UK Get-Together

[Cyberman]

I met him, twice. Once at a book signing at Waterstones in Birmingham and some years later at the NEC alongside Nicholas Courtney. The latter turned into a music hall skit.

[Darwinian]

The only 'famous' person I've ever met is Darth Vader. I refuse to count Fern Britton as famous...

[robvalue]

I met Craig Charles once, I went to a standup when he came to my university. It was great!

[downbeatplumb]

Right... this is getting complicated... you and downbeatplumb going to the London one and London being doable for rob, and stu going to the Birmingham one a month later and that being more convenient for Stimbo. And no idea yet if anyone else would be interested in going to either. How are we gonna organise this thing?

I know, I've just discovered one in Brighton as well

Brighton is do able by train and car much easier than the London one, when is it?

[Darwinian]

I know, I've just discovered one in Brighton as well

Brighton is do able by train and car much easier than the London one, when is it?

November.

[downbeatplumb]

I once spent a whole day with Gary Wilmott.
I was on a work experience thing for a company and he was the entertainment at our works fete, I was his goffer for the day along with the other trainees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJO_Z0WGTE
My wife walked directly into Keith Harris. The Orvill Guy in Fareham shopping precinct. Almost knocked him over.
Oh and I've met Camilla Parker-Bowles (Windsor) when she came to my work, my picture got in one of the naval magazines because I happened to be beside her when they took the photo.

[Cyberman]

I upset Carla Lane once. We were at some donkey sanctuary somewhere that she's the patron of, and I was queuing with friends at one of the tents. I had no idea why until after. There was a trestle table and a sign reading something like "Carla Lane says stop cruelty to donkeys", whereupon I said a little too loudly "someone needs to stop Carla Lane". In the sudden frozen silence, I became aware that the person sitting right in front of me and no more than a foot away was the lady herself, signing autographs. She pretended not to have heard me and carried on smiling, but it was rather a tight smile.

[Ben Davis]

I once met Miriam Stoppard. I went to school with her son, a boarder. When she came to collect him at the end of one term, I was introduced to her and she asked if I'd like an autograph. I said "Nah".

[StuW]

My most recent was Reeve Carney from Penny Dreadful at the London Comic Con earlier this year.


I'm hopefully going to be meeting Taryn Manning (Orange is the new black), Richard Madden (Game of thones) and Verne Troyer this saturday at the Blackpool Comic con

[emjay]

So... are we any closer to arranging something? Is everyone happy going to a comic con, if we can just agree on which one?