The Wine Tipster and Robert Hardy.

Yesterday I was compering at our Charlbury Street Fair and Robert Hardy was our celebrity guest for the grand opening. The celebrities who open the street fair always live in or close to the town – it should be a village really but we must abide by the town charter. We have had a starry roll call of thespians in recent years including Sir Ben Kingsley and Julia McKenzie. Robert had opened our street fair a decade ago and it was great to have him back. Yes, many of us remember him for playing Siegfried in All Creatures Great & Small, however check out his other roles which have included Churchill: The Wilderness Years, Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and Lord Caversham in An Ideal Husband. An impressive range and at 84 he is still working – not a potential member of BBC’s The Young Ones.
Robert Hardy was a popular choice yesterday and I’m popular with my Mum because I have his autograph!