01-05-2024, 01:41 PM
Off-topic but sad news to report - Wally Scott, Billy Butler’s sidekick on Radio Merseyside and Radio City, died last night after a long illness.
Of course, Hold Your Plums is their lasting legacy - and it’s probably just a little harder nowadays to explain just how big it was in Liverpool, the North West, North Wales etc on a Sunday morning.
But Wally was first and foremost a producer. He was part of the Radio City launch team in 1974, producing the likes of Bill Shankly and even Alan Bleasdale (for his character, Scully, which went onto become a Channel 4 series)
Both Billy and Wally did return to City for a while among other things and they were still doing theatre shows together till fairly recently.
He’ll be missed. RIP.
www.bbc.co.uk
Of course, Hold Your Plums is their lasting legacy - and it’s probably just a little harder nowadays to explain just how big it was in Liverpool, the North West, North Wales etc on a Sunday morning.
But Wally was first and foremost a producer. He was part of the Radio City launch team in 1974, producing the likes of Bill Shankly and even Alan Bleasdale (for his character, Scully, which went onto become a Channel 4 series)
Both Billy and Wally did return to City for a while among other things and they were still doing theatre shows together till fairly recently.
He’ll be missed. RIP.
www.bbc.co.uk