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• 1985 room of the Gallery now has a Pauline montage from EastEnders' first episode.
• At last!  Re-capped and re-processed the No Blade of Grass montage in the 1970s wing of the Gallery.  Looks much better now.
• An excellent, rarely-seen image of Sarne and Richard from 1962 on the Music page (and the book in which it was found added to the Bibliography).
• Add two more modest computer background images (wallpaper) featuring Wendy, to the Art wing of the Gallery.
• Write-up on the EastEnders Soaplife Special magazine.
• Publicize a cheesecake recipe of Wendy's on the Charity page . . .
• . . .And in the same place -- but for a different cause -- a chili recipe of hers, too!
• Transcript of 1993 Bella article, with accompanying photo in Herself Gallery.
• Great photo from 1986 also added to Herself Gallery, and mention of the publication in which it was found.

• 2004 room of the Gallery has been opened for Wendy's latest EE Pauline publicity photo.
• Rarely-seen advert of hers added to the Gallery.
• Picture from 1962 added, with note about its appearance on the Articles page.
• Write-up noted in TV section and image montage added to Gallery for Wendy's appearance in Dad's Army Selection Box.
• Publicity flyer and modest write-up added for Let's Go Camping.
• Note Wendy's preface for the new BBC book EastEnders: 20 Years in Albert Square.
•  Lovely picture and mention in Eva, from July 1996.
• Dutch publicity picture added to 1977 room of the Gallery.
• A little more info about the Wendy and the Beatles' film Help.

• A very nice article from March 2002 about Wendy, from the BBC's Insider news brief; added to the Online Articles page.
• Rare publicity image of Wendy for her role in Dr Who: Dimensions in Time special, added to 1993 room of the Gallery.
• Note taken of a 1985 article in Woman's Realm magazine, as well as adding a related image to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Updated the Bio page with some additional tidbits gleaned from the book Secret Lives, as well as an image from same in the Gallery.
• A brief mention in 1999's Inside Soap added to Articles page, and image added to the Gallery.
• Revamped the write-up about her work in the early '80s on West Country Tales.
• Added an image of Wendy with Sir Cliff Richard -- from a few years back -- to the Gallery.
• . . . And another unusual image from 1998's Who Weekly magazine to the Herself Gallery.
• Note on the Art page some additional wallpaper files offered by the BBC from Are You Being Served? and Grace and Favour.
• Update the write-ups for Both Ends Meet, Not On Your Nellie, Grace and Favour, and Hogg's Back.

• Recent article added to Print page.
• Alter word search #2 to provide clues, and add new word search #3!
• Reprocessed the Up Pompeii montage in the 1970 room of the Gallery.  Color balance, clarity, and size are much improved!
• Reprocessed the montage of interview images from Wendy's A Life On The Box interview, in the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• Added a few images from her 2003 PBS interview in Houston.
• Redid the Harpers West One image in the 1962 room of the Gallery.
• Added a few newer, clearer images for Dad's Army to the 1970, 1972, and  1973 rooms of the Gallery.
• Corrected typo in one of the write-ups in the Herself wing of the Gallery.

• Belated mention of Wendy's new co-star, as seen on her official website.
• A new 2005 print article.
• New comments added to three existing photos in the Herself wing of the Gallery (photos moved to top of stack).
• Tweak to an existing Charity activity.

• Two new images, here and here, added to, and an old image improved in, the Herself Gallery.
• One new image of Mike Sarne and Wendy, added to the Music page.
• Add quite a few additional print articles and mentions
• Add a transcript of a 1990 Radio Times quasi-interview.

• Add a review of Wendy's 1998 appearance Funny Women - Molly Sugden, along with an image montage.
• Add some JavaScript to the "Parting Shot" page so a different image will appear each time the page is reloaded.
• Re-processed images for Are You Being Served? in the 1972, 1973, and 1974 rooms of the Gallery.
• Greatly improved the image montage for 1999's Funny Turns - John Inman.
• Cleaned up the images for 1971's On The Buses.
• Expanded write-up about, and images from, the 1993 Dr Who special.
• Fixed up the design of the 2000s wing of the Gallery.

• Add montage images for Grace and Favour in the 1991 and 1992 rooms of the Gallery.
• Re-processed images for Are You Being Served? in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1984 rooms of the Gallery.
• Also fixed or replaced some (but not all) GIF thumbnail images that appear broken in recent Mozilla browser versions.

• Bring the Current page up to date.
• Improve some of the Grace and Favour images in the 1991 room of the Gallery.

• Add a large photo montage from Wendy's 2002 appearance on The Kumars at Number 42 to the 2000 room of the Gallery.
• Add a trio of montages of Pauline Fowler to the 1998, 1999, and 2000 rooms of the Gallery.
• Note two articles: some wonderful coverage in My Weekly magazine, September, 2004; and a brief sidebar in an October 1997 edition of What's on TV magazine
• A large image added to the 1987 room of the Gallery, from the EE wall calendar for that year.
• Added image of cover of 1992 Radio Times to the 1991 room of the Gallery.
• Add translation of a 1986 Dutch magazine article, and related photo to the Herself Gallery.
• Holding back from listening to the sound bites because you mistrust Real? (You know who you are. . . ) Fear not, a free alternative to Real Player, called, well, Real Alternative, is available, and I've added a link to same.
• Archived older entries from the "What's New" page here.

