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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 11:51 AM

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Please block potential re-adding of incorrect credit

Until recently, the actor Robert Llewellyn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515753/ - can we not link to text anymore?) was incorrectly credited on IMDb with an appearance in the 1979 pilot episode of "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6095260/). This was inaccurate, for the following reasons: * His autobiography “The Man In The Rubber Mask” makes no reference to this supposed television appearance (which would be a standout, as the programme became a very high-profile success after the pilot), and instead he writes that his “first ever experience of working in television” was working on a Channel 4 show (Channel 4 was launched in 1982). In another interview he asserts that it is this programme, which was aired in 1983: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29712170/ * The IMDb listing claimed he was appearing under a pseudonym, that of “Rhoddie Llewellyn”. That name appears in the credits, as part of a series of joke credits, including a number of other fictitious performers, named “Pietar Rhoodie”, “Jan Rhoodie”, “Boaz Rhoodie”, and “Arnold Rhoodie”, apparently as part of a joke related to the so-called “Muldergate”, a scandal involving the South African government and a civil servant named Eschel Rhoodie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muldergate). Roddy Llewellyn, a British baronet who had an affair with Princess Margaret, is mentioned in the episode earlier in a satirical context, and I think this name is then included as an extra joke. In the credits the fictitious “Rhoodie” performer names are all placed in a block. After a significantly gap these are then followed by the actual performers, including Rowan Atkinson, Chris Emmett and Chris Langham, although using pseudo-Afrikaans language pseudonyms (“Van” is inserted as a middle name). The pilot can be viewed here, with the credits at around the 29-minute mark: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8c9ana * The IMDb listing cited him as providing the voice of the Bob Hope puppet at 11:00 into the pilot, which does not sound anything like Llewellyn, whose most famous television role (in "Red Dwarf") is played with a North American accent and sounds very distinctly different, even allowing for the idea that he may have been putting on a slightly different accent. In light of this, I have managed to get the credit removed. However, a lot of other websites are now asserting that Llewellyn made this appearance in the pilot (having taken the IMDb listing as gospel), and my concern is that another (well-meaning) contributor will come across one of these sources and try to re-add it. With that in mind, is it possible to please put a block on that credit being re-submitted? Many thanks.

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2 months ago

What happened to all my paragraph breaks?

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And why is it marked as "Private"?

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Hi tom_wake - The Private flag has been removed from this post. Concerning your question about the paragraph breaks, you may notice that some previously available functionality is currently not supported. We are working to reinstate this functionality to make it better and will share updates as they become available. For updates, I encourage you to keep an eye on this announcement post: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-community-site-is-back-online/67c7463ff1f6982721eb235d.

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2 months ago

Hi tom_wake - Thanks for removing the incorrect credit. I have taken steps to help prevent any re-listing of the incorrect pilot episode credit on Robert Llewellyn's page. Cheers!