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• Added to the Herself wing of the Gallery more early Wendy images:
  • A couple of superb posed portraits of a young Wendy, one from the early 1960s, the other from the mid-1970s.
  • Three new photos from various 1966 photoshoots.
  • A picture of Wendy with a cricket club, date and circumstances unknown.
  • The cover of National Revue magazine, from the summer of 1985.
  • Five more snaps from Wendy's 1960 fashion photoshoot.
• Added yet another (and better than most) black-and-white publicity shot for Weavers Green in the 1966 room.
• And in the 1975 room:  a color publicity photo done that year for Not On Your Nellie.
• A number of entries -- mostly from the 1990s -- added to the print articles page.

• Added to the Herself wing of the Gallery a number of new Wendy images:
  • Another formal image of Wendy sitting on a blanket-drapped table in her mother's B&B in 1966.
  • A third image added to a set from 1969.
  • Added a second image from July of 1962 and improved the first one.
  • Yet another extremely cute image from her July 1969 shoot in St George's Gardens.
• Improved a few of the images from her publicity photos for Harpers West One in the 1962 room of the Gallery.
• Improved four of Wendy's Turn Out the Lights photos and added a fifth.  In the 1967 room.
• Added two more color publicity shots for Weavers Green into the nearby 1966 room.
• Another publicity photo from the set of EastEnders, this time in the Gallery's 1991 room.
• Expanded the write-up for Wendy's appearances on Hogg's Back.
• Added a large photo montage for each of her six Hogg's Back episodes in the 1975 room of the Seventies wing of the Gallery.

• Added to the Herself wing of the Gallery a variety of fresh Wendy images from over the years:
  • Another photo of a very young Wendy in 1966.
  • Two shots from her 1962 photoshoots.
  • An additional image from her July 1969 shoot (and changed the link for St George's Gardens -- weirdly, the old one has suddenly started pointing to a video gaming site...).
  • A trio of snapshots of Wendy at a fashion event in the early 1990s.
  • A 1971 publicity shot.
  • Wendy featured on the front page of a magazine in 1988; and another shot of her from a 1977 magazine article.
  • A snap of Wendy and Peter Dean from her March 1990 wedding.
• Introduced another publicity photo from Grace & Favour to the 1991 room of the Gallery:  Wendy and cake -- can it possibly get any better than that?
• Another publicity photo from the set of EastEnders, also in the Gallery's 1991 room.
• Added a few more words to the write-up about Wendy's 1983 interview on Breakfast Time, as well as displaying a montage of images from the same in that room of the Gallery.
• Added an English translation of a 1990 article about Wendy who'd just married again in April of that year.  The rather bittersweet article appeared in Weekend, a Dutch celebrity and leisure magazine.
• A couple of more entries added to the print articles page.

• Added an English translation of a 1977 interview article with Wendy that appeared in Mix, a Dutch celebrity magazine.
• Noted in a new write-up Wendy's appearance in 2008 on The New Paul O'Grady Show.
• Also added quotes from Wendy to the existing write-ups of her 2008 Marple and All Star Mr. & Mrs guest appearances.
• One or two more images of the program for Wendy's Peterborough's engagement of Blithe Spirit in 1980.
• Dropped a third image of Wendy on the set of Celebrity Squares, this time in 1994, to that room of the Gallery.  Tweaked the CS write-up to reflect same.
• Added links to a couple of Wendy blooper clips from Grace & Favour; and a new image from that show in the Gallery's 1992 room.
• A second publicity close-up of Wendy from Both Ends Meet added to the 1972 room of the Gallery.
• Included another publicity close-up image from her 1977 movie Are You Being Served? to that room of the Gallery; an AYBS publicity photo with the cast in Scottish dress added to the 1981 room; and a remark about Wendy's attire there.
• Added a few more words to the write-up about the 1980s gameshow 3-2-1.
• A few more entries added to the print articles page.

• Added to the Herself wing of the Gallery a couple of very rare black-and-white photos from some early shoots Wendy did in London:  one in 1962 and the other in 1969.
• Noted the availability of Are You Being Served? soundtrack CDs, with Wendy's linking narration, to the Voice section (plus audio samples).
• Added a write-up for her short appearance in 1998 for the documentary What's a Carry On?
• Another still from Wendy's work on Help! with Paul McCartney and Frankie Howerd added to the 1965 room of the Gallery.
•  Rediscovered an old and very positive 2000 interview with Wendy from The Daily Express and added it back to the Online Articles.
• Expanded the info about The Making of Jericho (an episode of the BBC Play of the Month from 1966).
• Repaired many hundreds of broken external links (and a few internal ones too).  Some hyperlinks now point to newer sources; others now offer the page versions as archived by the Internet Archives Wayback Machine, in those cases where the original reference remains interesting and relevant.

• Added a very rarely seen publicity shot of Wendy on the set of the comedy series Both Ends Meet to the 1972 room of the Gallery.
• Happily, about a dozen additional stills of Wendy have come to light from the photoshoot done 53 years ago to publicize her appearance in Weaver's Green.  These have been added to the 1966 room of the Gallery, and the overall set of photos there rearranged.
• A fourth still related to Wendy's work on Turn Out The Lights, now in the 1967 room of the Gallery.
• Added a couple of images from the striped-shirt photoshoot Wendy did in 1972 to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Improved one of the 1962 publicity shots from the set for Harpers West One in that year's room of the Gallery.
• Included a new Gumshoe publicity photo in the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• The 1986 room of the Gallery now has a couple more images of Wendy's Cinderella panto engagement in Brighton in December of that year.

