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featured narration by
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2392:"War of the Roses Details Brian Blessed DLC, Free Content and Kingmaker Gold Edition"
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whilst filming and said of the event, "I thought I'd killed the poor bastard."
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One of Blessed's earliest roles was that of PC "Fancy" Smith in the
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Sheherazade, or The Princess, the Pirate and the Baboon!
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Sheherazade or The Princess, the Pirate and the Baboon!
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Blessed played Long John Silver in the 10-part serial
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Blessed has completed 800 hours of space training at
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2826:"Brian Blessed Bids to be Cambridge Chancellor"
2272:"Pythia – Beneath the Veiled Embrace – Reviews"
1683:"Mexborough Theatre Guild: "Wuthering Heights""
1462:(1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury. p. 1.
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2119:"How We Met: Matt Dickinson and Brian Blessed"
1983:"KIKA & BOB :: submarine productions"
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511:episode Cygnus Alpha (1978) and Basileos in
335:(OBE) for services to the arts and charity.
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2852:"Brian Blessed | Week 08 | Cambridge Union"
2043:Grandma Dingley's Ingeniously Musical Tales
2010:"Brian Blessed new voice of TomTom Sat Nav"
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1731:"Brian Blessed: I turned down Doctor Who"
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469:(1969). He interpreted the role of King
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2885:(Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B11.
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2575:The International Who's Who 2004: 2004
2314:"The Ramona Flowers – If You Remember"
1637:– via British Newspaper Archive.
1357:for services to the arts and charity.
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343:Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at
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1144:Blessed served as President of the
672:(1980); the mad, comical figure of
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2450:"Brian Blessed's Radio Adventures"
2420:"Metal Hammer Golden Gods Winners"
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409:List of Brian Blessed performances
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2013:. Telegraph Media Group Limited.
1854:"Gerald Durrell's Lasting Legacy"
1545:"My family values: Brian Blessed"
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990:and released as an instalment of
860:for the stage musical version of
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2961:20th-century English male actors
2683:The Times & The Sunday Times
2652:"Hopefield Patrons and Trustees"
2603:Bradshaw, David (11 June 2022).
2218:Benedictus, Leo (29 July 2003).
1651:The International Who's Who 2004
1572:. 14 August 2014. Archived from
1233:Brian Blessed's Radio Adventures
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980:'s classical music composition
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2730:"Brian Blessed – My Yorkshire"
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463:(1967, 1969) and the original
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1622:"Boltonian Will Play Shylock"
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586:In 1981, Blessed appeared in
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2677:Scott, Danny (1 July 2017).
1458:Blessed, Brian (1992). "1".
951:(2008) and Grampy Rabbit in
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688:(1987), a BBC adaptation of
555:(1986), King Yrcanos in the
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2572:Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003).
1963:"Brian Blessed discography"
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3086:Explorers of South America
2220:"Why I Love Brian Blessed"
1910:"#7.4 The Last Video Show"
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3046:English male stage actors
3041:English male radio actors
3026:English male voice actors
2704:"The other Brian Blessed"
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1029:Everest climbers receive
1008:Kingdom Come: Deliverance
850:Royal Shakespeare Company
773:in 2002; he also did the
552:Return to Treasure Island
514:The Aphrodite Inheritance
250:television production of
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3071:English radio presenters
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2679:"My hols: Brian Blessed"
2278:. Encyclopaedia Metallum
1882:"Brian Blessed Web Chat"
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1412:Quest for the Lost World
1319:(awarded July 2003) and
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896:at the Grove Theatre in
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3091:Male actors from Surrey
3081:Explorers of the Arctic
3066:English polar explorers
3011:English game show hosts
3006:English autobiographers
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1399:To the Top of the World
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1194:Have I Got News for You
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1101:Suicide in the Trenches
978:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
863:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
842:Cambridge Film Festival
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3111:People from Mexborough
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1597:Absolute Pandemonium
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1393:Nothing's Impossible
1201:Downloadable content
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722:The Last Video Show.
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485:Yorkshire Television
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1184:A Question of Sport
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868:Christmas pantomime
823:Christian O'Connell
799:Focus on the Family
718:Serious Crime Squad
714:Detective Inspector
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588:Andrew Lloyd Webber
570:War and Remembrance
2922:TCM Movie Database
2882:The London Gazette
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2073:. Warhorse Studios
1987:www.kikaandbob.com
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825:Breakfast Show on
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417:television series
296:New London Theatre
145:(divorced)
3121:Virgin Radio (UK)
2783:. 30 January 2015
2757:. 21 January 2015
2589:978-1-85743-217-6
2400:. 1 February 2013
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1576:on 14 August 2014
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1062:Mount Kilimanjaro
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