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TV star Patricia Brake has sadly died at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer, her family has said.

cancer’ on Saturday May 28.Her agent Scott Marshall Partners later shared the news, writing in a statement on social media: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our client and well-loved stage and TV actress, Patricia Brake, at the age of 79, after a very long battle with cancer.’Brake had performed in many popular programmes over her 60-year career, including in recurring roles on soaps Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders.However, she was perhaps best known for playing Ingrid, the daughter of Ronnie Barker’s character Norman Stanley Fletcher in hit sitcom Porridge.She later reprised the role in Going Straight, alongside cast members Richard Beckinsale and Nicholas Lyndhurst.Over the years, Brake worked with world-renowned comedians Barker and Ronnie Corbett, known as The Two Ronnies, along with duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.In the late 1970s she was also seen every Saturday night as Eth in The Glums.Throughout her career other TV roles numbered Midsomer Murders, as well as the BBC’s Doctors, Holby City and Casualty.Her earliest TV credits included Home Tonight in 1961, as well as Lorna Doone in 1963.Her last role saw her took on the part of a rape victim in 2021 ITV drama Manhunt, opposite Martin Clunes.She also appeared in Nick Frost’s paranormal investigator comedy Truth Seekers last year.Liverpool fan disappears in Paris carnage after Champions League finalPutin may ‘already be using body doubles to hide declining health’Queen 'set to miss Epsom Derby' on Jubilee weekendBorn in Bath, Brake studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962, where she played Hermia in Peter Hall’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, alongside Dame Judi Dench and Dame

Actress Patricia Brake has died after a long cancer battle, it has been announced. The 79-year-old will probably be best known for playing Ronnie Barker's on-screen daughter in sitcom Porridge.

BBC and ITV series Morecambe and Wise, died on this day in 1999 (March 21).The beloved star died at the age of 73 following a major heart operation - just over 15 years after the loss of his comedy partner Eric Morecambe.Together he and Eric Morecambe brought sunshine into the lives of of TV viewers, and inspired an entire generation of comedy stars including Eddie Izzard and Ben Miller.Their comedy series is now legendary, and to pay tribute to Ernie Wise, Daily Star has taken a look at some behind the scenes secrets of the famous Morecambe and Wise show.Although Morecambe and Wise were undoubtedly the stars of the show on screen, part of their comedy owed a lot to the third star behind the scenes - writer Eddie Braben.Eddie wrote a lot of the classic sketches for the series, including Eric performing as The Duke Of Wellington alongside Vanessa Redgrave.He was also the person to come up with the famous bedroom sketches, where Eric and Ernie would share a double bed, followed by some of the show's most iconic lines.His long running partnership and friendship with the comedy duo was also retold in the TV film Eric, Ernie and Me in 2017, which starred Wild at Heart and Ballykissangel actor Stephen Tompkinson as the famous writer.Together, the writing of Eddie Braben and the talent of Eric and Ernie was a match made in comedy heaven - and one that generations of audiences still love today.One of the regularly occurring jokes on the Morecambe and Wise show was about entertainer and singer Des O'Connor and his music.However away from the TV screens, Des O' Connor was good friends with the comedy duo.In his autobiography, Bananas Can't Fly, Des explained that he had been friends with Eric and Ernie for many years, explaining

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The comedy legends made the comments during an interview with University of East Anglia's TV station, Nexus, 48 years ago.At the time, Morecambe and Wise were backstage at Norwich's Theatre Royal during a four-show run.The clip of the pair was put onto a VHS tape in 1983 and kept in the Nexus studio until 2000; it was only digitised this year.The footage has since been shown to Sir Michael Palin, who starred in Monty Python and grew up watching Morecambe and Wise on stage.Addressing the comments, the actor told how he "wasn't surprised" at the couple's negative review and admitted he was "a little hurt", according to the BBC.He said: "It was a very interesting little interview."Though the quality wasn't great, you got exactly their

Eric Morecambe's son Gary fears fame and pressures of showbiz may have led to the untimely death of his father who died aged just 58.

Des O’Connor spent years being teased mercilessly about his singing by comedy duo Morecambe & Wise but he later admitted he was in on the jokes and actually wrote many of them himself.

Morrissey was spotted enjoying a nice leisurely shopping trip in Manchester city centre on Monday.