Oh. Bugger 2
If you asked me to name my favourite radio and TV comedy, the odds are very good that Geoffrey Perkins had a hand in most of them. When I found his obituary in this morning’s Guardian I felt almost physically winded. I never met him, I don’t know anyone who did, but he was someone who helped to make the world a pleasanter place to be in. My thoughts are with his family and friends, who are no doubt even more gutted than I am.
I met him once. Briefly. He signed my copy of the original H2G2 scripts book at Forbidden Planet many years ago. He was a lovely chap.
Like you, I see his name on a surprisingly large percentage of my favourite comedy from the last thirty years. He’ll be sadly missed.
I surprised myself with the realisation that I’m actually more upset by this than I was by the loss of Douglas Adams. Possibly because I remember laughing like a drain at Mike Flex on Radioactive.
Or maybe it’s just the effect of being rather older now.