• Much improved and expanded images from Carry On Girls
• Note Wendy's contribution to a 1988 cookbook for charity.
• Another addition to the top of the Herself Gallery.

• A few additions to the top of the Herself Gallery.
• Improved images from other of Wendy's movies:
  Bless This House and
  Doctor In Clover
• Very early image montage from The Arthur Haynes show.
• Mention a quintet of mostly-not-new print articles.

• Set of images from Wendy's interview on My Favorite Hymns in the 2003 room of the Gallery.
• Rarely-seen Gumshoe lobby card in the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Much clearer image from Carry On Matron in the 1972 room of the Gallery.
• 1996 profile done about Wendy for Inside Soap, plus image.
• Note about an image from the 1996 article in the Dutch magazine Weekend.
• 1992 interview article in Woman magazine. Transcript is here and a couple of images: here and here.
• Lobby card image from On The Buses movie.
• Info about her appearance on The Sitcom Story.
• An illustration for FAQ #11.
• A couple of images from Hugh And I in the 1963 room of the Gallery.

• Fill in the details about her excellent interview on My Favorite Hymns early this year.
• Finally, revamped the Carry On Again, Christmas write-up with full details as well as a new image montage in the 1970 room of the Gallery.
• A neat factoid added for the DangerMan image in the 1964 room of the Gallery.
• Note a couple of publications from 1981 and 1992 with Wendy articles, and rarely-seen photos added to the Herself Gallery.
• Briefly note her guest spot on the So Graham Norton show last year (I'm still trying to get details of that appearance).

• Note on charity page that Wendy's picture is on the January page of the new PDSA calendar.
• Add write-up about her work in Legal, Decent, Honest & Truthful. Also, add audio clips from that radio show.
• Improved, expanded info on her appearance in Danger Man. Updated write-up; much better images. Also moved images from 1965 to the 1964 room of the Gallery, and added a couple of short audio clips.
• Briefly note Wendy's recent appearance in two 2003 Christmas season shows: The Joy of Christmas on BBC1 and My Favorite Hymns on ITV. (Details to follow later, I hope.)
• Add a few more print media mentions to the Articles page, and related image to the 1987 room of the Gallery.
• Add bare-bones write-up about The London Wall.

• Updated Charity page with more of Wendy's activities over the last year or two. Also freshened up the "Dogs At Risk in Europe" links there, as well.
• Four online articles about Wendy identified: Mirror (2002), Ananova (2002), VideoVista (2003), and Ananova (2000).
• Some additional print articles from some early-1990 editions of Inside Soap magazine (including one written by the author of the book "The EastEnders Programme Guide").
• Note an interview she did for a women's magazine in 2001; photo added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Some great photos of Wendy as Pauline Fowler added to 1993 and 1994 rooms of the Gallery.
• Replaced a few Are You Being Served? movie images with better caps, and added a new one, as well.
• Updated Likely Lads write-up, including a new BBC link.
• Updated the Shirley The Dog page, with additional links.
• Updated Newcomers write-up, including a new link.
• Added Wendy's official EE publicity sheet to the EE write-up.
• Correct wrong link on the transcript index page.

• Have uncovered a number of print appearances, references, and interviews in both English and Dutch, from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
• Redid and added in-line images to the write-up on Wendy's late-1986 panto work.
• Transcript of article from Weekend and Titbits, 1985 and cover in the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• A much-improved version of the Mike & Wendy publicity photo added to the Music room.
• A couple of rarely-seen shots added to the Herself Gallery.
• A recent in-character photo of Pauline Fowler opens the 2003 room of the Gallery.
• Some info about another show Wendy appeared in: Pebble Mill and EastEnders.
• Added reference to a new page for listing just the interviews she's done over the years for which this site has transcripts.

• Note a fine article in a 1992 issue of Films In Review. Photo added to the 1992 room of the Gallery. Also a couple of other magazine mentions.
• A few extra words in the No Blade of Grass and Are You Being Served? movie write-ups.
• Compare a couple of AYBS? movie publicity shots.

• Add a must-read 1987 interview, with photos in the Herself and 1986 areas of the Gallery.
• New images from (and commentary on) Carry On Girls in the Gallery. (All COG images moved from '72 to the 1973 room where they belong.)
• Updated biographical page to note Wendy's work behind a bar, as well as some of her remarks and anecdotes about it from a 1975 interview.
• Add mention of an interesting Jan '75 Titbit article and another photo to the Herself gallery. Update FAQ page with some of the info from the interview.
• Replaced an old AYBS movie image with another, better one (last image in the 1977 room of the gallery).
• Also, many articles and incidental mentions & photos.

• Add additional rarely-seen images from No Blade of Grass (with a few comments) to the 1970 room of the Gallery.
• Add a Grace and Favour image to the 1992 room and update one of the existing comments for the 1991 photos
• Note some Hello magazine articles from the last couple of years on the Print Articles page, as well as an advertisement Wendy did about 15 years ago (photo from that added to 1988 room of the Gallery). Various other mentions, too.
• Add a photo from late 2000 to the top of the Herself gallery.
• Just for fun, updated the list of CDs that I web-edit by.

• Wendy's preferred email address has changed. Document it here.
• Note on the TV page Wendy's recent Houston PBS interview, and provide some details, as well as a transcript of the interview.
• Add the English translation of the 1980 Mix magazine article to the Print Articles page.
• Add English translation of the 1980 Story magazine article to the same place.
• Mention yet another This Is Your Life that Wendy apparently guested on some years ago.
• Add a quote from a July, 1977 Film Review magazine to the Print Articles page.
• Add to the Print Articles page some comments based on an English translation of the Feb 96 article in the Dutch magazine Weekend. Note a few other print mentions as well.

