Re: [sumo] oshi-dashi'd message (Channel 4)

[ulli_clive.kewell@t-online.de (Clive Kewell)]

Doreen Simmons schrieb:
> At 7:57 PM +0100 04.4.7, Alex Ferguson wrote:
> >On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:11:10AM +0900, Doreen Simmons wrote:
> >> I thought this was well understood by now. Channel 4  gave up their
> >> segmented coverage of the Aki basho (not aired until the following January
> >> and February),  as soon as NHK started live coverage of every day. In any
> >> case, the knowledgeable Lyall Watson dropped out after two years, and they
> >> replaced him with a popular character actor.
> >
> >Interesting, don't think I saw those.  Who was the actor?
>
> Brian Blessed, if memory serves.
>

Who was in fact a black belt in judo or karate or both, unless I´m much 
mistaken,

Clive
PS Incidentally Brian Blessed spent alot time producing and performing 
productions of Goldoni´s plays. (I bet that excited you all !)

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