and so was don estelle.eek? don estelle said, yes, yes, we are definitely number one. so windsor said, well, then, can't we afford a taxi? windsor davies has died at the age of 88. the weather. today for most of us it is cloudy skies, quite cold across the north and east. there are breaks in the cloud in some areas. across western areas, we will continue to see showers coming in. not too cold in the west but further east, temperatures are struggling. that ta kes temperatures are struggling. that takes us through this evening and overnight. with the clearest of the skies across north—east scotland, eastern scotland generally and eastern scotland generally and eastern england, it is here we will see a frost. where there is a lot of cloud around temperatures should stay above freezing. they will tend to rise across the night in northern ireland. these cold front will be bringing outbreaks of rain. a bit of hill snow for scotland, particularly above 200 metres. through that afternoon the rain, which should be li

his character was so popular, he and co—star lofty, played by don estelle, even reached the top of thee were parts in z cars and callum and in the 1980s, he starred in never the twain. bugler! play! but it was the perpetually angry sergeant major for which he was best known and in paying tribute to his part once said, i enjoy my work a lot but that was something else. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. the temperature reached 11 degrees in devon. for much of the day it was cold grey and cold. there was a rainbow on show towards the end of the day. for many of us it has been cold and grey today, cloud around throughout the night as well. still drizzle in places. the odd showerfor still drizzle in places. the odd shower for south—west wind —— england and into wales. this goes in northern scotland where it is down to —7 in the cold spots. in scotland and some eastern parts of england, lincolnshire, east midlands, east anglia where we will see a frost overnight. if you have the cloud it average tricky to a few degrees above freezing. the big picture for pa rt

davies also topped the pop charts with his sitcom partner don estelle in 1975 and appeared in severalseries. let's talk to the actor melvyn hayes. it is good to talk to you despite the sad news. it shocked me because he is one of the good guys. i considered him my best friend. even though we hadn't been in communication for many years, to work with him was a pleasure. he was generous in his work. he was generous. . . generous in his work. he was generous... in generous in his work. he was generous. . . in every generous in his work. he was generous... in every way. you couldn't buy him a drink because you would go into a public house and they would say, wins that put some money behind the barfor they would say, wins that put some money behind the bar for everybody. so he was nothing like his character? nothing like him. he was charming, quietly spoken, a gentle human being. he was a lovely man. he told a story about his first television role being cast in a series called probation officers and it was a terrible mistake because he did not know one end of a tv camera from the other, but