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• An English translation of a Dutch magazine article about Wendy from 1981.
• More print articles noted.
• Add a Harpers West One publicity image to the 1962 room of the Gallery
• FAQ page tweaked.
• Transcript added of an old 1986 article concerning her pop music foray in that year.
• Note availability of an English translation of a 1996 Dutch magazine interview concerning Wendy's illness.
• Freshen up Wendy's Herself Gallery with a couple of older images.
• Continued rescanning some very old images (such as this and this).
• Slight tweak to a 1987 interview to add back a few paragraphs about the trouble in Wendy's second marriage.
• Added a short transcript of a 1988 weight-loss article 
• Interview index updated.

• Some older print articles noted, including a transcript from a 1981 interview.
• Also, add an interview transcript from 1992.
• A few new images at the top of Wendy's Herself Gallery; plus consolidation of some other existing images there.
• A cast photo from the AYBS? stage production added to the 1976 room of the '70s wing of the Gallery.  (Also corrected the link in the same spot for the Celebrity Squares image.)
• Add an EE publicity image to the 1994 room of the Gallery
• Note Wendy's participation in a couple of 2007 tributes to her late colleague, John Inman, both on television and stage.
• Update the write-up for EastEnders and Come Outside with additional data.
• Begin rescanning some very old images (such as this).  Much better!

• Note a new pic added to the 1986 room and another to the 1993 room of the Gallery.
• Add links to a couple of YouTube videos from Wendy's British Heritage event and luncheon last July.
• A couple more great images added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A few more print articles noted, including one related to a charity Wendy supported back in 1992.
• Add interview transcript from 1997.
• Fixed the broken link to Wendy's 2004 calendar pic.
• Update the write-ups for EastEnders, The Arthur Haynes Show, and Gumshoe with additional insights, new data, or links to relevant YouTube video clips.

• Note Wendy's BH honor in July, and add a couple of photos from the event.
• Add mention of a great many print articles concerned with Wendy's marriage in late 2008, as well as with her passing away early this year.
• Some images from years past added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add interview transcript from 1993; in the article Wendy's talking about Pauline, but there's a little bit of herself in her words as well.
• Another celebrity cookbook contribution she made in 1997.

• Though it's been a few months since Wendy passed away, I find it is still too soon to resume work on the Wendy Richard Appreciation Page website.  Eventually I shall.  But every photo, every interview, every document, every single word is a reflection, an echo, of the life, the thoughts, the feeling -- indeed, the spirit -- of that lovely lady.  As such, they are for me a keen and constant reminder that Wendy is no longer with us.  I expect to take up the keyboard again and continue to do my best to celebrate the life and spirit of this remarkable person; there is so much more to say about her.  But just not yet.

• Sad news for all who knew Wendy as friend and colleague.

• A photo from around 1967 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Mercifully, the press has been leaving Wendy alone as she pursues treatment for her recurrent illness.  The additional print articles noted here are mostly from a couple of months ago.
• Also note bunches more late-2008 online articles.
• Add a 1997 publicity photo to that year's room of the Gallery.
• A few more links to Pauline-oriented video clips on YouTube.
• Expand the write-up for 1993's game show Shooting Stars.
• Add a write-up for the game show Celebrity Squares, plus a related photo from 1976.
• A YouTube link to Wendy's appearance on Wogan in 1986.

• A montage added to the 1972 room of the Gallery for The Fenn Street Gang.
• Added a montage to the 2008 room of the Gallery for Benidorm.
• Note many additional print articles.
• Photo montage from This Is Your Life added to the 1998 room of the Gallery.
• Add a few images to the Herself wing of the Gallery; one from a 1986 magazine article; another possibly from a late-1960s modeling session.
• Give the Interview index a badly-needed update.  This page lists the many transcripts from articles and talk shows where Wendy speaking about herself and her work, providing much insight into this complex lady.

• An encouraging update on Wendy's condition on the Current page.
• More print articles, including a mention of the recent issue of OK! that contains great coverage of her wedding last month.

