12 British TV Stars Who Refused to Speak to Their Co-Stars

Britain thought it knew everything about them. It didn't. Two stars played brother and sister for nearly five years, and one writer says they never spoke again. Two soap stars, husband and wife on screen, say they went five years without a word. And a children's favourite skipped his old show's birthday, sending only a short message. These are twelve British stars of television and film, and the silences and fallings out that viewers never saw. From Eric Idle, George Formby, Frankie Howerd and Bill Maynard to Terry Scott, Marco Pierre White, Charles Hawtrey, Bill Owen, John Noakes, Shane Richie, Peter Sellers and Jimmy Jewel: what started it, how long it lasted, and whether it ever ended. Some silences were short, some were one-sided, and some ended in friendship. These stories come from their own words and the people who worked beside them. Which silence shocked you most? Who should be in Part 2? Tell us in the comments. Like and subscribe for more true stories of the stars we grew up with.