Yesterday's
edition of The Paul O'Grady
Show, which includes a guest
appearance from Su, is now
available to watch online (UK
residents only) at ITV Player. It remains there
for the next six days. It's also
available at STV Player for those of you in
Scotland.
.Su on
TV: The Paul O'Grady Show TODAY!
Tuesday
26th November, 2013
Just a
quick reminder that Su guests on The
Paul O'Grady Show this
evening on ITV. The programme
airs at 5pm and will also be on
ITV +1 at 6pm. Post broadcast it
will also be available to UK
viewers at ITV Player. Su previously
guested on Paul's chat show in
December 2007, as part of a Hi-de-Hi!
reunion and earlier that year to
promote Menopause The Musical!
.3 News
/ Su Interview
Monday
25th November, 2013
Another new
interview with Su, this one from 3 News: Su Pollard
shares her favourite scenes in
Annie the Musical, and the truth
behind her character, Miss
Hannigan! Click below to
watch.
• Su on
the Radio: Su will be
popping up on BBC Radio 2 over
Christmas, in a new panto
documentary, Oh Yes It Is,
presented by Barbara Windsor.
Here are a couple of press
reports which mention it:
• The Stage:
Glee’s Matthew Morrison to
present BBC Radio 2 Broadway
special: The documentary forms
part of Radio 2’s Christmas
highlights, which also includes
Oh Yes It Is – a programme
fronted by Barbara Windsor which
explores the British institution
of pantomime. Windsor will look
at the origins of pantomime in
the 18th and 19th centuries and
will talk to celebrities
including the Krankies and Su
Pollard about their experiences
working in the genre. The
documentary will be broadcast on
Christmas Day at 10pm - Continue
reading...
• BBC News:
Dame Edna to host show on Radio 2
festive schedule: Former
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor
will research the origins of
pantomime in the 18th and 19th
Centuries and will talk to guests
including The Krankies, Su
Pollard and Stu Francis - Continue
reading...
• Jemm Three:
Su guested on yesterday's Sunday
Brunch show on Jemm Three,
being interviewed by Tim
McCarthur. The station's website
has a Listen Again page so, no doubt,
the interview will be made
available there at some point.
.Good
Morning / TV One: Su Interview
Saturday
23rd November, 2013
Su guested
on Good Morning on 'TV
One' in New Zealand yesterday: British
funny woman Su Pollard is on the
couch to talk about her role in
the hit musical Annie, coming to
Wellington in May 2014 and
Auckland in June 2014. View
the interview by clicking below.
.The
Edge: UK Stars Hit The Stage For
Annie
Wednesday
20th November, 2013
A new interview with
Su is included in this article,
on Annie heading to New
Zealand, by The Edge.
Best known in New Zealand for her
breakthrough performance as the
daffy Peggy on Hi-de-Hi!, English
comedy actress and singer Su
Pollard is heading to New Zealand
next year to play the villainous
Miss Hannigan in Annie, joined by
a colourful cast of UK stage and
screen stars. By Josie Campbell.
Su Pollard will head up a stellar
cast of well-known faces from
classic British sitcoms, TV
dramas and West End shows, when
Annie comes to The Civic next
year. David McAlister (Dr Who,
Hollyoaks, Miss Marple, The
Mousetrap) will play the kindly
billionaire businessman Oliver
‘Daddy’ Warbucks;
Frazer Hines, best known as Joe
Sugden in Emmerdale for 22 years,
and with 117 episodes of Dr Who
to his credit, will play former
US President Franklin D
Roosevelt.
'My Hi-De-High Life:
Before, During and After Su
Pollard', Peter Keogh's fantastic
autobiography from Apex
Publishing, is available NOW at Amazon
Kindle. You can also
preview a selection of pages from
the book at Amazon.
The name Peter Keogh may not
be instantly recognisable to many
people but he was married to one
of the most popular British
comedy actresses of the 1980s, Su
Pollard...