• Wendy is back online at www.wendyrichardmbe.com! Links changed to point to new URL.

• Brief follow-up to Wendy's stay in Texas on the Current page.
• Improve the 1966 image montage from Weaver's Green.
• Include transcript of a 1992 Sunday Express article.
• Also a transcript of a 1990 Soap Opera Weekly article.
• A nice Pauline and Arthur photo, probably from 1986.
• Much improve a black-and-white 1985/6 publicity shot (now at the top of the Herself Gallery).
• Plug in a rare image from a 1980 Dutch celebrity mag.
• Include correction to her stage work.
• Lots of other articles/pix from various magazines.

• Update the Current page with regard to Wendy's Houston visit.

• FLASH! More info about Wendy's Houston visit on the Current page.

• New note on the Current Page about Wendy's upcoming travel to the US.
  
  
• Add a 1962 article written by Wendy from New Musical Express to the Articles page. Also a couple of related photos on the Music page, and mention of an EP album containing Come Outside.
• Much improve that circa-1965 photo added last time to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• General info about the recent Celebrating Molly Sugden special, with an image montage added to the 2002 room of the Gallery.
• Add yet another infrequently-seen publicity card to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A still from the Are You Being Served? movie added to the 1977 room of the Gallery.
• Note a hitherto unknown panto Wendy almost did back in the 1990s; including an image of a flyer for the play.
• Add an interview from 1990 in Radio Times, as well as the superb photo of Wendy on RT's cover to the Herself Gallery.
• Add two shows from the 1970s to the list of known programs that Wendy's appeared on (though no details to each yet . . .).
• Note a few other magazine and newspaper articles.

• Add images from Please, Sir! to the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Update info about West Country Tales.
• Include in Wendy's TV credits the previously unknown Dad, You're a Square.
• Add a rare photo from perhaps 1965 to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Revamp the comments on three of the Herself photos, and replaced two shots with better images (all photos in question moved toward the top of the stack).
• Remark on the book Celebrity Pets and its chapter about little Shirley.
• Add mention of a gala ball that Wendy attended in 2001, and the OK! magazine article that covered it.
• Note three other press mentions of Wendy in the Print section.
• Update on the character page the location where one may get no-cost Real Audio software.

• Add a general entry for West Country Tales (not Wendy-specific).
• Note two more fairly recent articles about Wendy in the Print section.

• Include a rare publicity still from Not On Your Nellie to the 1975 room of the Gallery.
• Drop into the 1986 room of the Gallery not one, but two rarely-seen Pauline images from that year: the first a December Radio Times magazine cover and the second a Pauline and Kathy greeting card.
• Note my choices for the top Wendy episodes of AYBS?
• Place three new additions (an early shot, a shot from the 'royal blue' session, and a lovely shot with flowers) to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Two articles from late 2002 noted in the Print section: one from Best; another from OK!
• Add an entry for HMS Paradise (though no substantial write-up yet).
• Note a recent Ananova on-line article about Wendy's return to work.

• Add a 1962 article about Wendy from TV Times to the Articles page. Also a related photo in the Herself wing of the Gallery; also, re-do the Harpers West One write-up.
• Miscellaneous updates to biographical data.
• Note Clement Freud's nice compliment about Wendy.
• Expand one of the FAQ entries about her pre-acting sales experience.
• Add a tidbit to the general Stage write-up.
• Add a nice image of Wendy as Pauline to 2001 room of the Gallery.
• Add entry for Shooting Stars on the TV page; no real details yet, though.
• Found no fewer than ten new (well, to the WRAP. . .) newspaper and mag articles about her.

• The Wendy Richard Appreciation Page celebrates its fifth birthday this month!
• Start keeping new articles at the top/front of the Print Articles page, so visitors here won't have to hunt for them.
• Note an outstanding 1993 article about Wendy from Radio Times. Also, the related photo in the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add a 1978 article about Wendy from the Dutch magazine Hitkrant to the Articles page. Also an accompanying photo, in the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Note the Wendy articles in the Walford Gazette issue of mid-2001.
• Enlarged images for her latest publicity photo and also her fairly-rare Grace and Favour card in the Gallery.
• Link to a BBC article that contains notes from well-wishers.

• A rarely seen publicity photo from about 1975 in the Herself Gallery.
• More details about the 1976 stage play of Are You Being Served? including -- bonus! -- pages from the souvenir programme.
• OK! article from December 1998, and a related photo in the 1998 room of the Gallery.
• What Martine McCutcheon has said about Wendy (and updated bibliography to match).
• An entry for her appearance on The Lilly Savage Show; images and tidbits in the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• A couple of heretofore unknown tidbits about Holiday 2001 in the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• Brief mention of her association with Wogan.
• Appearance in the pages of Radio Times, Feb 86.

• Note in Current a very serious news article about Wendy's health.

• Add what looks to be a new (and very attractive) publicity card to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add a much bigger and better scan in the Gallery of her early Nineties Red Dress card.
• Add a vintage AYBS? promo picture to the 1974 room of the Gallery.
• Include on the Online Articles page a link to a very nice review of her autobiog -- and here's another one. If you haven't read her book yet, perhaps these will persuade. . .
• Note the Wendy pic on RUKBA's homepage.
• Document another picture of Wendy at the Golden Bonio Awards in 2000.
• Note Wendy info that appears in the book Great Brit-Coms.

