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wogan

posted 17 years ago by stellastey
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I remember seeing richard harris on wogan years ago and he told this tale about him and oliver reed going on a bender round londons westend for one friday and the following tuesday he woke up with someone prdding him with a stick and he was under a hedge in yorkshire,and this old women walking her dog saw him she woke him up recognised him and took him home and looked after him for a week,it was only a week later when he saw a missing persons report on the tv that he contacted his family lol.
god bless you richard if theres a drunk tank in heaven i hope its kitted out like the savoy with a full bar.

[–] chris-inobsession 17 years ago

lol, i heard a varient on the story saying he didn't come back to his wife a week later, but he got to his gate, ruffled up his hair, put a bit o mud on his face an ripped his shirt and when his wife opened the door with a look of absolute rage on her face he screamed "for god sake, why didn't you pay the randsom!!!"

What a man!

[–] stellastey 17 years ago

Lol thats brilliant,im not sure how well i remember the tale i just told i was about 10 when i saw the interview.

[–] kearnshaw 17 years ago

when I heard him tell it on a TV talk show he embellished it further!

In the days when the pubs in England shut at 3PM the only place he could get a drink was on a train.

So he was on a train to London to Leeds, paraletic, and carrying on drinking!

Then he ends up in Leeds and the rest is how you describe it!