In the 1981 stage premiere of the musical, Blessed played Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy, roles taken by James Corden and Judi Dench in the En route to the North Pole, I came across an igloo with an Inuit inside, playing Memory from Cats on a banjo. All rights reserved. Nyoka, once again, found this all quite comical.‘Don’t be fooled by all the prowling and snarling, Brian,’ he said. She’s just a big clumsy cat, really.’ Nyoka and Kali stayed for the rest of the day and by the time they were ready to leave, she and I were all over each other like a great big hairy rash.I had her leaping all over me and when I tickled her tummy, she’d look at me with those intense green eyes and then roll over when she’d had enough.For the next six months or so, Nyoka brought Kali to the house at least twice a week and it got to a point when as he arrived he’d just open the back doors and she’d run inside.My housekeeper Mrs Bush never quite got used to her presence and would rush up the stairs shouting: ‘That bloody cat is here again! Sheer heaven!The only time I ever thought Nyoka may have gone too far was the day he turned up with a fully grown lioness.Having not seen a lion at close quarters since a trip to the circus as a boy, I admit that I had forgotten just how large and impressive they are.‘I’m only here for an hour, Brian,’ said Nyoka.
‘She wants you to brush her, not tickle her.’Nyoka was obviously playing with me a bit but what a game, eh?The brush was one of those you wrap around your hand and so taking my friend’s advice I pressed down a little harder as I moved the brush across her back. She was a female Bagheera.Blessed’s new book reveals his deep love for animals. The three of us are about to start speaking when Blessed announces that he must ask Hildegard to walk the dogs. Thanks to a therapist and (after five years single) a fiance, she feels that “the cycle, I hope, is over”. He is absent for some time, Ros’s initial optimism about his early return giving way to visible doubts. She loves you!’Before long, Kali started purring and purring; the sound got louder and louder. This book emphasizes on the need for empathy for animals through a funny and life-affirmative storyline. “Why hope not?” “Because we’ve done five films over the years and my friendship with him is much more important than being in films. I’d lie on my back and stare at the sky while Bo Bo made himself comfortable lying over my legs and stomach.Having his weight upon me often used to send me to sleep and whenever this happened Bo Bo, who must have felt me snoring, would make his way up to my face and start humming to me.It was the most wonderful way to be woken from one’s slumber.Shall I tell you something, my sweet, patient reader?That time with Nyoka, Mr Parslow, Mrs Bush and all those beautiful creatures was one of the happiest of my whole life.So here’s one final piece of advice from your uncle Brian.If you want to experience the same sort of happiness, get yourself a dog, a cat, a rabbit or even a ferret.I’m not saying they can cure cancer or pay off your debts or anything.
I envy no other bugger. The old dears seemed to find the whole experience rather erotic.Over the next week, I went almost every day to see Nyoka and after each show I’d quiz him for hours.
‘Cyril!’ I shouted as I ran. Brian Blessed OBE is an English actor, writer, television presenter and singer. ‘I assure you she’s a big softie and one of the friendliest cats in the world.’‘Don’t you worry. British spiritual...Met Police destroyed records for the night Prince Andrew allegedly had sex with teenager in London, says...Virginia Roberts 'spent two days alone with Prince Andrew at Epstein's New Mexico ranch where she was...SEAN RAYMENT recalls how MI5 took him to lunch to warn that his jovial Chinese friend was a ruthless SPY China's 300-mile fishing fleet which is visible from SPACE and hoovers up all sea life is decimating...'Like the view?' “No, no. As the obscenity often features in anecdotes from and about her father, is this a family trait? Shortly after I’d moved into my dilapidated but huge home in South-West London, my old pal from Z Cars, Frank Windsor, dropped by.Because of the amount of work I’d been doing on the house, he said I looked exhausted. In 1980 he played Vultan in Flash Gordon, then Old Deuteronomy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats… For as long as your Aga remains on, he’ll be quite happy here.’‘I am, Brian,’ he said with a smile.
It’s like poetic seasoning in speech.”In showbiz, the credit “executive producer” can signify significant creative input or a vanity courtesy. ‘I knew you’d be impressed,’ he said. I’ve fragmented myself into various characters.”It strikes me that, for Blessed, the plays must have been like reading his daughter’s secret diaries. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The star didn’t mince his words as he replied: ‘Leave this alone because the music is right, the acting is right, the cast is right. Another book, 'The Panther In My Kitchen: My Wild Life With Animals', was published in October 2017.
At a speech lesson in Rotherham, he collapsed into uncontrollable tears, then passed out. Desperate!A few days later, I was plastering a ceiling when there was a knock on the front door.