• A revamp of the long-neglected Links Page.  Added some new external links of interest, and fixed those that had been broken (many for quite some time).

• Added yet another new-found publicity image (and caption) for Weaver's Green to the 1966 room of the Gallery, and replaced another previous one with a better example.
• Posted a series of publicity photos to the 1986 room of Wendy in costume for a panto engagement of Cinderella, winter 1986.
• Made a couple of additions to the Herself wing of the Gallery:  a fourth photo to a set from 1966; a third photo to a set from 1971, as well as a few stand-alone images.
• A few descriptive words added to the Carry On Matron images in the 1972 room of the Gallery.
• Only a couple of articles added to the print articles page.

• Add a couple of images to the Blithe Spirit section of Wendy's stage work.
• An image from Carry On Girls and another from Bowler added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• A number of publicity photos from the early 1990s added to the Herself Gallery, and one from the 1970s.
• Corrected the external link to Miss Jackson's AYBS-Beatles page, as well as adding a few new-found images from Wendy's Help! scene to the 1965 room of the Gallery.
• Another Weaver's Green publicity photo of a bikini-clad Wendy added to the 1966 room of the Gallery.
• A few old and new-ish articles about Wendy reviewed on the print articles page.

• A couple of early 1970s publicity pix of Wendy's added to the Herself Gallery.
• An English translation of a fairly early Dutch article in Viva (June, 1977) added to the print articles page; the lovely full-page portrait of Wendy from that same article added to the Herself Gallery.
• Another English translation, this one of a Dutch article in Actueel (Jan, 1984) has also been added to the print articles page.
• Photos from the late 1980s added to the Herself Gallery.
• Noted on the TV page a possible appearance by Wendy on the cooking showing Hudson and Halls.  This would have likely been around 1990.
• Additional articles related to Wendy, many of them from old Dutch celebrity magazines, reviewed on the print articles page.

• Image of an elegant, but playful Wendy added to the Herself Gallery.
• An English translation of the Dutch article in Weekend (Feb, 1987), where the image appeared, added to the print articles page.
• Removed the unobtrusive commercial links at the bottom of every single page on the site, since the provider of the hit counters used here, AmazingCounter.com, no longer requires those links as a condition for using their free counters.  Way to go!!!

• A review of a nearly-unknown work of Wendy's:  her guest appearance in 1973 on the short-lived comedy series Bowler.
• Two images from the above-mentioned series are now in the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• A publicity photo from Spooner's Patch added to the 1979 room of the Gallery, and the show's short write-up improved with a few details about Wendy's role.
• A trio of rarely-seen alternate publicity photos for Wendy's 1986 musical collaboration with Mike Berry, added to the Music page.
• Miscellaneous tweaks to the About page.

Twenty years of the WRAP!!  Yes, Wendy fans, it has been two decades (to the day) since the Wendy Richard Appreciation Page went live. 

• Improve a great Sunday Mirror cover of Wendy from 1990, and add another image from the same shoot.
• A mid-1980s portrait shot.
• A pair of Grace and Favour publicity photos, with an oddity noted.
• A even dozen print articles, from years past.

• A number of Wendy photos for the Herself Gallery from 1966, mid-1980s, 1994, 2001, and 2007.
• Add an image of a panto flyer from the 1989/1990 season of Cinderella.
• A publicity photo for the 1977 Are You Being Served? movie added to that room of the Gallery.
• Some notes about her appearance on Blankety Blank in 1987, and images for that show added to the 1987 room.
• Publicity photo from EastEnders added to the 1993 room of the Gallery.
• Much improved the bridesmaid photo of Wendy from The Newcomers, around 1965, and replaced in the room.
• For the 1984 room, another couple of early publicity shots for EastEnders.
• On the Quotes page, added a tribute to Wendy by her long-time friend Ian Lavender shortly after her passing.
• And . . . more print articles, in varying detail.
• Note on About page an alternative method for watching out-of-region DVDs.

• Some more Wendy photos for the Herself Gallery:
  • A couple of rare shots of Wendy from 1969.
  • A very early outdoor publicity photo from mid-1962.
  • Cover girl Wendy!  August of 1986.
• Tweak the detailed write-up of Blankety-Blank, to note the date when the Xmas 1986 episode with Wendy aired.
• And add a publicity photo from the above to the 1986 room of the Gallery.
• An EE publicity photo added to the 1989 room.
• Some varied print articles have been added.

• Some more Wendy photos for the Herself Gallery:
  • Wendy lounging quite comfortably.
  • Attending an unknown event in the 1990s.
  • A happy Wendy, 1984.
  • . . . And again, some years later.
  • Some additional glamor pictures from a set done outdoors in 1972.
• An entry in the 1990s wing of the Gallery for Wendy's re-visit to the game show You Bet.
• A couple of stills added to the 1964 room from her rarely-seen short film Don't I Look Like A Lord's Son?
• In the 1986 room is now a publicity photo for the Christmas episode of EastEnders.
• A large number of print articles added; mostly from the early- and mid-1990s that deal with Wendy's illness and her third marriage.

