day and
we all dressed up in Victorian swimwear
to fit the theme.
“Shanty singers were present and
Sandra Rogers played her accordion which
was great.”
“Su Pollard finally made it down to
the museum and she was hilarious. She is
just like you expect her to be but is so
down to earth and lovely.”
• Continue reading at the Daily
Gazette,
where you can also browse a gallery of
photos from the event.
A
selection of recent Su interviews and
press, mostly relating to the upcoming Oh...
And Another Thing... An Evening With Su
Pollard tour.
•
BBC Radio Hereford &
Worcester: Andrew Easton Show:
The one and only Su Pollard - Andrew
Easton chats to Su ahead of her
appearance at the Swan in Worcester in
June! - Listen to
the interview here...
• Peterborough Today:
A chance to say 'Hi-De-Hi' to Su Pollard
at a Peterborough theatre - I resisted
the temptation to greet Su Pollard with a
“Hi-De-Hi” when she answered
the phone for our chat with a friendly
"hello", but it is fair to say
she wouldn't have been altogether taken
aback if I had - Continue
reading...
• Mansfield News Journal:
Su Pollard coming to Mansfield Palace
Theatre - Continue
reading...
• Craven Herald:
Enjoy an 'evening with Su Pollard' at
Settle Victoria Hall - Continue
reading...
• Worcester News:
Su Pollard is coming for a performance in
Worcester in June - Continue
reading...
• Didcot Food Festival 2022:
Su is "Star Opener" of this
year's festival on Saturday 24th
September - Further
info here...
05.06.2022:
Oh... And Another Thing... Tour Resumes!
Su is hitting the road again
this week for the second leg of, her very
well-received, Oh... And Another
Thing... An Evening With... It's a
busy June for Su, with 12 dates beginning
on Wednesday at Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts
Centre & Theatre.
• Please click below for all the
tour dates and ticket links..
05.06.2022:
Su On TV: Celebrity Antiques/Shocking
Moments
Celebrity Antiques
Road Trip: Quest: Wednesday 8th June: 1pm
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Really:
Monday 13th June: 11am Ruth Madoc and Su Pollard.
Series 6, episode 3. Two famous faces
from the world of stage and television,
Ruth Madoc and Su Pollard, head out on
the road to Congleton, Cheshire, to go
antique hunting with Phil Serrell and Raj
Bisram. Ruth finds out more about a
famous 19th-century nurse, and Su visits
the ancient Roman town of Caerleon.
Most
Shocking Celebrity Moments: Channel 5:
Sunday 12th June: 10.55pm 1980s. Series 1, episode 1. A
countdown of celebrity scandals that
defined the decade, from Madonna's
arrival on the pop scene to doomed royal
relationships, the glamour of Dallas and
the wobbly sets of Crossroads. Featuring
first-hand insight from those who were
there, including 80s icons Sinitta,
Sonya, Jay Aston, Su Pollard, Nathan
Moore and Paul Robinson himself - Stefan
Dennis.
It's
been a busy few weeks for Su,
particularly the past week, with a lot of
press, television and radio appearances,
mostly in anticipation of the premiere of
the first episode of Pilgrimage: The
Road Through Portugal.
There's
been a lot of press, with more to come,
in the build up to the premiere of the
first episode of Pilgrimage - The
Road Through Portugal. (Photos ©
BBC)
