Sweeney Birds

[Handsome & Gristle]

Hi Paul,

Geraldine James (from Pay Off) is what I call an unconventional beauty.

[Paul1978]

Hi Paul,

Geraldine James (from Pay Off) is what I call an unconventional beauty.

Yeah you're right - not a dolly bird by any means, but still a great looking woman. Better in 1976 than 2006 though! I expect I look better now than I will in 2036.
Cheers!
Paul

[Phil]

Geraldine's been a bit of a looker over the past few years, however she was on TV yesterday, publicising the DVD release of Band Of Gold, and age is beginning to catch up with her.
I probably still would though... :P

[Smokin' Arches]

I hadn't realised that Geraldine James was awarded an OBE and that her role in The Sweeney was her first TV role!
I've just done a search on the net for pictures of her - purely in the interests of research into "unconventional beauty" (© H&G ) and found this link:
Geraldine James
It's not the most flattering picture of her that I found, but she does look pretty good in this one:
Geraldine again

Smokin'

[Handsome & Gristle]

(© H&G )

Smokin’

I’m flattered

It just popped into my head one day as a way of describing someone of the fairer sex who as Paul1978 says is not a dolly bird by any means, but nevertheless is attractive although not in the conventional sense :P

No way is it intended to be a polite phrase for ugly!!!!

[bullen]

See also played BITTY - as in can I have some Milk Bitty - in LITTLE BRITAIN

[Paul1978]

I hadn't realised that Geraldine James was awarded an OBE and that her role in The Sweeney was her first TV role!
I've just done a search on the net for pictures of her - purely in the interests of research into "unconventional beauty" (© H&G ) and found this link:
<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/3204597.stm' target='_blank'>Geraldine James</a>
It's not the most flattering picture of her that I found, but she does look pretty good in this one:
<a href='http://db.bbc.co.uk/devon/stage/reviews/cherry_orchard.shtml' target='_blank'>Geraldine again</a>

Smokin'

Oh my god, not the best pics!
In the Series 3 box-set, she is interviewed just before the "Pay Off" episode. Presume this was filmed in 2004 and she looks loads better there than on the pics linked to.
I might change my mind on the strength of these, but if we're going on how she looked in 1976, I'll stick with it.
Cheers!
Paul

[Tripehound]

Finally got round to adding a few more...

SERIES TWO

1: CHALK AND CHEESE- Caroline Selhurst (Lesley-Anne Down); 2: SUPERSNOUT- The Stripper (Brandy Di Franco) & The Dowager (Rosemarie Dunham) & Girl In Jack's Flat (uncredited?); 3: BIG BROTHER- Anne Knightly (Gwen Taylor) & Angela (Merdelle Jordine); 4: HIT AND RUN- Fladge (Margaret Whiting) & Alison Carter (Stephanie Turner) & Judy Grinden (Sheila Ruskin)x2

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[Handsome & Gristle]

if we're going on how she looked in 1976, I'll stick with it.

Any comments I make on here about the looks of Sweeney birds refer to how they were in the show or that period, seeing them today can spoil the illusion sometimes

[Handsome & Gristle]

Finally got round to adding a few more...

Thanks Tripehound,

Always nice to see Lesley-Anne (get yer knickers) Down & Sheila Ruskin :P

Couldn't have been easy to get a shot of Alison Carter smiling

[Tripehound]

Couldn't have been easy to get a shot of Alison Carter smiling

You're not kidding, and to think all it took was a small bag of lychees! If George had thought of that earlier he could've saved himself years of aggro.

[Tripehound]

I couldn't for the life of me think where I had seen Rosemarie Dunham before, then I remembered she played Michael Caine's landlady in Get Carter (1971).

"...because I know you wear purple underwear!"

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[Wheres the money!]

Couldn't have been easy to get a shot of Alison Carter smiling

here, here.

[Stan Morris]

I've been in love with Lesley-Anne Down all my life.

Geraldine James I must say comes across on that intro to Pay Off as a genuinely nice lady, and how lovely that she is so grateful to The Sweeney for laucnhing her career.

[alby spooner]

I've been in love with Lesley-Anne Down all my life.

Geraldine James I must say comes across on that intro to Pay Off as a genuinely nice lady, and how lovely that she is so grateful to The Sweeney for laucnhing her career.

i agree stan think lesley is my fave sweeney bird! although i do have a thing for sally faulkner. would be fun to have a poll of the best looking sweeney birds!