• Some more Wendy photos for the Herself Gallery:
  • A set of images from the TRIC Awards in 1986.
  • Walking a dog in Regent's Park.
  • Posing in the '60s.
  • Arriving in style at an unknown event.
  • John Inman fixing Wendy's hair.
  • Publicizing a 1990 charity telethon.
  • Cover girl Wendy!
  • Link to photos of a Dad's Army event in Bressingham that Wendy attended back in 2003.
  • Greatly improved circa-1974 photo of Wendy in her hearts shirt.
• Additional shot of Wendy from Carry On Girls! added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• A publicity photo of Wendy from Fenn Street Gang, from late 1972, with comment.
• Another magazine cover from 1996 in that room of the Gallery.
• As usual, a new and varied selection of print articles about Wendy, some with quotes from the lady.

• Topping off the Herself Gallery with a number of new and improved Wendy photos:
  • A couple of excellent blasts from the past:  one photo from 1966, the other is possibly circa 1969.
  • Much improved a previously displayed photo from late '85.
  • A trio of rather nice photos of Wendy with Letitia Dean at an unknown event, early 2000s.
  • Wendy with model Maria Whittaker back in 1990.
  • A nice charity event photo from summer, 2000.
  • B/W outdoor portrait shot in early 1987.
  • A casual shot of Wendy from sometime in 2002.
  • Cover girl Wendy!  From Woman magazine, of May 1996.
  • Reprocessed her 1992 People magazine cover shot.  Much better!
  • Photo from a Variety Club event in late 1998.
• Additional shots of Wendy from the first EastEnders press event in the 1984 room of the Gallery.
• EE photo in the 2002 room of the Gallery, and a magazine cover in-character in the 1996 room.
• From Valentine newspaper of 1962, a couple of rarely seen pix of Wendy with Mike Sarne, on the Music page.
• An early EastEnders publicity shot of Wendy with colleague Anita Dobson, in the 1985 room of the Gallery.
• And an EastEnders-related award presentation photo goes in the 1987 room.
• Add another engagement (York) to the list of theatres Wendy played as part of her tour of Blithe Spirit in 1980.
• Note she may have played Bournemouth as well, during her time with Let's Go Camping, 1983.
• Drop on the Music page a publicity photo of Wendy with Mike Berry, probably from mid-1986.
• Lots more print articles, some with lots of info, others not so much.

• A number of additions to the Herself Gallery:
  • A lovely candid shot of Wendy, circa 1990 (from a transparency);
  • An improved snap from 1992;
  • An oldie pic from her Come Outside days;
  • A casting photo, circa 1977-78.
  • A glamour shot from a newspaper, about 1971;
  • A 1980 shot of Wendy's wedding to her 2nd husband;
  • Wendy in the bathtub.
• Introduce a very rare look at Wendy from a publicity shot for No Blade of Grass in the Gallery's 1970 room.
• A black & white BBC publicity group photo added to the 1986 room of the Gallery.
• Exceedingly handsome publicity snapshot of Wendy for The Big C added to the 1997 room.
• Add initial write-up for her appearance on the 1980's game show 3-2-1.
• Reworked two 1960 modeling shots and re-added to the Herself Gallery, with new comments.
• Cover girl Wendy!  Duly recorded in the Herself Gallery.  My Weekly featured her in a mid-1995 issue.
• Are You Being Served movie lobby cards, with Wendy:  1977 room of the Gallery.
• A great Pauline portrait variation added to 1985.
• New Shirley photo in 1981 room.
• A couple of additions to the 1973 room of the Gallery:  a shot from Carry On, Girls; and a very unusual photo -- possibly an outtake -- from Dad's Army.
• A trio more swimsuit photos from her Weaver's Green 1966 photo shoot, added to that year's room of the Gallery.
• Modest photo from Dog Rescue added to the 2006 room of the Gallery; and an EastEnders action shot added for 2003.
• Quite a few print articles too, some with interesting biographical info.  Also, a couple of brief translations from old Dutch articles about Wendy.
• An iffy signature earns a photo a tentative spot on the "Not Wendy" page.
• An additional pic from Wendy's very early appearance on Sammy Meets the Girls in 1960, added to that room of the Gallery.
• An initial entry for her appearance on the 1960's ITV Television Playhouse, with a couple of photos from same added to the 1963 room of the Gallery.
• Changed site's style sheet to mitigate a very old Firefox browser background bug.

• Yes, the WRAP remains active!  Updates will be smaller and regrettably less frequent, but let's see if that's manageable.
• A number of great publicity photos for Wendy's series Weaver's Green, added to the 1966 room of the Gallery.
• Some clean-up on the Music page, with some new photos revisiting a couple of sites of Wendy's 1962 publicity photos.
• Note print articles, most many years old.

