'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'

Subject: blood red roses
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 09:18 AM

Who sang Blood Red Roses in Holby on Tues?
Chris

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: RTim
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 11:52 AM

Holby it seems is a fictional city in the UK?

Tim Radford

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 02:00 PM

Holby City, BBC hospital drama. Not seen.

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: fat B****rd
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 02:25 PM

You could always check out the BBC i player.

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: GUEST,MikeL2
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 02:47 PM

Hi

I saw it. I don't think the guy in the show actually sang it. I believe ( but I don't know) that it was dubbed.

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: GUEST,MikeL2
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 02:49 PM

PS to my above...meant to add

Could have been dubbed from the Fishermen's Friends ???

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: blood red roses
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 29 Jun 14 - 03:55 PM

Keith Kendrick was involved. I'm not sure whether he sang the shanty though.

Subject: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST,Claire M
Date: 04 Sep 14 - 02:31 PM

Hiya! Was watching said series -- which I love --- & there was an amazing unaccompanied version of 'Blood Red Roses' ("go down you blood red roses, go down, ohhh you pinks & posies…..") , sung round the bed of a fisherman w/ mercury poisoning(!) no idea who it was really by, but I loved it.

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 05 Sep 14 - 10:47 AM

Nice! I bet that added interest and richness to the TV show.

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST,surreysinger
Date: 05 Sep 14 - 12:24 PM

One of the singers, referred to as "Slim" was Keith Kendrick aka Derby Ram on here.

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST,surreysinger
Date: 05 Sep 14 - 02:20 PM

I have checked with Keith who advises me that, apart from himself, the other singers were Nick Hart, Barney Keen and Dave DeRose, all members of Peter Truin's London Shanty Choir.The chap in the bed was an actor, and not participating in any of the singing.

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST,surreysinger
Date: 05 Sep 14 - 03:53 PM

As you were - I got that wrong apparently due to a misunderstanding. The actor who was playing the character with the problem, in fact took the lead in the song, and the chorus and harmonies were provided by those named in my last post(and the other actors also took part). Don't know what the names of the actors concerned were though. Hope that helps.

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 05 Sep 14 - 07:02 PM

Oo-er, Claire M: is it recent enough to get it on iPlayer? Or has anyone Youtubed it?

In a slight thread drift, I had a similar moment while watching a film on a long-haul flight - something to do with a wedding in the 1930s: they had a barn dance after the wedding, and the tune played was the "Seven Stars" jig: I had to keep re-winding the film to see/hear it again!

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 02:57 AM

Anybody got a date for this?
Can't see Jac putting up with such shenanigans
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 03:00 AM

what did they treat the "Poor Old Horse" for?

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 04:15 AM

There a song in Far From the Madding crowd that Julie Christy sings to the farmworkers. Was it She Moved through the Fair?

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 05:38 AM

Bushes and Briars

Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 06:39 AM

"Bushes and Briars
(uncredited)
Traditional folk song
Sung by Julie Christie (dubbed by Isla Cameron)"

according to IMDb

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Subject: RE: 'Blood Red Roses' in 'Holby City'
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 06 Sep 14 - 06:47 AM

"What did they treat the Poor Old Horse for?"
Sore throat?
Jim Carroll