The book is already receiving
great reviews, and is a must read
for fans of Su, fans of great
life stories and fans of a really
good read. 'My Hi-De-High Life:
Before, During and After Su
Pollard' has forewords by, among
others, the legendary Debbie
Reynolds:
• Peter Keogh's book is
sensational reading. He has led a
remarkable life and has made many
lasting frienships. Peter is
loved by so many, including me. Debbie
Reynolds
• Peter's book is a fun and
insightful read. If I had one
reservation it's that I'm not in
it enough, but living with him
for seven years was a roller
coaster of a ride. To know Peter
is to love him. John
Frost
• What a great and
empowering read. I was racing to
the next adventure with a fixed
smile of joy and delight in this
spirited, brave and loving
memoir. This is Peter's 'yellow
brick road' - a lion with courage
from the beginning. Tina
Bursill
• Experience
Nottinghamshire: In
Notts we love to celebrate
Christmas!: Peter Pan, Theatre
Royal Nottingham - 7th December
2013 – 12th January 2014:
Put the date in your diary for
the magnificent adventures of
J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan.
This year’s swashbuckling
line-up features international
star David Hasselhoff,
children’s TV favourite
Barney Harwood and
Nottingham-born entertainer Su
Pollard - Continue
reading...
• Su in New Zealand:
As well as the numerous other
radio and televsion interviews
already mentioned on this News
page, Su guested on Canterbury TV
on 15th November. If the footage
become available online we will
point you in its direction.
• Hi-de-Hi! The
Complete Collection:
Those very generous folk at
Playback Universal have given Su
Online one of the fantastic new
DVD box sets to give away as the
prize in a competition. Check
back soon to enter.
.The
Coast: Brian Kelly Interviews Su
Tuesday
19th November, 2013
Su was interviewed
by Brian Kelly on his radio show
on 'The Coast' at the weekend. Su
talked about her previous visits
to New Zealand, Annie,
'Starting Together', and even
found time to share some beauty
tips.
Su Pollard Talks to Brian
Kelly
We got to know her here in New
Zealand as Peggy Ollerenshaw in
the TV series Hi-de-Hi. Su
Pollard is returning to New
Zealand next year to star in the
stage musical Annie. She talks to
Brian Kelly about her amazing
career.
• Listen to, and watch, the
interview online here.
.Classic
Hits: Jase & Dave Interview
Su
Tuesday
19th November, 2013
Su was interviewed
by Jase & Dave on their
'Classic Hits' show in New
Zealand at the end of last week.
Su talks Hi-de-Hi!, Annie
and much more.
Jase and Dave Catch Up
With Su Pollard from Hi De Hi!
Jase & Dave catch up with
star of 80's Sitcom Hi-de Hi -
Sue Pollard! She chats about what
went on behind-the-scenes of the
show, her new show Annie coming
to NZ next year ..& why she
was crowned Rear of the Year!
Su was interviewed
by Tim Fookes on his 'Newstalk
ZB' radio show last Friday (15th
November).
Su talked about
bringing Annie to New
Zealand next year, confirming she
won't be playing Annie or Grace
Farrel in the show, working with
David Croft and Jimmy Perry on Hi-de-Hi!,
UK sitcoms, appearing in Benidorm,
her career and much more.
Su Pollard: Annie is
coming to town
Tim Fookes catches up with
British actor Su Pollard about
her role in the muscial Annie
which is coming to Wellington
next May.
Su was interviewed
by Chris Lynch on his 'Newstalk
ZB' radio show Sunday
Breakfast. Su talked about a
previous visit to Christchurch,
New Zealand with The Good Sex
Guide Revue, her personal
career highlight, bringing Annie
to New Zealand next year, her
career and much more.
Chris Lynch with Su
Pollard
British theatre/TV icon Su
Pollard talks to Newstalk ZB's
Chris Lynch about the show she
will star in called... Annie
.The
Dominion Post: Hi de Hi! Star
Lives Life With A Ho de Ho
Response
Tuesday
19th November, 2013
It was too tempting
to resist when she spotted Hi de
Hi! star Su Pollard sipping tea
at a Wellington cafe.
"Hi de hi," Helen Chell
said leaning in, apologetically
interrupting this interview.
Pollard's reaction was instant:
"Ho de ho."
Those of the right age will
recognise the exchange as the
catchphrase said to campers at a
fictional campground in the
popular British comedy Hi de Hi!.
Pollard, the star of the
long-running sitcom, in which she
played Peggy Ollerenshaw, is in
town to promote Annie, the
touring British stage show she
stars in, which is coming to
Wellington next year. But despite
Hi de Hi! wrapping in 1988 after
eight years, all roads lead back
to it and, particularly "Hi
de hi, ho de ho."
The greeting - and response - has
become part of Pollard's
day-to-day life, but a part she
takes with joy.