• Dear Wendy fans:
  Your webmeister has recently embarked on post-graduate studies.  These, along with concurrent full-time employment and family obligations, leave very little time for enjoyable activities such as the WRAP.  But be assured:  the site is here to stay, and there are still plenty of things new to say about Wendy's life and career (. . . says the seven-inch-high stack of articles, DVDs, photos, magazines, and VHS tapes waiting to be reviewed and posted).  But, regretfully, the aforementioned commitments require that updates be offered over a longer period:  instead of monthly, perhaps three or four times a year.  Please be sure to drop an email if you have any questions or concerns about this approach.
  Warmest regards to all!

• Some new images in the Herself wing of the Gallery:  a 1986 modeling image; one from 1983; and a re-processing of a magazine cover from 1988; yes, that's much better!
• Note Wendy's appearance on The New Paul O'Grady and Parkinson shows; write-ups to follow.
• Apologies for the many dead external hyperlinks which have quietly accumulated over the years.  Your webmeister has begun to clean up the link rot, but it will take a little while.
• Print articles, as usual.

It's been three years now since Wendy passed away . . .

• A publicity photo of Wendy with Sid James from Carry On Girls, added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• Updated the write-up for Gumshoe with some of Wendy's own words about her appearance.
• A few more print articles added.
• Image of magazine cover with Wendy added to the 2005 room of the Gallery.
• Small addition to the write-up for EastEnders.

• An extremely rare publicity card from 1964 added to Wendy's Card Gallery.
• New image to the 1986 and to the 1996 rooms of the Gallery; and a much improved full-size Newcomers image in the 1967 room.
• Additional print articles.
• Just for fun:  updated the webmeister's music gallery on the About page.

• A few audio files of Wendy's lines from her 1964 short film The Contact.
• An image from 1963 added to the Herself Gallery.
• Also, images for the 1962, 1971, and 2007 rooms of the Gallery.
• Article transcript included for an old interview from 1988.
• More print articles, too.

• Frequent visitors may have noticed on 25 September that the WRAP homepage was hacked by some misguided soul who managed to damage a number of unrelated websites supported by the same webhosting service provider.  Happily, the damage was quickly detected and repaired by their tech support team.  Thumbs up to In Motion for the fast and proactive recovery work!
• From 1964, an unknown short film of Wendy's discovered!  Review added, as well as a photo montage.
• Some posed photos added from 1963 and 1966 to the top of the Herself Gallery.
• Location added for her late-1989 work in Cinderella.
• Yes, more print articles, too.

• Article from an 1982 TV mag.
• Small write up and photo from 1985 special program Drugwatch.
• Photos in the Herself gallery for '82, '85, and '89.
• Additional Bacon links for Wendy.
• Various print articles, of course.

• Revamped info about Wendy's 1997 association with the Dick Whittington panto.
• Another stop noted for her Blithe Spirit tour in 1980.
• A couple of on-location photos from 1985.
• More print articles from over the years.

• The site's move is complete.  Only the home page remains on the old site with pointers to the new location here on ww.kcandcj.net.  The old placeholder will stay 'till AT&T pulls the plug on Prodigy Pages.
• Note a mid-1963 mention of Wendy.
• A brief write-up on Wendy's appearance on game show Definition in 1979.
• Some older photos, from 1979 and 1986.
• Note print articles, some old and some new-ish.
• All pages now have new counters; fixed various link problems found during the migration:  Weekend translation, My Favourite Hymn transcript, among others.

• Flash:  The WRAP has moved to this current location on www.kcandcj.net.  The old site on pages.prodigy.net will go dark within the next few weeks as your webmeister completes the migration.
• Add a rarely seen 1974 publicity photo to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Other photos to the 1981 and 1985 rooms, with a correction to a photo in the 1993 room.
• Some selected audio clips of Wendy's lines from The Fenn Street Gang.
• Some further clean-up (and fixing) of existing audio files.
• Additional text on Herself and Her Cards pages about photo usage in The Spotlight (an industry casting reference book).
• And more print articles.
• Begin replacing the counter graphics at the foot of each page; why this is necessary is detailed on the About page.  Incidentally, the home page counter recently ticked over 240,000 hits.  My most sincere thanks to all who have visited since 1997!

• Add an initial write-up for Wendy's participation in the production of The Trial of Gemma Lang in 2007.
• Modest re-design of audio quote pages for readability, starting with some of the Pauline Fowler clips.
• More print articles added.
• Add a previously suspect image to the 1967 room of the Gallery, as well as a composite image that helps show that it's indeed Wendy.
• Append additional info and/or pix to existing sets in the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Images added to the 1977 and 1993 rooms of the Gallery.
• Fixed some damaged hyperlinks between various pages within the Gallery.

• Add many web article links, mostly about Wendy's passing away last year.
• Introduce some short audio clips of her lines in Please Sir!
• Identified source of an old portrait from 1965; reprocessed image, too.
• Additional print articles noted.
• Note another location where in 1980 she played in Blithe Spirit.
• Open a new wing of the Gallery entitled "Not Wendy", noting images of people mistaken over the years for Wendy Richard.
• More images of old:  in the 1965 , 1973, and 1979 rooms of the Gallery.

• Images added to the 1992, 1967, 1974 and 1970 rooms of the Gallery.
• . . . And more from 1992 and 2001 in the Herself wing of the Gallery.
•  A number of print articles noted.
• One image adjusted and much improved:  this in the Herself wing.
• Restored a link to the English translation of a 1981 Dutch magazine article that somehow got dropped.