• Data on Frankie Howerd in Ulster.
• Note the URL for the WR web page set up by her agent.
• Picture of Wendy with charity prize-winning canine, from 2000, plus mention of the April, 2000 magazine article where this appeared.
• Note her as an official celebrity supporter for Naturewatch.
• Document mention of her in an RSPCA newsletter from early 2001.
• Preliminary info on her recent 2002 appearance on The Kumars at No. 42 . (Images to follow.)
• Additional info about Wendy and the theater: what she's said about why she doesn't do more stage work; plus mods to the Cinderella, NSPWB, and Blithe Spirit write-ups.
• Mention a 1979 magazine in which a stock AYBS? cast photo appears.

• Add a Come Outside-related blurb to Current.
• Note mention and photos from 1985 magazine. Add shot to 1985 room of the Gallery.

• Mention a Radio Times mag appearance from March 1997, with images here and here, and added a quote to the write-up for The Big C.
• Include Aug 2001 TV Times magazine mention.
• Add image from Jan 2000 to Herself Gallery.
• Document a photo in The Sunday Times from October 2001.
• Note existence of a Pauline greeting card (toward bottom of existing EE write-up).
• Add appropriate image to the Olympian essay.
• Big-time pruning of the Links list; more useful and interesting now

• Add a very handsome 1986 image to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A transcript of a 1987 Dutch article about Wendy and her "new" role of Pauline Fowler.
• Add an image from an unusual source to the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• A major reorg and expansion of the character quotes pages; arranging them somewhat topically, to boot.
• Make a minor update to the Current page.
• Note the fruit cake recipe from Wendy's 1997 Ready, Steady, Cook appearance.

• Add mention of Wendy's appearance in a Hello magazine article from two years back.
• Add a third Bacon Number variant.
• Add an image, from The Newcomers, to the 1965 room of the Gallery.
• Note photos and mention on the Royal Insight website, from Dec 01.
• Note a brief interview with Wendy on the BBC's EastEnders Revealed website.
• Add a couple of relevant and interesting BBC links to the Likely Lads write-up.
• Note location of a BBC video clip of Wendy from her Weakest Link appearance (look under "Round by Round" section of the WRAP's write-up).
• Add an important -- but often overlooked -- note to the "Where on the 'Net?" FAQ (3rd paragraph).
• Mention another locale of Wendy's Blithe Spirit tour back in 1980.
• Add the Anglia TV history book to the Bibliography.
• Tweak the pointer to where one can find the no-cost Real Player for listening to Wendy audio clips. (I'm thinking of changing clips from the Real Audio format to mp3 format. Comments?)
• Editorial: split the single "Articles About . . ." page into separate Online and Print page files.

• Note the recent publication of a very nice article about Wendy in Woman's Own magazine, Feb '02.
• No less than three other new images (in the Herself Gallery): one from the Sixties; one from 2001 (from that Woman's Own article); and the third from the Nineties.
• At last! Some info and images from Wendy's mid-Sixties series Weaver's Green.
• Improve the review of Weakest Link.
• A montage from Weakest Link in the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• Add an amusing Danger Man factoid.
• Note the existence in the Creative Corner of some official BBC wallpapers which include Wendy as Pauline Fowler. Also new there: a link to a professional artist's somewhat impressionistic painting of Pauline.
• Identify two more online articles that mentioned Wendy (Online Telegraph) in regard to the Nov '01 visit of the Queen to the EE set.
• Mention a Pauline-related print article within the pages of Heat magazine.
• Note in the Online Articles section about a May '01 piece about Laila Morse that mentions Wendy prominently.

• Add a 1987 room (with two new images) to the 1980s wing of the Gallery.
• One new EastEnders image in the 1991 room of the Gallery.
• A detailed write-up of, transcript for, and images from her EastEnders: It's Your Party appearance last year.
• Link added to a BBC News online article from July 2001 about EastEnders.
• Link added from the EastEnders description to a fan's innovative essay about Wendy's character of Pauline Fowler.
• Add a note to clear up the mystery about a statement by an interviewer on BBC Breakfast in 2001.
• Oops! Fix the garbled Easy Money write-up.

• Move all pre-2001 "What's New" entries into the archives.
• A link to a nice article about Wendy on a non-newsmedia web site; she is quoted on the positive value of the Variety Club Children's Charity.
• Mention two old articles from back in November, 2000 (neither of which exist any longer) about Wendy's MBE: one from Online Sun and the other from the Online Mirror.
• A tidbit about Wendy's role in 1971's Please, Sir comedy TV series.
• Add general info on three shows she guested on a few years ago: talk show Esther, and game shows Give Us A Clue and Easy Money.
• A few new words about Are You Being Served?
• A brief write-up on and links to her very brief appearance in 1993's Dr Who charity special.
• Link to a fine Guardian Unlimited photo archive image of Wendy during the Nov 01 Royal visit to the set of EastEnders.
• Add link in the EastEnders write-up pointing to a brief, but accurate, analysis of Pauline Fowler.
• Links to three sites recording Wendy's attendance at Discover Dogs conventions over the last couple of years. Some small, but nice, images, and articles.
• Note a photo and brief mention of Wendy in TV Now! magazine, August 2001.