• Add quite a large number of links to recent online articles that report on Wendy's health, as well as her marriage to long-time partner John Burns.  It's probably worth noting that headlines are, by their nature, lurid and sensational and may not truly summarize the news or event (surprise!).  Although the majority of recent articles tend to mention Wendy as 'dying', the lady herself -- though understanding her medical condition is indeed very serious -- does not share such a pessimistic assessment.  See this one particular article, which states succinctly Wendy's own view about how the media is portraying her illness.
• Various print articles, old and new, noted.

•  Current page updated with a link to a Mail Online article from today.

• Some dismaying news:  Wendy's health problems have evidently taken a serious turn for the worst.  Various media in the UK are reporting on it.  Here is the BBC's article.  Other reports are linked from the Current page.

• A write-up added for Wendy's appearance on Dog Rescue in early 2008.
• Various articles about the lady, mostly within last year or so.
• Added a montage to the 1971 room of the Gallery for Please Sir!
• An image from Blankety-Blank added to the 1981 room of the Gallery.
• Also, image added from the Post Office advertisement, to the 2007 room.
• Finally, image from Grace and Favour added to 1990s wing.

• Images and write-up for Wendy's appearance on The Dick Emery Show.  Also, a link to a video excerpt of the sketch on YouTube.
• More articles, old and new.
• Added a very attractive image of Wendy (circa 1971) as unofficial wallpaper (#9) to the Art page.
• Short write-up on Wendy's Post Office advertisement, and link to the ad on YouTube.
• In the EastEnders write-up, add a slew of links for Wendy-specific video clips.
• Initial write-up added for EastEnders Revealed - Goodbye Pauline.
• Some video links added in the write-up for A Question of EastEnders.

• Bonus!  Add link for a short promotional video for Wendy's new pilot sitcom Here Comes The Queen.
• An article from 1986 added; with transcript, and image.
• Lots of additional print articles noted, both old and new.
• Finally added a local link to the Art page to get a full-size version of Anneloes's marvelous Wendy wallpaper.
• Add a write-up for Wendy's recent appearance on the sitcom Benidorm, including a couple of YouTube links.
• Include a brief write-up on Wendy's appearance on City Hospital.
• Note a new mail-to address for correspondence to Wendy.

• A *much* improved montage of images from Wendy's appearance in the TV series of On The Buses, added to the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Additional print articles noted; some new, some old.
• A number of not-so-new, but still interesting online articles and links: on the Northeast History website focusing on Wendy's early years; the British Soap Awards of 2007; plus other BBC online news articles from 2006 and 2007.
• Image of Shakespearean Wendy, from an old Radio Times wall calendar, added to the 2006 room of the Gallery.
• Note a radio interview for Radio 4 that Wendy did back in 2006.

• Additional print articles about Wendy; quite recent, including one that provides a peek at Wendy as she appears in an upcoming episode of the comedy Benidorm.
• Update the Current page with some of Wendy's latest doings.
• Additional info in the write-up for Not On Your Nellie.
• Note a website offering Wendy as a celebrity speaker for events, to the web articles page.
• Update Television listing page with additional shows.

• A number of additional print articles about Wendy; some old, some new.  Related photos to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• An article from March 1977 added; with transcript, and image.
• Pointer to an interesting online article, from 2008.
• Montage of images from her interview for the recent release of Help! on DVD added to the 2007 room of the Gallery.
• A close look at one of Wendy's more recent (2006) publicity cards.  
• Add mention to the TV summary section about upcoming new shows.
• A rarely-seen image of Wendy from her early series The Newcomers circa 1965, added to the 1960s wing of the Gallery.

• Note a number of articles from past years.
• Some info about Wendy's appearance on the re-released Help! DVD set.
• Corrected a couple of recent internal text and link errors:  in the 1965 room and Herself wing of the Gallery.

• Add info about Wendy on Big Brother, Little Brother in 2007 (with video clip links).
• Note a recent and very nice article in Radio Times, October of 2007, with image in the 1965 room of the Gallery.
• Note an excellent article from 1991.  Photos in the Herself wing of the Gallery, and transcript too.
• Add an image montage from the 2002 show EastEnders Revealed, as well as a separate photo of her on the set from the same year.
• An image from EastEnders, circa mid-1988, added to that year's room of the Gallery.
•  Mention a July 2007 charitable event which Wendy attended, and note its coverage by Hello.
• Add a YouTube video link showing Wendy's first appearance on game show Blankety Blank back in the early 1980s.