• Many new-old images from the 1980s and early 1990s in Wendy's Herself wing of the gallery.
• Transcript of an 1994 Inside Soap article added, laden with some of her own insights.
• A number of print articles noted, mostly related to Wendy's passing in February, 2009.
• Add some miscellaneous biographical info.
• Expand fully an existing transcript from 1990.

• Confirm a Birmingham engagement for Wendy's play Blithe Spirit in 1980.
• Add short write-up for You Bet!, plus a photo (1989) and video link (1993).
• Images added to the 1991 and 1996 rooms of the Gallery.
• Some older images added to the top of the Herself Gallery.
• General write-up for Wendy's one-off stage work in A Tribute To John Inman, 2007.
• Rearrangement and corrections to the Her Cards Gallery, to reflect more accurate photo dates.  
• Three more YouTube video links with Wendy as Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.
• Remastered Wendy's two publicity images for the Are You Being Served? movie, in the 1977 room of the gallery; as well as adding a couple of new shots to the same.
• Another brief write-up for The Big Finish, from 2006.
• Fairly detailed write-up, video link, and transcript for her appearance on Good Morning Britain in 1984.

• Note a 1986 Dutch article detailing the abuse Wendy received from her second husband.  English translation of the article is here.
• Another Dutch article from 1987 with more insights into her difficult life at the time; also with an English translation.
• Introduce a few brief audio clips of Wendy's lines from Benidorm.
• In 1988 gallery, a few more words about her Cambridge Diet ad work.
• On Biog page, note Wendy's marriages.
• Update Interview Index page.
• A few print articles noted.

• A Dutch article from early 1977 about Wendy noted.  A number of fine images, too.  (English translation of the article is here.)
• Photo added to the 1991 room of the Gallery.
• Identify a couple of other 1980 engagements in the Blithe Spirit write-up.
• Note Pauline Fowler's feature on Wikipedia's front page earlier this year.
• More additions to the Herself wing of the Gallery, from 1977 and 2002.
• No surprise:  more print articles noted.

• Write-up for Pardon The Expression . . .
• . . . and a montage of images from the same in the 1966 room of the Gallery.
• Additions to the Herself wing of the Gallery, including a lovely early photo from 1970.
• Added mention of Wendy's last appearance in her documentary To Tell You The Truth, but it's not a full write-up yet.
• A short entry for Turn Out The Lights, from 1967 . . .
• . . . as well as opening the 1967 room in the Sixties wing of the Gallery for a couple of images from the same.
• And, yes, more print articles noted.

• A bit more info on the Star Turn write-up.
• As always, more print articles noted.
• Tweaked the EastEnders write-up.
• Lots more on the Quotes About page.
• Couple more images, old and new, added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.

• Entry added for the All Star Mr & Mrs appearance in 2008 by Wendy and John.
• More print articles noted.
• Updated the Quotes About page.
• Added photos to the 1975 room of the Gallery and updated the Hogg's Back write-up.
• Images added to 1993, 1997, and 2002 rooms of the 1990s and 200s wings.

• Entry on the Current Page about the upcoming charity auction of Wendy's designer clothes.
• Transcript of interview/stats article from 1989 added.
• Others' Quotes updated.
• Another image from Harpers West One added to the 1962 room of the Gallery.
• More print articles noted.
• Interview index updated.
• A few more images to the Herself Gallery, from 1966, 1992, and 2002.
• Info added to the write-up for Wendy's 1993 Shooting Star guest appearance.
• Also added an initial short write-up for Wendy's last appearance, on Nolan Live in 2008.
• More images in the 1990s wing of the Gallery, for 1994 and 1996.

• A new room added to the Gallery featuring Wendy's fan card designs from over the years.
• A Marple montage and image installed in the 2008 room of the Gallery.
• . . . and a Marple write-up added.
• More print articles noted.
• An English translation of yet another 1996 Dutch magazine interview concerning Wendy's illness.
• More images in the Herself Gallery.
• Transcript added of an old 1989 magazine interview.
• Update the write-up for Both Ends Meet . . .
• Add a transcript for a short 1972 TV Times article.
• Regarding a gardening article from 1991, transcript and photo added.
• Continued rescanning some very old images (such as this and this).

• An English translation of a Dutch magazine article about Wendy from 1981.
• More print articles noted.
• Add a Harpers West One publicity image to the 1962 room of the Gallery.
• FAQ page tweaked.
• Transcript added of an old 1986 article concerning her pop music foray in that year.
• Note availability of an English translation of a 1996 Dutch magazine interview concerning Wendy's illness.
• Freshen up Wendy's Herself Gallery with a couple of older images.
• Continued rescanning some very old images (such as this and this).
• Slight tweak to a 1987 interview to add back a few paragraphs about the trouble in Wendy's second marriage.
• Added a short transcript of a 1988 weight-loss article.
• Interview index updated.