• Link added to a fairly prominent mention of Wendy in a recent BBC News online article about Queen Elizabeth visiting the EastEnders set.
• Also note a couple of newspapers' coverage of that same visit in the Print Articles Section.
• At last! A listen to the two songs Wendy did in 1963 with Diane Berry (bonus: short excerpts from each!).
• A few new tidbits on the Current page.
• Update info on Bio page (but no surprises, if you've read her book).
• New info about her 1986 Come Outside recording.
• Added image to the 2001 room of the Gallery for Wendy's recent Life On The Box appearance, and a preliminary write-up (detailed review will come later.....).
• Note in the Print Articles section an extraordinary four-part article on Wendy that appeared in Sep/Oct 01 within the pages of The Weekly News.

• Add image from Harpers West One to the 1961 room of the Gallery.
• Add to the Herself wing of the Gallery a quite attractive -- and rarely seen -- image of Wendy from the 1970s.
• Add a transcript of her recent Breakfast morning news show appearance.
• A much more in-depth look at her recently-aired The Likely Lads appearance.

• Add image from Sammy Meets the Girls to the 1960 room of the Gallery, and a brief write-up.
• Add images for Up, Pompeii to the 1970 room of the Gallery.
• Add images for The Likely Lads to the 1965 room of the Gallery. (Will improve the show's write-up for the next update.)
• Add EastEnders - It's Your Party (2001) and the BBC's Breakfast show (2001) to her television résumé. Will add reviews of both, in the near future.
• Add 1991's EastEnders Handbook to the bibliography.
• Add a link to a recent BBC News on-line article that quotes Wendy and provides a Real Media video interview.

• Add to the Herself Gallery two links to external images of Wendy:
  -- a lovely portrait of Wendy with Toastmaster Robert Gee, on his website.
  -- an impromptu shot of her at a Dad's Army event last year, on the Thetford regional website.
• Note in the Print Articles section a recent article about Wendy in the Feb 01 issue of Candis magazine (a British subscription-only mag that supports medical charities). Images in the Herself Gallery.
• Discovered another charity with which Ms. Richard is associated: the Newfound Friends. -- and rearrange the Charity page so that newest items are now at the top of the page, for reader convenience.
• Add links to a fairly new Tamzin Outhwaite fan website, wherever she's mentioned here on the WRAP.
• Update disclaimer to note I have no control over the content of external sites I link to (pretty obvious, but worth stating anyway).
• Tweak to the Not on Your Nellie write-up.
• Note possible character name for radio show "Cat's Whiskers".
• Add a very short tidbit about her 1978 appearance on Rainbow. (Thanks, Steve!)

• A new wallpaper featuring Pauline Fowler.

• A entry on the TV page for Wendy's appearance on Holiday 2001, plus images.
• Mention of her recently-uncovered work on a 1965 episode of The Likely Lads.
• Two additions to the Herself gallery: a grand image from last year's investiture; and a look at a very contemporary publicity card of Wendy's.
• Add new entries to the Current page.
• Pointer to article about Wendy in the 8 June OK! celebrity magazine, and a related 'about' quote.
• Add a 'signpost' at the incorrect URL published in Wendy's book (that is, "http://pages.prodigy.net/glc/wrhp/html/wr") to guide folks to the correct address of the WRAP (I don't know why I didn't do this earlier . . .).
• Identify the other contestants on Wendy's celebrity Weakest Link appearance, and added data links for the EE characters they play.
• Since my web space allocation recently jumped from six to 15 MB, increase the size of some existing images so they may be seen to best effect: the '99 publicity shot, the mid-Seventies shot, and a 2000 image.

• Funny Turns: John Inman: a more detailed review, plus images from this 1999 interview.
• A look at Wendy's featured appearance on the BBC's Bedtime Reading series.
• Updates and mods to the Charity Page:
  -- mention (at the bottom.) of BTCV association
  -- link to the Flora Light charity footrace last year
  -- mention of NatureWatch support (1999)
  -- update the "Dogs for the Disabled" hyperlink
  -- spun-off the charity data into its own page, mostly for my convenience.
• A nice, but rarely-seen EastEnders shot, in the 1986 room of the Gallery (3rd from the top.)
• A 1988 image from EastEnders added to the Gallery.
• Note about Wireless Wise.
• Update bibliography.
• Correct the article hyperlink to the My Radio 4 interview.

• A little more info about Wendy's 1986 Xmas season panto work.
• Brief appearance in mid-March in the pages of Hello! magazine.
• Just a tidbit about her April appearance on Holiday 2001. (I'll provide a much more detailed review of the episode during my next update, if I can snag a copy of the show.)

• At last! A detailed review of No Blade of Grass . . .
• . . . and some rarely seen images from the same.
• Miscellaneous corrections to the transcript for the Steve Wright interview.
• Pointer to a cover photo for the Sunday Mirror 28 Jan - 3 Feb 01 television guide.
• Pointer about an April 1985 article about EastEnders.
• Brief note about Wendy's recent The Weakest Link appearance.

