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remembering Jon Pertwee on his birthday, 7th July 1919. Jon played Luis Silverado in A Torch for Silverado.#OffbeatDetectives #ClassicTV #ClassicUKTV #BringBackVirtualMurder #ReleaseVirtualMurder #RepeatVirtualMurder #VirtualMurder #JonPertwee
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July 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Happy Birthday Helen Lederer, aka Meriel Connors, from Meltdown to Murder! Helen is a well known actor, writer and comedian having appeared in numerous films and TV including Absolutely Fabulous
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September 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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celebrating RONALD FRASER on the anniversary of his death on 13th March 1997. Having starred in a string of British cinema hits, he later appeared in Doctor Who and as Van Helsing in A Dream of Dracula for Virtual Murder
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March 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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celebrating Paddie O'Neill OBE. In Virtual Murder, she played Marcella in A Torch for Silverado but you may not know she was married Alfred Marks! (Zeff in A Dream of Dracula)! #PutVirtualMurderOnIplayer #VirtualMurder #BringBackVirtualMurder #PaddieONeil
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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24th July 1992 saw the broadcast of the first episode of Virtual Murder on BBC1
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July 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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celebrating Virtual Murder's executive producer Barry Hanson, on the anniversary of his birthday!
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August 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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celebrating Paddie O'Neil on her birthday. Paddie played Marcella alongside Jon Pertwee in A Torch for Silverado. She was married to Alfred Marks who played Prof. Zeff in A Dream of Dracula. She received an OBE in 1976.
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May 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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happy birthday to Louise Beattie! well known for roles in Emmerdale and Naked Video, she starred as Amanda in A Bone To Pick
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September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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celebrating Margaret Rose Mount, better known as Peggy Mount on her birthday. Peggy played Mrs Weaver in A Dream of Dracula and had received an OBE in 1996
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May 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Celebrating Virtual Murder series co-creator and producer Brian Degas, born on this day 2nd October in 1935. Brian also created the classic wartime series Colditz as well as writing for The Saint and Barbarella #BringBackVirtualMurder #VirtualMurder #PutVirtualMurderOnIplayer #BrianDegas
October 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Happy Birthday to Cindy O Callaghan! Well known for her starring role in Disney's Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Cindy played Patsy, sharing a dance with Jon Pertwee, in A Torch for Silverado #CindyOCallaghan #ReleaseVirtualMurder #BringBackVirtualMurder #VirtualMurder #PutVirtualMurderOnIplayer
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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celebrating Brian Gwaspari on his birthday! As well as Specials (BBC, 1991), Brian starred in The Gentle Touch with fellow Virtual Murder guest Jill Gascoine. Brian played Simon Chamberlain in Meltdown to Murder
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April 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Tim Preece is well known for appearances in Dr Who and The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin. In Virtual Murder, he portrays Prof. Wilbur Gutteridge in Dreams Imagic #offbeatdetectives #BringBackVirtualMurder #RepeatVirtualMurder #ReleaseVirtualMurder #VirtualMurder #NicholasClay #TimPreece
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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celebrating John Boswall on his birthday! He played Prof. Humber in A Bone to Pick. He had a varied career including roles in Sapphire & Steel, 1984, The Wind in the Willows and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest
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May 2, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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remembering Hywel Bennett on the anniversary of his death on this day in 2017. Well known for his leading role in the sitcom Shelley, he played Harold Bingham in A Bone to Pick.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Celebrating Alfred Marks on his Birthday. Born Alfred Touchinsky, he appeared in a variety of TV and movies. In Virtual Murder, he played the dramatic Professor Zeff in A Dream of Dracula
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January 28, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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Julia Foster was well known for starring in the musical Half A Sixpence alongside Tommy Steele. in Virtual Murder: Meltdown To Murder, she portrayed Carol Bolitho #VirtualMurder #ReleaseVirtualMurder #RepeatVirtualMurder #BringBackVirtualMurder #offbeatdetectives #juliaFoster
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August 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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I don't have all the birthdays etc of cast and crew but will celebrate ALL of their contributions to the series.
We celebrate the series' technical advisers. you can read what Dr HOLLIN has to say about the series in the upcoming book! #BringBackVirtualMurder #DrCliveHollin
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July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Happy Birthday Philip Martin! He didn't just write the episode "Meltdown to Murder", he's an actor and made a cameo appearance as Giles Bern.
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July 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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So another interview for the Virtual Murder Celebration Book!! #ClassicTV #ClassicUKTV #BringBackVirtualMurder #ReleaseVirtualMurder #RepeatVirtualMurder #VirtualMurder #ATorchForSilverado
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June 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM