Very different, and that's the challenge I adored. "Normally in this kind of series the mother and fatherĪre the safe and twee domestic backdrop, all very loving. "I wanted to address dysfunctional middle-aged couples," Meaty, angst- ridden scenes of tension and bitterness. Leading lady, but they are far from the usual cosy mum and dad ofĬountless suburban dramas. These two may be playing the middle-aged parents of the sexy young Type, with another veteran TV-comedy star, Andrew Sachs (Manuel fromįawlty Towers), also going straight as her eternally disapproving Prospective mother- in-law, Jean Pryce, a rather posh Welsh- valleys Twenty years on, and Ruth's new look has been specificallyĬreated for her role in Jack of Hearts. I'd already been in theīusiness for 12 years doing all sorts of different work." "People don't recognise me now until I open my Linked to her creation of holiday-camp yellowcoat Gladys Pugh, with Immediately recognisable, and - whether she likes it or not - forever And with that unmistakable Welsh purr, she is "Do you like it? Do you think it suits me?" she saysĬoquettishly, as she holds court with journalists at the press launch of When she appears in a noticeably different, straight dramatic role. Meanwhile one of his co-stars, Ruth Madoc, with her new, blondeĬoiffure, is making sure all those Hi- de-Hi memories will be banished Karaoke - a hobby he fully indulged when in Wales filming Jack of Keith helps raise money by charging people pounds 3 a go to sing To plant trees to combat the greenhouse effect. Is active with a number of charities including Future Forest, which aims Growing up in Wales - Keith has a wealth of experience to draw on forīut the man who is still a bit of a lad does have a caring side. Keith went on to date Ab Fab star Julia Sawalha before getting married earlier this year to TV producer Nira Park.Īnd having been on the wrong side of the law himself - he has twoĬonvictions for drink driving and went to borstal for theft while When his marriage to first wife Alison ended, she moved in with his The same could easily be said of Keith himself - a man who has I like him because he is entirely human. "He works in a tough environment and sometimes he brings that He may deal with cases ofĪbuse, with murderers, but he takes people as he finds them," says "I think he is a good probation officer because, unlike many Probation officer Jack Denby relies more on his instincts than theĪnd Allen believes that's why Jack is such a great success in Unlike the rough-diamond character he plays in Jack of Hearts, Jack Keith, who has starred in Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, theīBC's Martin Chuzzlewit and hit taxi series Roger Roger, is not His mate, `His name's not Fat Les', but he still went on, People would come up to me in the bar and say `Oi, Fat Les, do you On- screen girlfriend Suzanne (Anna Mountford) - into taking the Help Falling In Love and Chanson d'Amour," he says.Īllen has also regularly roused the rest of the cast - especially "My favourites are I've Got You Under My Skin, Can't Under the name Fat Les - was a hit last year, reveals he has more He says, reeling off a list of pubs where music can be made.īut the man whose unofficial World Cup anthem Vindaloo - released "I found I could sing Karaoke every night of the week," Keith found he was in the perfect place to Karaoke around the clock. Stars as a tough, irreverent probation officer with a vulnerable core, When he arrived there to start shooting Jack of Hearts, in which he Song, Keith Allen found himself in paradise - or Cardiff to the rest of Retrieved from įOR someone who loves nothing better than a bit of an old sing.
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