• Link added to an 16 Dec 00 online article in the Guardian Unlimited. It is a set of answers Wendy provided to a reporter's questionnaire. Some interesting info here.
• A look at a radio interview Ms. Richard did for Steve Wright of BBC Radio 2 late last year.
• Link added to a BBC Radio 4 Online Q & A session with Wendy that was posted on 16 Feb 00.
• Add the small associated image to the This Morning write-up and some additional details about the show brought to my attention.
• Add links on the Radio page and TV page to selected transcripts of her Just a Minute shows.
• In January, no less than six hard-copy magazines appeared with pictures and/or articles about Wendy or her character of Pauline. Here's what they were. One in particular, Hello! magazine of 9 Jan 00 was very well done, with a couple of lovely articles and scads of great shots.
• Description of a recent online article that mentioned Wendy, from The Sun (27 Jan 01).
• A few words about her This Is Your Life, Todd Carty appearance.
• Addition to the "Quotes about Wendy" page.
• An online article about Wendy that originated on The Online Mirror in late November of 2000.

• Pointer to an excellent 5 Nov 00 online article from the Daily Express/LineOne site. I'm impressed.
• New photo (1973) in the Herself Gallery
• Minor tidbit in Current.
• Re-scan at higher res the third photo in the 1986 room of the Gallery. Much nicer!
• Add a tidbit in the 2000 room of the Gallery to the descriptive text for Wendy's recent Life and Times . . . appearance.
• Note a couple of more animal welfare interests of Wendy's, as well as her Variety Club Gold Heart Appeal association.

• Added images from and info about Wendy's On The Buses TV work.
• Added a write-up and look at her recent Life and Times of . . . appearance.
• Expanded a little on the write-up about Both Ends Meet
• Rewrote the verbiage for the 1986 room of the Gallery with some new info.
• Added reference on the Charity page about a 1998 fundraiser that Wendy attended.

• Added link to recent (15 Nov 00) BBC online article.
• Added references to some old Radio Times print articles from 1987, 1990, and 1995. I'll try to find these back issues for review.
• Added Life and Times of . . . to the TV appearance list.
• Added This Morning to the TV appearance list, and a very brief write-up.
• Charity associations updated.

• Pointer to BBC online article about Wendy's investiture, and updated Current to reflect that event.
• Finally! A narrative of your webmeister's meeting with Wendy last July.
• Two pointers: a Sunday Mail interview in an EastEnders anniversary article from April 2000; and a Radio Times EE anniversary issue's short article.
• Music FAQ updated.
• Added Wendy's book to the Bibliography.
• Corrections and tweaks to the On The Buses, Dixon of Dock Green, Harpers West One, Hugh and I, The Newcomers, and Help! write-ups.
• 1962 Music write-up tweaked.
• Major revamp of the TV page, based on the list of Wendy's work from her book.
• Additions to the Radio page, also based on the list from her book.

• Rearranged and added to the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• Added a large B&W image to the 1986 room of the Gallery.
• Added a few words to existing Charity info (hint: how long does it take to scribble a squirrel?).
• Added a few more words about that most recent card in the Herself Gallery.
• Added EastEnders: The Inside Story to the Bibliography.

• Updated Current with latest info about Wendy's book.

• A new lovely image from an autographed card, circa mid-Seventies?
• In Current, updated info about her new book.
• A couple of tidbits about recent charity work Ms. Richard's done: her entry in the recent 'Scribble a Squirrel' art auction and attendance at a RUKBA fund-raiser.
• Added Real Soap to Bibliography page; also reformatted the page in order to provide comments on what Wendy-info each reference book offers.
• An image of the 45-rpm vinyl record of Wendy's 1962 song Come Outside.
• Added an external link on the Stage page related to Wendy's cruise ship work.
• Updated the RealPlayer access link on the Quote page.
• Re-processed many images to reduce their file sizes -- I'm about to max out my web space allocation for this ISP. . .

• NEWS FLASH! Wendy's book appears to now be available for order on Amazon.co.uk. Here is Amazon's image of the bookcover with a lovely photo of Ms. Richard.

• New Wendy-theme wallpaper! And a very nice one it is . . .
• Minor tweaks to Carry On film and TV entries.
• Updated bibliography.

• Updated latest info in Current about her upcoming book.
• Finally identified the fashion designer mentioned in Wendy's Heaven & Earth interview.

• Added a handsome 1977 image from her "Are You Being Served?" movie.
• Added a pointer to a news article in the Sunday Mirror (on-line), 17 Sep 00.
• Added a tidbit or two in the Current section.
• Added a disclaiming footnote to Bill Pertwee's quote about Wendy.

• Added general info about some pantomime work Ms. Richard did back in the 1980s.
• Added FAQ #11 about a certain common element in Ms. Richard's works.
• Added a new quote about Wendy by James Alexandrou.
• Added a couple of links to recent on-line news articles; one about the London mayor's race; another on a charity run she attended.
• List of known television credits expanded.
• A brief look at her recent appearance on The Search.

• Added another vintage -- and exceptionally handsome -- image to the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• Added more info about her play Blithe Spirit.
• Cleared up a nagging question about the sequence of her appearances in the early 1960s on Harpers West One, The Newcomers, and Dixon of Dock Green.
• Added a new FAQ #9 about the screen career of Shirley Brahms II.
• Added a new FAQ #10 to put to rest a bit of misinformation about a certain photo.
• Quashed the other music-related rumors in the FAQ.
• Added a number of pointers to on-line articles and also a pointer (but not the transcript of) a recent article in The Mail.
• Added a look at her 1998 Call My Bluff appearance.
• Various and miscellaneous mods and additions to the Bio, Music, Shirley the Dog, and Stage sections.

• A vintage image of Ms. Richard as Pauline Fowler in the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• Updated the Bibliography.

• A few images in the 1998 room of the Gallery from Ms. Richard's appearance in that year on the game show Call My Bluff.
• Updated FAQ #7 ("What else has Wendy sung?") with some interesting rumors.
• Minor editorial corrections to the existing Heaven and Earth Show interview.
• Moved the pre-2000 "What's New" entries to an Archive so this page will load faster.

• Wendy has been honored in Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honors List! She is now "Miss Wendy Richard, MBE".

• Added a pointer to a 25 Feb 00 on-line article about Wendy entitled "The Wonderful Wendy Richard" (alas, as of 2012, the article is no more....).
• Added a pointer to a quote of Wendy's opposing live hunting found on the League Against Cruel Sports web site.

• A detailed review of her two 1986 songs with Mike Berry, as well as much improved images of the 45-rpm record's slipcover.
• An observation added to an existing news article.

• A couple of new remarks on the Current page.
• A short tidbit about Ms. Richard's recent TV appearance on a Dad's Army celebration special.
• A definite update to one of her snail-mail addresses on the Bio page.
• Pointer to an article in The Guardian about greyhound racing that mentions Wendy in passing.

• List of Wendy's known television credits expanded.
• A little info on the promo she did for the string of EE 15th anniversary specials.
• Added a brief write-up on--and an image from--her February appearance in Happy Birthday, EastEnders!
• Trying out a symbol system on the TV page to quickly convey how much info I have about each of her shows; explained on the About This Site page.

• List of Wendy's known television credits expanded.
• Added a larger version of a recent Pauline Fowler publicity picture.
• Tweaked the "What's New" page to fix a problem when displayed using the Opera browser.

• Ms. Richard has indeed established an official presence on the World Wide Web! The URL for her new site is www.wendyrichard.com (no longer active).  Please be patient: it's still very much under construction; nonetheless, it looks like it has some real promise. There's some info out there already, and even a couple of recent (and quite handsome) posed photos.
• Added a tidbit on the availability of some of Wendy's Dad's Army radio recordings from the 1970s.
• Added a partial write-up and images of her 1986 re-recording of Come Outside with Mike Berry.
• Just this once, I'll do something browser-specific: for users of Internet Explorer, uploaded a customized favicon.ico that should display when you bookmark the W.R.A.P. homepage as a Favorite. Enjoy!
• An apparent change to one of her snail-mail addresses.
• Added a bit of somewhat off-topic meta-data about the origins of this site.
• Latest confirmed tidbit about the availability of Wendy's autobiography.

• NEWS FLASH! I have recently received word that:
  > work is in progress on an official UK web site for Ms. Richard;
  > Wendy has activated an email address to which fans are welcome to write in lieu of using snail mail;
  > her long-awaited autobiography will be coming out later this year.
  I am currently attempting to verify all of these developments and hope to provide additional, specific details as soon as possible.
• Wordsearch Puzzle #2 has been added to the Creative Corner of the Gallery.

• Two more images added to the 2000 room of the Gallery -- a montage of shots from A Question of EastEnders and a duo of shots from EastEnders Family Album.
• Write-up on Ms. Richard's brief appearance on EastEnders Family Album.
• Fixed the errant link to Hyde Park in the EastEnders: Fighting Fit write-up.

• A new image from 2000 added to the Gallery -- a montage of shots from Heaven and Earth.
• A look at Wendy's appearance on the anniversary game show A Question of EastEnders.
• Re-did the entry under FAQ #6.

• Clarification of a bit of Heaven and Earth interview info, and a relevant link.
• A sharp-eyed fan just alerted me that Wendy's outfit is the same in two EastEnders pictures which I'd labeled as three years apart. Hmmm. I could call that coincidence, except that Shirley Cheriton's dress appears to be the same, too. Oops. I've moved the "1987" image to the 1984 room of the Gallery.

• A look at Ms. Richard's recent Heaven & Earth appearance.
• Short description of her appearance on the Generation Game game show.
• New images and comments added to the 1984 and 2000 rooms of the Gallery.
• Much larger and nicer anchored JPEG image added for the topmost photo (from 1985/86) in the Herself wing of the Gallery. It's gorgeous!
• Restructured the lay-out of, and rebuilt the navigation aids within, the Television area. (The nav aids are explained in the About This Site page.)

• Images added to the Herself, 1985, and 1986 rooms of the Gallery.
• Refined the first image caption in the Intro and the twelfth image caption in the Herself Gallery.
• The Creative Corner of the Gallery is now open! The initial offerings include a wallpaper, some interpretive images, and the first of a series of word search puzzles.

• Bibliography updated.
• A remark about Miss Brahms by Ms. Richard added.
• Other Half Celebrity Special appearance write-up.
• Some images and additional details from her Call My Bluff appearance in late (or was it early?) 1999.
• A few words about her 1995 Telly Addicts appearance.
• Brief write-up on her latest guest appearance on This is Your Life.
• A tidbit on politics added to the Bio page.
• The 2000 wing of the Gallery is now open!
• Some words about her Funny Turns appearance last month.
• Updated and revalidated the non-Wendy K.C.'s Links page.

• Added some general data about a couple of the plays Ms. Richard did back in the 1970s.
• Updated the link in FAQ #8 (about the manor).
• Completed the write-up about her EastEnders: Fighting Fit appearance, including a couple more images.
• Added a cute shot of SBII (from EE:FF).

