Budgie the Complete - Competition

Release Date: 6th November 2006

Thanks to Network, we are again delighted to announce a competition; this time with the chance to win a copy of Adam’s Budgie the Complete Series series, which has been released on DVD.

This competition has now ended.

And the two winners are:

• Pete Walker of Birmingham
• Rachel MacTaggart of Bristol

They will shortly be receiving their prizes direct from Network.

Many thanks to all who took part in the competition and we hope you will enjoy the DVD anyway, even if, like us, you have to pay for your copy!!

These were the competition questions:

1. Which "Likely Lad" appeared in Budgie and what was the name of his
character?

James Bolam - Wossname

2. Name the actor who played a Detective Constable on several episodes of Budgie who later became a Detective Superintendent with his own TV series.

• Jack Shepherd

Apologies for the late update.

Network to release
BUDGIE THE COMPLETE SERIES (15) ON DVD

Perennial loser Budgie Bird (Adam Faith – Stardust, Love Hurts) stars in Budgie – The Complete Series, released by Network on 6th November as an eight-disc set containing all twenty-six episodes of this hit series. It’s the perfect Christmas gift.

Adam Faith (Stardust, Love Hurts, Beat Girl) stars as the down-and-out – yet forever optimistic – Ronald ‘Budgie’ Bird. A petty crook that clings like a limpet to the fringes of the bent society in London’s Soho, he’s always got one eye on a get-rich quick scam – and one eye on the big time. He’s got a wife he never sees, a girlfriend and an illegitimate lovechild hidden away – but he bounces on irrepressibly, knowing he’s got admirers out there. For one, his girlfriend Hazel admires his cheeky, happy-go-lucky style, and Charlie Endell – the ‘Mr Big’ of Budgie’s scene – admires his never-say-die attitude. But admiration doesn’t pay the bills…

A huge hit on its original release in 1971/72, Budgie was the first TV hit for Faith, having already conquered the music industry – where he spent some twenty years at the top, competing with the likes of Cliff Richard for the public’s affections. Budgie is widely recognised as one of the high-points of Faith’s multi-faceted career, which included jobs as a financial journalist, stage actor and music mogul.

Co-starring alongside Faith are Iain Cuthbertson (Gorillas in the Mist, The Railway Children) and Lynn Dalby (Emmerdale, Crossroads). Budgie – the Complete First Series is sure to appeal to all fans of Faith’s work as well as those who enjoyed Hazell, Minder, and Shameless.

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