.Hi-de-Hi!
The Complete Collection: 2013 DVD
Box Set
Sunday
17th November, 2013
Playback have just
released a new DVD box set, 'Hi-de-Hi!
The Complete Collection',
for 2013. Featuring every episode
of the hit sitcom, across nine
series, on 13 discs. Of course a
previous complete DVD set (now
out of print) was available, also
released by Playback in November
2009, though this new collection
is in a re-designed box.
According to reports this box set
also has new menu screens and
subtitles on all series (rather
than only S3-9 as stated on the
box), and may contain slightly
different versions of episodes
previously released on DVD.
*Although Su Online cannot
confirm any of this info at
present.*
Welcome to Maplin's,
Britain's favourite holiday camp,
where the sun-drenched summer
never ends. Here we find our
heroic Yellow Coats involved in
all kinds of jolly japes and
comic capers, in the chalets, in
the Hawaiian Ballroom and all
around the Olympic-sized swimming
pool. So roll up your trousers
and get those knobbly knees out,
it's time for a complete season
of fun and frolics - come on
campers, Hi-De-Hi!
Starring: Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc,
Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland,
Simon Cadell & David Griffin.
• View further details on
this new release at Amazon.
.Su
Online News Archive: June/July
2013
Sunday
17th November, 2013
Su news for
June and July 2013 has now been
archived. Visit our News Archive here.
.Su and
Maggie Say "Cheers" To
You All!
Saturday
16th November, 2013
• Thanks to Rob Cope
A wonderful
photo, taken in only the last day
or so in Auckland, New Zealand,
of Su and Aussie acting legend
Maggie Kirkpatrick. The ladies
met up for a chat over a glass of
wine and send everyone visiting
Su's site in the UK, and
everywhere else for that matter,
a huge HELLO! Please click on the
photo to view a larger version.
.Su on
TV: The Paul O'Grady Show
Friday
15th November, 2013
Su guests next week
on The Paul O'Grady Show
on ITV. The tea time chat show
has been resurrected after being
offscreen for four years.
The Paul
O'Grady Show: ITV
Tuesday 26th November: 5.00pm
Paul O'Grady hosts the talk show
that is guaranteed to liven up
teatime with celebrity chat, the
world's biggest music stars,
spectacular stunts and
heart-warming surprises. Paul's
guests include Hi-de-Hi legend Su
Pollard and magician Dynamo.
Music comes from Alison Moyet.
.Breakfast
/ TVNZ: Su Interview
Friday
15th November, 2013
A new
interview with Su from TVNZ's Breakfast,
the morning show which airs in
New Zealand Miss Hannigan
from the musical Annie: Hi
De Hi! star Su Pollard is in
Auckland ahead of her starring
role as Miss Hannigan in the
stage musical… Please
click on the screen cap below to
watch the interview at the TVNZ
website.
.The
Press: Glassy-Eyed Dynamic Duo
Friday
15th November, 2013
British songstress
and comedy actress Su Pollard is
in Christchurch, but her aim is
to help people in the Pacific
Islands.
Pollard spent yesterday with
Ferrymead Lions Club member Andy
Blakie as the pair inspected
glasses for flaws at the club's
recycling centre.
The club has, since 1987, been
collecting old glasses,
sterilising them and
recalibrating them, to be sent to
the organisation Volunteer
Opthalmologist Services Overseas
for redistribution to people with
poor eyesight in the Pacific
Islands.
Pollard, who is best known for
her roles in British sitcoms
Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?,
is in New Zealand promoting the
tour of the British production of
the musical Annie.
.Burton
Mail: Su Pollard Gets Ready To
Panto With David 'The Hoff'
Hasselhoff
Sunday
10th November, 2013
A new interview with
Su, published on Thursday, by the
Burton Mail.
Su Pollard knows a thing or two
about pantomime – oh yes she
does!
The comedienne been treading the
panto boards for almost 40 years,
only taking a couple of years out
when other commitments came
along.
“I love to do panto every
year,” says the funny woman
– and trust me, she is
funny. She had me giggling away
and chatted to me as if she had
known me for years. “I
started out from a fairy –
but that was boring. I just stood
there with a wand.”
Su Pollard says Hi-de-Hi
to Nottingham as Mimi the Mermaid
in Peter Pan pantomime
Nottingham’s Theatre Royal
will be welcoming the city’s
very own veteran star of stage
and screen when it opens this
year’s pantomime - Su
Pollard.