• An initial cut at documenting Ms. Richard's most interesting participation in the EastEnders Fighting Fit special. (This was more work than I anticipated -- I'll use a later update to complete the task).
• Very short blurb about First Take.
• Added a 1997 room to the Gallery.
• Very minor miscellaneous additions to Bio, Stage, Movie, and Ready, Steady, Cook data.
• About This Site page tweaked.

• Review of Ms. Richard's Blankety-Blank appearance.
• A detailed look at her featured spot on the Holiday Memories special.
• Additions to the 1990 wing of the Gallery.
• A tidbit of background info on the photo with Mike Sarne.

• Review of her recent It's Only TV . . . game show appearance.
• An interview with John Inman mentioning Ms. Richard and stage work.
• The 1999 room of the Image Gallery has been opened.
• Site map added for general reference.

• Added a pointer in the on-line article section from "This Is London" news magazine.
• Complete revamp of the 1996 room of the Image Gallery.
• Pointer added to some additional shots of Wendy with Paul McCartney back in the 1960s.
• A (so far) scanty entry added for Hogg's Back.

• Synopsis of her Aug 99 appearance on TV's Greatest Hits.
• Details on yet another of Wendy's Dad's Army appearances; with images therefrom in the 1970 Gallery.
• Expanded info in FAQ #1.
• A (so far) scanty entry added for Spooner's Patch.
• Some Edith/Shirley (Dad's Army) quotes.

• A couple of images in the Herself Gallery.
• A tidbit of info about her 1970 Up Pompeii appearance.
• An image from her Carry On Again, Christmas work in the 1970 Gallery.
• Added a photo link vaguely related to Ms. Richard's stage appearance in Are You Being Served? back in the '70s.

• Some black and white shots of Ms. Richard from Danger Man.

• Many, many new audio files for both Pauline and Shirley.

• Ms. Richard's recent appearance on Call My Bluff.
• . . . And her 1997 appearance on Ready, Steady, Cook.

• A cute shot of Wendy from her pre-AYBS?days in the Herself Gallery.
• Some miscellaneous updates of TV and FAQ info.
• Repaired/removed some broken external links...

• Minor update on biographical info.
• New rare AYBS? image in the 1981 Gallery.
• Three more quotes about Wendy.
• An early snap from, and definitive info about, Help!

• New info on her movie Doctor in Clover and images in the 1965 Gallery.
• New info on her movie On The Buses and images in the 1971 Gallery.
• New info on her movie Bless This House and images in the 1972 Gallery.
• Some miscellaneous new audio files of Miss Brahms quotes.

• A new posed image in the 1991 Role Gallery.
• Additional Dad's Army images in the 1972 Gallery.
• A music tidbit in FAQ #7.
• More info on her Dad's Army work.
• A couple new audio files for Miss Brahms quotes.
• More miscellaneous info on many of Ms. Richard's early TV shows.

• Some new images: 1984 and 1977 in the Role Gallery.
• Link to a recent article from 'Woman's Own' magazine, plus a lovely accompanying photo, in the Herself Gallery.

• Some new images: 1972, 1977, 1985, and 1993 in the Role Gallery.
• Update for the reference numbers for Dad's Army episodes on video.
• Latest info about Ms. Richard's upcoming autobiography.
• A definite answer about Hard Day's Night.

• Two images related to the reception Ms. Richard attended last April.
• A couple of new images for the gallery.
• Re-processed the images on the introduction page.

• Miscellaneous updates to Bio and Current sections.
• Some new Wendy pix.
• The first few sounds bites on the 'Favorite Quotes' page.

• Some more info on Ms. Richard's 1962 pop hit tune.

• Some radio and TV info about her Dad's Army days, as well as a personal observation.

• A little info on Just a Minute.
• An all-new set of Shirley and Pauline quotes.
• Wendy's Bacon Number.

• Yet another gorgeous publicity photo.
• Image added to the 1996Gallery.

• Expanded narrative (and pix) on Wendy's recent House Party appearance.
• Write-up on her hosting of The Big C.
• An article about Wendy from "Homes and Ideas".
• Images added to the 1970, 1972, 1973, and 1986 sections of the Gallery.
• Expanded the Dad's Army write-up.
• Some new data on the pet page.
• Condensed the Gallery and other pages -- the net effect will be more scrolling and less jumping.
• Tightened up the About this Site page.
• Oh, yes, and added new spots to FavLinks.

• Another handsome publicity photo.
• Mods to the Bio.
• Some miscellaneous info about a few of her early TV shows.
• A few more words on her stage work.
• Reorganized the Interviews page. How does it look?

• Some images added to the 1996 Gallery.
• Scene excerpt from Gumshoe.
• Added description of WR's Feb '98 appearance on House Party.

• A new publicity photo -- and other info -- from Ms. Richard (Bio, FAQ #3).
• Episode synopsis for her 1965 role in Danger Man (TV page).

• A great start to the new year! Added Ms. Richard's current agent's address (Bio).

• Added a link to the article "EastEnders Head West" at the IRISH TIMES website.

• Re-processed the full-size "pink" jpeg image anchored on Bio page. Much better now, I hope.

• Bio mod.
• Varied additions to TV and movie data.
• Addition to the 1977 Gallery.

• Added a link to the article "You Must Never Give In..." at the CancerPoint website.

• The Wendy Richard Appreciation Page is activated; crowds go wild!
  The author goes out for barbeque.