• Some older print articles noted, including a transcript from a 1981 interview.
• Also, add an interview transcript from 1992.
• A few new images at the top of Wendy's Herself Gallery; plus consolidation of some other existing images there.
• A cast photo from the AYBS? stage production added to the 1976 room of the '70s wing of the Gallery.  (Also corrected the link in the same spot for the Celebrity Squares image.)
• Add an EE publicity image to the 1994 room of the Gallery
• Note Wendy's participation in a couple of 2007 tributes to her late colleague, John Inman, both on television and stage.
• Update the write-up for EastEnders and Come Outside with additional data.
• Begin rescanning some very old images (such as this).  Much better!

• Note a new pic added to the 1986 room and another to the 1993 room of the Gallery.
• Add links to a couple of YouTube videos from Wendy's British Heritage event and luncheon last July.
• A couple more great images added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A few more print articles noted, including one related to a charity Wendy supported back in 1992.
• Add interview transcript from 1997.
• Fixed the broken link to Wendy's 2004 calendar pic.
• Update the write-ups for EastEnders, The Arthur Haynes Show, and Gumshoe with additional insights, new data, or links to relevant YouTube video clips.

• Note Wendy's BH honor in July, and add a couple of photos from the event.
• Add mention of a great many print articles concerned with Wendy's marriage in late 2008, as well as with her passing away early this year.
• Some images from years past added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add interview transcript from 1993; in the article Wendy's talking about Pauline, but there's a little bit of herself in her words as well.
• Another celebrity cookbook contribution she made in 1997.

• Though it's been a few months since Wendy passed away, I find it is still too soon to resume work on the Wendy Richard Appreciation Page website.  Eventually I shall.  But every photo, every interview, every document, every single word is a reflection, an echo, of the life, the thoughts, the feeling -- indeed, the spirit -- of that lovely lady.  As such, they are for me a keen and constant reminder that Wendy is no longer with us.  I expect to take up the keyboard again and continue to do my best to celebrate the life and spirit of this remarkable person; there is so much more to say about her.  But just not yet.

• Sad news for all who knew Wendy as friend and colleague.

• A photo from around 1967 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Mercifully, the press has been leaving Wendy alone as she pursues treatment for her recurrent illness.  The additional print articles noted here are mostly from a couple of months ago.
• Also note bunches more late-2008 online articles.
• Add a 1997 publicity photo to that year's room of the Gallery.
• A few more links to Pauline-oriented video clips on YouTube.
• Expand the write-up for 1993's game show Shooting Stars.
• Add a write-up for the game show Celebrity Squares, plus a related photo from 1976.
• A YouTube link to Wendy's appearance on Wogan in 1986.

• A montage added to the 1972 room of the Gallery for The Fenn Street Gang.
• Added a montage to the 2008 room of the Gallery for Benidorm.
• Note many additional print articles.
• Photo montage from This Is Your Life added to the 1998 room of the Gallery.
• Add a few images to the Herself wing of the Gallery; one from a 1986 magazine article; another possibly from a late-1960s modeling session.
• Give the Interview index a badly-needed update.  This page lists the many transcripts from articles and talk shows where Wendy speaking about herself and her work, providing much insight into this complex lady.

• An encouraging update on Wendy's condition on the Current page.
• More print articles, including a mention of the recent issue of OK! that contains great coverage of her wedding last month.

• Add quite a large number of links to recent online articles that report on Wendy's health, as well as her marriage to long-time partner John Burns.  It's probably worth noting that headlines are, by their nature, lurid and sensational and may not truly summarize the news or event (surprise!).  Although the majority of recent articles tend to mention Wendy as 'dying', the lady herself -- though understanding her medical condition is indeed very serious -- does not share such a pessimistic assessment.  See this one particular article, which states succinctly Wendy's own view about how the media is portraying her illness.
• Various print articles, old and new, noted.

•  Current page updated with a link to a Mail Online article from today.

• Some dismaying news:  Wendy's health problems have evidently taken a serious turn for the worst.  Various media in the UK are reporting on it.  Here is the BBC's article.  Other reports are linked from the Current page.

• A write-up added for Wendy's appearance on Dog Rescue in early 2008.
• Various articles about the lady, mostly within last year or so.
• Added a montage to the 1971 room of the Gallery for Please Sir!
• An image from Blankety-Blank added to the 1981 room of the Gallery.
• Also, image added from the Post Office advertisement, to the 2007 room.
• Finally, image from Grace and Favour added to 1990s wing.

• Images and write-up for Wendy's appearance on The Dick Emery Show.  Also, a link to a video excerpt of the sketch on YouTube.
• More articles, old and new.
• Added a very attractive image of Wendy (circa 1971) as unofficial wallpaper (#9) to the Art page.
• Short write-up on Wendy's Post Office advertisement, and link to the ad on YouTube.
• In the EastEnders write-up, add a slew of links for Wendy-specific video clips.
• Initial write-up added for EastEnders Revealed - Goodbye Pauline.
• Some video links added in the write-up for A Question of EastEnders.

• Bonus!  Add link for a short promotional video for Wendy's new pilot sitcom Here Comes The Queen.
• An article from 1986 added; with transcript, and image.
• Lots of additional print articles noted, both old and new.
• Finally added a local link to the Art page to get a full-size version of Anneloes's marvelous Wendy wallpaper.
• Add a write-up for Wendy's recent appearance on the sitcom Benidorm, including a couple of YouTube links.
• Include a brief write-up on Wendy's appearance on City Hospital.
• Note a new mail-to address for correspondence to Wendy.

