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To support Hospiscare’s month of coffee mornings, invite Judi and Gus along, or to find out more, visit hospiscare.co.uk or call 01392 688020. Since then it has become a worldwide emblem of pride and LGBT+ friendly areas. The red in the flag symbolises life, while orange signifies healing, yellow is for sunlight, green represents nature, blue stands for harmony and violet signifies spirit. During the TSW era, Gus was broadcast twice a day on weekdays (before and after Children's ITV), and usually once a day at weekends. The show usually lasted about 2 or 3 minutes per episode. From 1987 to 1990, TSW used to often opt out of showing the first and last Children's ITV in-vision continuity links of the day so it could fit in Gus' birthday slot on weekday afternoons. Who remembers Clive Gunnell and the magnificent Walking Westward series? A programme where he took us on a tour of our area, visiting different places and meeting different people.
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There were lots of presenters, and then Ian Stirling and I came along. He was a wonderful Scottish actor, had a great sense of humour, and we started to do some more ambitious things with Gus.” But Dr Alan Butler, co-director of Pride in Plymouth and Plymouth LGBT Archive coordinator says presenter Ian Stirling would use Mr Honeybun to send out secret coded messages to the LGBT+ community. Gay said: "I was faintly astonished when the work started to involve being a 'handler' for Gus. Being from upcountry, I'd had no idea how famous he was and how much he meant to children all over the region. Stirling, a stage actor originally from Fife, joined the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1974. He also appeared on television in many acting roles, including parts in A Family at War, Budgie, Pathfinders (TV series, one episode) and Crown Court. [1] Stirling freelanced at Westward before becoming a full-time staff announcer in 1975. Alongside announcing duties, he read regional news bulletins and presented the hugely popular children's birthdays spot alongside station mascot rabbit puppet Gus Honeybun.Paul moved to Plymouth from London in the late 1980s to become the Head of Features at Television South West (TSW) before becoming their Director of Programmes, the most senior commissioning position in the old ITV franchise system.
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As it was broadcast across the ITV Network, a wider audience than the South West got to see the TSW televisual treat that was That’s My Dog, a game show presented by “the general dogsbody” Derek Hobson where the family pet would compete in games to win prizes. While some thought it brilliant, others thought it ridiculous, so it’s probably little surprise that a few years after the TSW show ended, the Americans ended up doing their own version. Fans can pop into Taylor Maxwell House all this week and find out more about Plymouth History Centre at the same time. Giddy Game Show, The 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 7 (UK) 52 x 10 minute episodes "Giddy's ready". "Gorilla's ready". "Gus is… Ian and I began to put a lot more fun in it, and it was around about the time which the Muppets came into existence. They would all be acting, and then something would fly across the screen, and they would carry on, so I thought it would be a great idea that Gus would fly through the screen.It was a building that lived many lives and a prominent location in Plymouth City Centre that spanned across centuries. Dr Butler said the space was "very public, very big, very inclusive. It's an opportunity for us to grab the biggest space in Plymouth, and the most iconic, just for the day to make it really open for LGBT people and inclusive." In the 1970s Paul was the vice president of the ACTT union and was part of the National Negotiating Team - he personally called and then helped organise, and win, the first national TV strike - he also called and helped organise,and win, the second national strike a few years later. Stirling died on 30 June 2005 in a hospice in Brittany after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 64. Shortly after his death, ITV Westcountry paid tribute to Stirling with a special half-hour programme entitled Stirling Salute.
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The subsequent Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 then went further, allowing same-sex couples in England and Wales to marry.Don’t worry, this wasn’t childish imagination; it was prime time Westward Television. Gus Honeybun is a Plymothian superstar and the mere mention of his name, whether through the adorable plush teddy we sell in The Box Shop or the children’s train on Plymouth Hoe, makes the young and old curious about this bunny rabbit. But where did he come from? Our ex-boss, David Sutherland, who was head of presentation, came up with the idea of getting a character and that was Gus,” Judi told me.
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