October 20, 2008 | Uncategorized, hero worship
Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! Stop press!
I was watching CBeebies this evening with the Fecklet, when who appears on my screen to read the bedtime story but this man!
I have never seen him before in my life but his name is Tom Ward and he is the hero of the book I am writing right now! Holy cow! Where’d he suddenly spring from?
And does he want to come round for tea?!?!
Kate Johnson says:
He looks familiar…(IMDB to the rescue) Yes! He was in Moll Flanders, about ten years ago on TV, where he was Moll’s unfortunate American husband; and Vanity Fair, where he was the one who dies at Waterloo. Very good at a sexy sneer, as I recall.
Jan Jones says:
…and has just a touch of the David Tennants about him…
Julie says:
Kate, I have totally missed him aside from CBeebies bedtime story. I clearly have to watch many more costume dramas because that is where the hot guys congregate.
Jan, yes. A bit. Seems more sneerier, more alpha, less manic to me. He’s perhaps not forbidding enough to be my current hero, who is a gloomy bastard, but I think he could do it.
I must admit that I completely forgot I had a toddler on my lap while I watched him read the story. Poor Fecklet didn’t have any attention until the segment ended, I yelled “Who is he?” and my little son echoed, “Who he?” Bless him.
Jan Jones says:
Oh, bless.
And I reckon he looks as if he could do forbidding extremely well indeed.
Wonder if I could borrow him for Lord Alexander? He’d have to lose the leather and get himself some superfine, but he might not mind too much.
Rachael Johns says:
Why don’t we have these types on kids’ tv in Oz??? Tell me….
Michelle Styles says:
Yes he does look like a Julie Cohen type.
Apparently Cbeebies bedtime story gets all sorts of wonderful men. I have heard of Philip Glenister, Richard Armitage and now Tom Ward.
Anonymous says:
He plays one of the forensic pathologists on Silent Witness. Eminently droolable.
I love it when Silent Witness is on here on Friday nights
Bronwyn Parry says:
(Sorry, I’m not really anonymous).
BTW, he’s in the later Silent Witness series, not the early ones with Amanda Burton. He started when she left. Or therebouts.
Julie says:
Sure, you can borrow him, Jan. Just don’t ask me to lend you Ewan McGregor.
Julie says:
Rachael, I’m sorry. Maybe you can develop irrational crushes on children’s telly presenters like I do, to pass the time.
Julie says:
Michelle, I’m very sorry I missed PG and RA. Maybe they’ll show them again. Usually I take Fecklet upstairs and read to him myself at the time these stories are on, but perhaps I have to be a bad parent more often…
Julie says:
Bronwyn…thanks for that! Much watch Silent Witness. Yum.
Kate Hardy says:
I’m with Jan – I can see David Tennant there. (Even after I cleaned my blurry specs…)
As a kid, I loved Jackanory. It made me go to the library and get the books so I could read them myself. So you might not be a bad mum for letting him hear these bedtime stories, too. (Not to mention the hero potential for you
)
Lucy says:
Silent Witness has returned to the screen! In the UK at least – Wed/Thurs nights 9pm. I know this because I’m addicted…
Julie Day says:
Yes, he does look mean and moody and a bit like David Tennant. He certainly doesn’t look the type to read bedtime stories on children’s tv.
Julie says:
Yes, I do tend to have a type I must admit. Sigh.
There are worse things.
I might be watching the bedtime stories all this week, Kate.
Lucy, thanks for the tip! Yay!
Julie, he actually did a very good job. It was a story about a witch and he was a bit forbidding when he had to be, but did a great “Abracadabra!” with a magic wand pulled out from underneath his coat.
Donna says:
“a great “Abracadabra!” with a magic wand pulled out from underneath his coat.”
Oh, snert! You could have much irreverent fun with that, Miss Feckless.
I too see the Tennant, only better, so yum. And he could definitely be Lord Alexander…I bet the breeches would be stunning.
Ruth says:
Mmmm, he’s HOT. Must start watching the cbeebies stories, see if I can get Leilani over her Justin Fletcher obsession (he just doesn’t do it for me, but she’s wild for him!)
Kate Johnson says:
Wait, Richard Armitage reads bedtime stories? I have got to start watching children’s TV.
I can totally see David Tennant there too. In fact when I first glanced at it, I thought it was him doing one of his sexy scowls.
jude says:
Nice one Julie, I’ve considered Tom a hottie for some time now. Ooh the joys of telly crushes. My current one is Peter Petrelli on Heroes.
Jan Jones says:
Thanks, Julie, I shall borrow him forthwith. (And I wouldn’t dream of depriving you of Ewan)
Donna – OMG, I hadn’t even thought down as far as the breeches….
Jeez, and I’ve just got to the scene where the heroine’s soothing his fevered brow too. I may be some time.
Julie says:
Donna, I agree, impeccable in breeches. Take note, Jan, I need to read this book!
Ruth, you really do need to get her over Mr Tumble. Alas, Tom wasn’t on tonight, it was some woman instead. I took Fecklet straight upstairs in disgust to read him stories myself.
Kate, watch CBeebies! At its best, it’s like being on a amazing drugs.
Jude, why are you not sending me pictures of these men on a regular basis?!? ggg
Jan, she can go straight from the fevered brow to the breeches!!!!!
cyclops8 says:
No wonder he looks familiar. I love “Silent Witness,” too. I’ve been waiting for it to return on BBC America.
Jan Jones says:
Oh yeah, of course! I was forgetting the rule about loosening tight clothing when the milord in question has been coshed on the head in the pouring rain…
Wonder if the editor will pick it up?
Julie says:
Cyclops8, I haven’t seen it for ages, I’m having a look-see tomorrow night for sure!
Jan, your editor will scream in joy!! As will I.
(P.S. Everybody, Jude has now sent me photos of gorgeous men. Whoooooooooaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaahhh! Life is sweet.)
Jessica Raymond says:
I keep waiting for the Rupert Penry-Jones one to come up. They keep showing snippets of it in the trailer. One day…! x