I was in Soho yesterday remembering these legends. Admirable, relatable but perhaps unsustainable.

I've looked for this for years, having watched it when it was first shown. I think of it every time I'm in London. What a character.

"A suicide note in weekly instalments!"

Tom Baker the only survivor of those days, he must have an amazing constitution

Glad I found this. I recently read Soho in the Eighties (Christopher Howse). It was great to put some faces to names in the book. Funniest thing was Mr Bernard's lunch companion trying to dissuade Alfredo from bursting into song. Hilarious!
Thanks for posting.

14:22 Wonderful to see an appearance from Tom Baker!

Legend

Bernard would have hated the smoking ban.

BBC TWO Continuity On Friday 10th October 1997.

The late Cormac McCarthy also liked the company of 'dodgy' characters, evidenced in, for example, his novel 'Suttree', which is said to be pretty autobiographical.
As a guest on 'Desert Island Discs', Mr Bernard himself explains that when he was unable to write because of being unwell, it was because of his diabetes, not because he was hung over.

Friday 10th October 1997

As someone with pretty bone fide boho credentials, the more you know about lives like Jeffrey’s, the less you envy them. The guy was a karmic sink hole, poor man.

I wonder if the waiter sang at Frank’s funeral?😀

How very droll those columns were!

Old skool wfh

Perfect Day was shown in full was it?

Geez, he was a one-finger typist like Harold Robbins!