• Note that a video of one of Wendy's recent advertisements is now on YouTube!
• Add a write-up of Wendy's interview bits from The Joy of Christmas in 2003, as well as a modest montage of images from same.
• Expand the EastEnders write-up.
• Note a brief reference and photo in a 1971 magazine.
• Similarly, photos and references in mags from 1989 and 1990.

• Some improvements to the Are You Being Served? movie samples in the 1977 room of the Gallery.
• New EastEnders-related photo to the 1994 room of the Gallery.
• Note a game show appearance in May of 2007.
• Another photo to the Herself Gallery, this one from 1963.
• Addition of a very rare publicity photo from the set of West Country Tales, to the 1982 room of the Gallery.
• Montage of pix of Wendy from the documentary Crumpet! in the 2005 room of the Gallery, and expand the write-up for the show as well.
• Add write-up for the 2002 show EastEnders Revealed: Meet The Fowlers.

• A lovely publicity photo from 2007 added to the Herself Gallery.
• A fairly obscure, but quite interesting article from 1986:  transcript is here and a middling photo is here in the Herself Gallery.
• A fine article from mid-1999 noted.  Related photo added to the Herself Gallery.
• Another well-written -- though sad in retrospect -- article from 1990 noted.  Partial transcript documented, and a remixed version of the cover photo added, also to the Herself Gallery.
• An interesting publicity photo from Wendy's Up Pompeii! work, recently available in support of charity.
• Note another CD release, this one from 2002, that includes Come Outside.
• Improve the image of a sketch Wendy did in 2006 in support of Dogs For The Disabled fund-raising.

• Add a transcript for Wendy's 2004 interview on the BBC's Breakfast show.
• A rarely-seen photo of Wendy at work, circa 1966, added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A fine article from 1995 noted.  Transcript added.
• Another article from 1990 noted.  Transcript and photo.
• And a few smaller print articles as well.
• A couple of other recent and not-so-recent photos in the Herself wing and the 1980s room of the Gallery.

• Note an announcement of Wendy's imminent return to light comedy.
• Sadly, Wendy's friend and colleague John Inman passed away in March.  Document a number of online articles about his passing that happen to also mention Wendy.  Too, add a few other newly discovered Wendy-related links.
• At last!  File size being less of an issue these days as in years past, your webmeister has reworked all those wearisome Real Audio snippets into the more common and widely-supported MP3 format.  See both the quote pages and the music page.
• Fixed a couple of links to the BBC website for EastEnders, on one of the TV pages.
• More hardcopy articles noted on the Print page.

• FLASH! Note a publicity appearance by Wendy on 17 March at a department store in Croydon, South London.

• FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will re-air on 23 March the Gloria Hunniford program entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard.  Check here for details.
• Add the Gloria's Greats show to the TV listing pages.
• Numerous more hardcopy articles noted on the Print page, with some related photos added to the top of the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Expanded data on her panto work in 1983, including rare images added to the 1983 room of the Gallery.
• Photo added to 2006 room of the Gallery.
• Update the EastEnders write-up.

• Wendy did a delightful interview on Irish television the middle of this month.
• Note the BBC's offering of additional Wendy/Pauline wallpaper images on the Art page of the Gallery, as well as clean up the links to earlier BBC wallpapers (some of which have simply disappeared over time).
• Add an image to the 2006 room of the Gallery of Pauline Fowler's last scene in EastEnders.
• Numerous hardcopy articles, new and old, added to the Print page.
• Tweak the EastEnders write-up to note Wendy's departure.
• Note a handful of additional web-article links at the Online Articles page from over the last few months.
• Add a minimum of background info for series Pardon the Expression, which Wendy apparently worked on back in the mid-Sixties.
• The World Wide Web being what it is, links come and go with hardly a notice.  Have made a pass through the site and corrected or removed various broken external links.  This will be an ongoing activity.

• FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will air a program hosted by Gloria Hunniford on the evening of Tuesday, 26 Dec 06, entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard, dedicated to our favorite English actress.  Check here for details, and if you're in the UK (alas, your webmeister is not....), be sure to tune in!
• Note a rather nice article in Hello! from mid-2006, on the Print page, as well as a number of other recent print articles.
• Link to an excellent and thorough online article from Mirror.co.uk, Feb '06, added to the Online interviews page.
• Another good article from 1997 noted.  Transcript added, and photo caption corrected to note the source.
• Note many online articles from July of 2006, originating from various sources:  BBC, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror, Mirror.co.uk, and the Times Online.
• Similarly, note another flurry of online articles, from mostly the same sources, in August of 2006.
• And note a couple of much earlier online articles (here and here) from the Daily Mail, September of 2002.
• Add mention of an activity that Wendy has done for the Dogs for the Disabled organization, and note the sale of a calendar that shall benefit a BBC charity appeal.
• Updated the Intro page.

• Many more articles, new and old, added to the Print page.
• A brief review of some relatively unknown voice-over work Wendy did in 1975.
• Article reviewed, and transcript added, from a 1989 magazine interview.  A couple of nice images as well.
• Very rare 1967 image added to the Herself Gallery.
• Expanded write-up on Wendy's 1980 Blithe Spirit stage tour.

• Quite a few recent articles in the Print page.
• Photo added to Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Some speculation about Wendy and the James Bond film series.

• Article and photo from June 1963 added, with mention on the Music page.
• A whole slew of recent major articles noted on the Print page.
• An excellent B&W image added to Herself Gallery, as well as one added to the newly opened 2006 room.

• British gameshow host Nicholas Parson sizes up Wendy.
• A look at an article from The People newspaper, June, 2006.
• Back-WRAP:  Correction to the write-up about a July, 1989 "interview".
• Addition of a montage of much-improved images from Dad's Army: My British Buddy added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• Tweaks, and image added, to the Music page, based on info from The Illustrated History of Pop; book added to the bibliography.
• Yet another blast from the past: a rather interesting publicity image of Wendy from late-1966 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.

• A statement about Wendy's career change.

• FLASH! Breaking news about Wendy.  All good things . . .

• A couple of images from late-1966 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery, with comments.
• Identify a charity book Wendy contributed to in 1989.
• Note an article, with transcript, from 1987.
• More article and/or photo mentions from 1994 and 2006.
• An extra tidbit or two about Wendy's work on the Just A Minute radio show.

• An interview from January, 1989 noted on the Articles page (transcript included) with an excellent photo added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Numerous articles:  from 1975 (with pix from Hogg's Back); 1989, also with an excellent pic; January, 2005; April, 2006; and January 1963.
• New image in the 1989 room  of the Gallery.
• A number of rarely-seen images from the 1960s added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• New wallpaper added to the Art wing of the Gallery.
• A mention on the BBC website about Wendy's early fame, added to online articles page.
• BBC News article from 2004 added to online articles page.

• As counter to the persistent criticism about "grumpy, gloomy Pauline", a montage of images from EastEnders illustrating the softer, happier side of Wendy's screen-personality, added to the Art wing of the Gallery as a wallpaper.
• Captions updated or corrected for a number of photos in the Herself wing of the gallery, based on conversation with Wendy.
• An interview from 1988 noted on the Articles page (transcript included) with an excellent photo added to the Herself  wing of the Gallery.
• An EastEnders-related photo and comment added to the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• An improved montage from the episode The King Was In His Counting House from the series Dad's Army added to the 1970s wing of the Gallery.
• Note an article from 1962 and include the photo in the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
• Another print article (The Guardian, 2006) added to Articles page.
• Add brief entries for her Star Turn and Seaside Special appearances in 1976 (no specifics).
• Some global changes to the site's appearance to improve readability and navigation; cascading style sheets introduced to make the site's formatting more consistent.
• A couple of comments about Wendy and Hugh and I and AYBS? noted from David Croft's engrossing autobiography.

• A much improved montage from Wendy's 1965 work The Likely Lads added to the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
• Yet another handful of media articles and mentions added to Articles page.
•   Add a photo to the Herself Gallery, from the 1972 Film Review issue.
• Note a foreword Wendy wrote in 2000 for the canine care book K.I.S.S. Guide To Living With A Dog, on the Charity page.
• Another cookbook submission she did in 1998 to benefit the NSPCC.

