“And he also gave us Thora Hird”
So… what do we know about Thora Hird?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
There are 14 Half Man Half Biscuit albums, plus two roundup compilations, as well as 4 EPs and a handful of one-off songs. No 'Greatest Hits'. Indulge yourself by starting here.
In which we chose the nation's favourite Half Man Half Biscuit song. For the next four years, anyway.
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Bobby svarc
Joke about frozen cows.
17 March 2017
paul f
One of my favourite lines in Phoenix Nights – when there’s a power cut just as Brian’s halfway up the stairs on his Stannah. “What would Thora Hird do?”
17 March 2017
hendrix-tattoo
Rhyming slang for ….
17 March 2017
Brumbiscuit
The northern, rather more staid, Barbara Windsor?
17 March 2017
a double diamond works wonders
A role that epitomised her was the mother of Alan bates wife in ‘A Kind of Loving’ in particular where she calls him a disgusting pig after he comes home drunk and honks up behind the sofa.
19 March 2017
dr desperate
She also played the definitive Northern auntie to Alan Bennett in his TV play ‘Intensive Care’, waiting for his father to die in hospital (“I’ve just had a coffee and a Wagon Wheel. Forty-five pee! And it’s supposed to be voluntary!”)
23 March 2017