Peter Pan will be prancing into
swashbuckling action in this fun
translation of the JM Barrie
classic tale of the boy who can
fly and never ages. It seems the
same can be said of Su Pollard
who it seems that after 40 years
in showbusiness is still flying
high and maintaining her original
quirky style and quick humour.
Still remembered most fondly for
her role as chalet maid Peggy in
Hi-de-Hi, Su is preparing for her
move back to Nottingham for the
panto season ahead but isn’t
afraid to look back on her time
as the TV favourite.
"I look back on Hi-de-Hi
with fondness,” explained
Su. “It’s great to be
well-remembered and loved for a
part and it is a show that people
continue to enjoy.!
• Nutckracker
on Ice: Su attended The
Nutcracker On Ice press
night at the London Palladium
last Friday. View a photo of her
at Contact
Music...
• Ideal Home
Magazine: Su's panto for
Christmas 2013, Peter Pan,
received a mention in the
December issue of 'Ideal Home'
magazine. View at
Twitter...
• Regional Mag:
Peter Pan: The Theatre Royal
Nottingham announces a
star-studded cast for the
region’s biggest pantomime,
Peter Pan, which runs from
Saturday 7 December 2013 to
Sunday 12 January 2014 - Continue
reading...
.Su
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
Wednesday
23rd October, 2013
• Ripley
& Heanor News: Tick
Tock for The Hoff: The Theatre
Royal Nottingham has announced a
star-studded cast for the
region’s biggest pantomime,
Peter Pan, which runs from
Saturday December 7 to Sunday,
January 12, 2014 - Continue
reading...
• British Theatre
Guide: Hoff is highlight
of Nottingham winter season:
Peter Pan, featuring
international superstar David
Hasselhoff, Nottingham’s own
Su Pollard and children’s TV
presenter Barney Harwood, is the
highlight of the winter season at
Nottingham’s Theatre Royal
and Royal Concert Hall - Continue
reading...
• Scoop Independent
News: Annie Heads to New
Zealand in 2014: Everyone’s
favourite little red-headed
orphan is New Zealand-bound. The
acclaimed UK production of ANNIE
– one of the best-loved
musicals of all time - will play
in Wellington from 23 May 2014 at
the St James Theatre, and in
Auckland from 13 June at The
Civic for a strictly limited
season - Continue
reading...
• 3News
Entertainment: Annie
heading for New Zealand: A host
of British actors have already
been cast in the international
production, which will play in
Wellington and Auckland from May
next year. They include Su
Pollard (Hi-de-Hi's Peggy) as the
formidable Miss Hannigan and
David McAlister (Dr Who) as
Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks - Continue
reading...
• Ticketmaster New
Zealand: Annie: This
dazzling production features a
host of familiar faces from the
UK. Playing the devious Miss
Hannigan is Britain's hilarious
star of stage and TV screen Su
Pollard (Hi-de-Hi!), while David
McAlister, a veteran of the West
End stage - Continue
reading...
.Maplins
& Meldrum @ Twitter!
Wednesday
23rd October, 2013
Just launched - A
new Twitter feed for all things Hi-de-Hi!
and You Rang, M'Lord?
Classic BBC comedies from the
pens of Jimmy Perry OBE and David
Croft OBE. Follow here.
Exclusive news has already been
tweeted: Perry and Croft
retrospectives heading to BBC TV
next year. Four half hour
programmes covering Dad's
Army, It Ain't Half Hot
Mum, Hi-de-Hi! and You
Rang, M'Lord?
.Su
Online News Archive: May 2013
Wednesday
23rd October, 2013
Su news for
May 2013 has now been archived.
Visit our News Archive here.
.Annie:
The Sun'll Come Out... in 2014!
Sunday
13th October, 2013
Su is
heading Down Under again in 2014
to unleash her Miss Hannigan on
the good, theatre-going, folk of
New Zealand. New dates for Annie
have just been announced. Visit
the official show website by
clicking below.
Su guests next week
on The Paul O'Grady Show
on ITV. The tea time chat show
has been resurrected after being
offscreen for four years.
• Ripley
& Heanor News: Tick
Tock for The Hoff: The Theatre
Royal Nottingham has announced a
star-studded cast for the
region’s biggest pantomime,
Peter Pan, which runs from
Saturday December 7 to Sunday,
January 12, 2014 - 