• Note a superb online article about Wendy at The Guardian Unlimited.
• Modest update to Current page.
• A number of recent magazine mentions, no doubt connected with Wendy's primary storyline in EastEnders during February.
• Add a photo and mention the short blurb from a Radio Times of late Dec 90.
• Add details and a link to the general info about the 1960's series HMS Paradise and a few sketchy details about The Making of Jericho.
• Miscellaneous minor updates (mainly transmission dates) added to Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Dad's Army, This Is Your Life, Danger Man, On The Buses, Up Pompeii, and Please, Sir.

• Can it be?  Wendy is cover girl for Practical Photography, September 1962.  To the Gallery!
• At last!  A montage from Wendy's episode of West Country Tales added to the new 1982 room of the gallery.  Also, a complete redo of the write-up for the show, including some audio clips.
• A new, partial write-up for Wendy's late-2005 appearance in a documentary called Crumpet!  A Very British Sex Symbol.
• Note of a brief mention and photo in OK! magazine, September, 2000.
• More article notes from Inside Soap and All About Soap magazines, early 2006.
• Add a brief write-up of Wendy's 1967 appearance in The Wednesday Play.

• A montage of rarely-seen color caps of Wendy from her work in 1974/5 in Not On Your Nellie added to the 1975 room of the Gallery, as well as an update to the write-up about the show itself.
• Another montage, this one of greatly improved screen caps from the Dad's Army episode Mum's Army, in the 1970s wing of the Gallery.
• . . . And a montage of likewise improved Dad's Army caps from the episode Two And A Half Feathers added to the same place.
• Note two short articles in Radio Times, from January and February 1993.
• . . . And a pair of exceptional articles in My Weekly, from 1989 and 1992.  A couple of related images added to the Herself Gallery
• . . . Plus one in Heat, from November 2003.
• . . . And an article in Inside Soap, from November 2005.
• Another cook book Wendy contributed to for the sake of a charitable cause.

• Add write-up and transcript for Wendy's October 2005 interview on Michael Parkinson's radio show.
• Update Carry On Again Christmas write-up.
• Write-up of Wendy's interview from the new Carry On Christmas DVD.
• Re-work the Wendy image montage from Carry On Again Christmas, in the 1970 wing of the Gallery.
• Note nice photo in Oct 87 Radio Times and add to 1987 room of the Gallery.
• Note photo and short article in Jan 92 Radio Times.
• Note brief interviews in Feb 92 Radio Times and Jan 97 My Weekly.
• Correct and expand on Wendy's participation in That's Showbusiness.

• Note a 1986 appearance on quiz show Blankety-Blank:  review, and a montage of delightful images added to the 1986 room of the Gallery.  Also, provide the background as a wallpaper on the Art page.
• Transcript of a brief, but interesting 1985 newspaper article.  Relevant image added to Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add link to a very good online Yorkshire-area interview from early in 2005.
• Excerpted part of a nice 1985 Radio Times write-up, noted on Articles page.  Relevant images added to 1985 room and the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add All-Star Secrets to the shows Wendy's appeared in (write-up to follow).
• Add brief note of her October 2005 interview on Michael Parkinson's Sunday morning radio show on BBC 2.  (A superb interview; detailed write-up to follow.)

• An article from Heat (2004) about Wendy's "secret" past, with photo added to the Music page.
• Note appearance on show King and Company in 1988, with photo added to that year's room of the Gallery.
• Brief interview transcript added to Articles page, and image,  from Woman's Realm, 1983.
• Another note on the Articles page of a Weekly News (2005) photo of Wendy's Pauline character.
• Color image from Carry On Again Christmas added to the 1970 room of the Gallery.
• Yet another note on the Articles page of a Yours (2002) interview, with photos as well.

• Re-processed images from Gumshoe, and added a montage to the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Interesting interview transcript added to Articles page, and images,  from Celebrity magazine, 1986.
• Remainder of interview series added to Articles page, and images,  from Soap Opera Weekly in 1990.
• Image of Pauline Fowler's surprising new look added to the 2005 room of the Gallery.  Also include write-up of source.
• Info on, and images from, article in Weekend magazine, 1988.
• A variety of other minor mentions or pictures in Radio Times and other publications from years past.
• Briefly review an article about Wendy and Shirley in the 2000 book Star Dogs, on the Charity page.
• Fix additional image thumbnails that fail to display when viewed with the Mozilla web browser.

• Some sad news on the Current page.