• A *much* improved montage of images from Wendy's appearance in the TV series of On The Buses, added to the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Additional print articles noted; some new, some old.
• A number of not-so-new, but still interesting online articles and links: on the Northeast History website focusing on Wendy's early years; the British Soap Awards of 2007; plus other BBC online news articles from 2006 and 2007.
• Image of Shakespearean Wendy, from an old Radio Times wall calendar, added to the 2006 room of the Gallery.
• Note a radio interview for Radio 4 that Wendy did back in 2006.

• Additional print articles about Wendy; quite recent, including one that provides a peek at Wendy as she appears in an upcoming episode of the comedy Benidorm.
• Update the Current page with some of Wendy's latest doings.
• Additional info in the write-up for Not On Your Nellie.
• Note a website offering Wendy as a celebrity speaker for events, to the web articles page.
• Update Television listing page with additional shows.

• A number of additional print articles about Wendy; some old, some new.  Related photos to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• An article from March 1977 added; with transcript, and image.
• Pointer to an interesting online article, from 2008.
• Montage of images from her interview for the recent release of Help! on DVD added to the 2007 room of the Gallery.
• A close look at one of Wendy's more recent (2006) publicity cards.  
• Add mention to the TV summary section about upcoming new shows.
• A rarely-seen image of Wendy from her early series The Newcomers circa 1965, added to the 1960s wing of the Gallery.

• Note a number of articles from past years.
• Some info about Wendy's appearance on the re-released Help! DVD set.
• Corrected a couple of recent internal text and link errors:  in the 1965 room and Herself wing of the Gallery.

• Add info about Wendy on Big Brother, Little Brother in 2007 (with video clip links).
• Note a recent and very nice article in Radio Times, October of 2007, with image in the 1965 room of the Gallery.
• Note an excellent article from 1991.  Photos in the Herself wing of the Gallery, and transcript too.
• Add an image montage from the 2002 show EastEnders Revealed, as well as a separate photo of her on the set from the same year.
• An image from EastEnders, circa mid-1988, added to that year's room of the Gallery.
• Mention a July 2007 charitable event which Wendy attended, and note its coverage by Hello.
• Add a YouTube video link showing Wendy's first appearance on game show Blankety Blank back in the early 1980s.

• Note that a video of one of Wendy's recent advertisements is now on YouTube!
• Add a write-up of Wendy's interview bits from The Joy of Christmas in 2003, as well as a modest montage of images from same.
• Expand the EastEnders write-up.
• Note a brief reference and photo in a 1971 magazine.
• Similarly, photos and references in mags from 1989 and 1990.

• Some improvements to the Are You Being Served? movie samples in the 1977 room of the Gallery.
• New EastEnders-related photo to the 1994 room of the Gallery.
• Note a game show appearance in May of 2007.
• Another photo to the Herself Gallery, this one from 1963.
• Addition of a very rare publicity photo from the set of West Country Tales, to the 1982 room of the Gallery.
• Montage of pix of Wendy from the documentary Crumpet! in the 2005 room of the Gallery, and expand the write-up for the show as well.
• Add write-up for the 2002 show EastEnders Revealed: Meet The Fowlers.

• A lovely publicity photo from 2007 added to the Herself Gallery.
• A fairly obscure, but quite interesting article from 1986:  transcript is here and a middling photo is here in the Herself Gallery.
• A fine article from mid-1999 noted.  Related photo added to the Herself Gallery.
• Another well-written -- though sad in retrospect -- article from 1990 noted.  Partial transcript documented, and a remixed version of the cover photo added, also to the Herself Gallery.
• An interesting publicity photo from Wendy's Up Pompeii! work, recently available in support of charity.
• Note another CD release, this one from 2002, that includes Come Outside.
• Improve the image of a sketch Wendy did in 2006 in support of Dogs For The Disabled fund-raising.

• Add a transcript for Wendy's 2004 interview on the BBC's Breakfast show.
• A rarely-seen photo of Wendy at work, circa 1966, added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• A fine article from 1995 noted.  Transcript added.
• Another article from 1990 noted.  Transcript and photo.
• And a few smaller print articles as well.
• A couple of other recent and not-so-recent photos in the Herself wing and the 1980s room of the Gallery.

• Note an announcement of Wendy's imminent return to light comedy.
• Sadly, Wendy's friend and colleague John Inman passed away in March.  Document a number of online articles about his passing that happen to also mention Wendy.  Too, add a few other newly discovered Wendy-related links.
• At last!  File size being less of an issue these days as in years past, your webmeister has reworked all those wearisome Real Audio snippets into the more common and widely-supported MP3 format.  See both the quote pages and the music page.
• Fixed a couple of links to the BBC website for EastEnders, on one of the TV pages.
• More hardcopy articles noted on the Print page.

• FLASH! Note a publicity appearance by Wendy on 17 March at a department store in Croydon, South London.

• FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will re-air on 23 March the Gloria Hunniford program entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard.
• Add the Gloria's Greats show to the TV listing pages.
• Numerous more hardcopy articles noted on the Print page, with some related photos added to the top of the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Expanded data on her panto work in 1983, including rare images added to the 1983 room of the Gallery.
• Photo added to 2006 room of the Gallery.
• Update the EastEnders write-up.

• Wendy did a delightful interview on Irish television the middle of this month.
• Note the BBC's offering of additional Wendy/Pauline wallpaper images on the Art page of the Gallery, as well as clean up the links to earlier BBC wallpapers (some of which have simply disappeared over time).
• Add an image to the 2006 room of the Gallery of Pauline Fowler's last scene in EastEnders.
• Numerous hardcopy articles, new and old, added to the Print page.
• Tweak the EastEnders write-up to note Wendy's departure.
• Note a handful of additional web-article links at the Online Articles page from over the last few months.
• Add a minimum of background info for series Pardon the Expression, which Wendy apparently worked on back in the mid-Sixties.
• The World Wide Web being what it is, links come and go with hardly a notice.  Have made a pass through the site and corrected or removed various broken external links.  This will be an ongoing activity.

• FLASH! In the UK, the Biography Channel will air a program hosted by Gloria Hunniford on the evening of Tuesday, 26 Dec 06, entitled Gloria's Greats:  Wendy Richard, dedicated to our favorite English actress.  Check here for details (archived link), and if you're in the UK (alas, your webmeister is not....), be sure to tune in!
• Note a rather nice article in Hello! from mid-2006, on the Print page, as well as a number of other recent print articles.
• Link to an excellent and thorough online article from Mirror.co.uk, Feb '06, added to the Online interviews page.
• Another good article from 1997 noted.  Transcript added, and photo caption corrected to note the source.
• Note many online articles from July of 2006, originating from various sources:  BBC, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror, Mirror.co.uk, and the Times Online.
• Similarly, note another flurry of online articles, from mostly the same sources, in August of 2006.
• And note a couple of much earlier online articles (here and here) from the Daily Mail, September of 2002.
• Add mention of an activity that Wendy has done for the Dogs for the Disabled organization, and note the sale of a calendar that shall benefit a BBC charity appeal.
• Updated the Intro page.

• Many more articles, new and old, added to the Print page.
• A brief review of some relatively unknown voice-over work Wendy did in 1975.
• Article reviewed, and transcript added, from a 1989 magazine interview.  A couple of nice images as well.
• Very rare 1967 image added to the Herself Gallery.
• Expanded write-up on Wendy's 1980 Blithe Spirit stage tour.

• Quite a few recent articles in the Print page.
• Photo added to Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Some speculation about Wendy and the James Bond film series.

• Article and photo from June 1963 added, with mention on the Music page.
• A whole slew of recent major articles noted on the Print page.
• An excellent B&W image added to Herself Gallery, as well as one added to the newly opened 2006 room.

• British gameshow host Nicholas Parson sizes up Wendy.
• A look at an article from The People newspaper, June, 2006.
• Back-WRAP:  Correction to the write-up about a July, 1989 "interview".
• Addition of a montage of much-improved images from Dad's Army: My British Buddy added to the 1973 room of the Gallery.
• Tweaks, and image added, to the Music page, based on info from The Illustrated History of Pop; book added to the bibliography.
• Yet another blast from the past: a rather interesting publicity image of Wendy from late-1966 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.

• A statement about Wendy's career change.

• FLASH! Breaking news about Wendy.  All good things . . .

• A couple of images from late-1966 added to the Herself wing of the Gallery, with comments.
• Identify a charity book Wendy contributed to in 1989.
• Note an article, with transcript, from 1987.
• More article and/or photo mentions from 1994 and 2006.
• An extra tidbit or two about Wendy's work on the Just A Minute radio show.

• An interview from January, 1989 noted on the Articles page (transcript included) with an excellent photo added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Numerous articles:  from 1975 (with pix from Hogg's Back); 1989, also with an excellent pic; January, 2005; April, 2006; and January 1963.
• New image in the 1989 room  of the Gallery.
• A number of rarely-seen images from the 1960s added to the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• New wallpaper added to the Art wing of the Gallery.
• A mention on the BBC website about Wendy's early fame, added to online articles page.
• BBC News article from 2004 added to online articles page.

• As counter to the persistent criticism about "grumpy, gloomy Pauline", a montage of images from EastEnders illustrating the softer, happier side of Wendy's screen-personality, added to the Art wing of the Gallery as a wallpaper.
• Captions updated or corrected for a number of photos in the Herself wing of the gallery, based on conversation with Wendy.
• An interview from 1988 noted on the Articles page (transcript included) with an excellent photo added to the Herself  wing of the Gallery.
• An EastEnders-related photo and comment added to the 2001 room of the Gallery.
• An improved montage from the episode The King Was In His Counting House from the series Dad's Army added to the 1970s wing of the Gallery.
• Note an article from 1962 and include the photo in the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
• Another print article (The Guardian, 2006) added to Articles page.
• Add brief entries for her Star Turn and Seaside Special appearances in 1976 (no specifics).
• Some global changes to the site's appearance to improve readability and navigation; cascading style sheets introduced to make the site's formatting more consistent.
• A couple of comments about Wendy and Hugh and I and AYBS? noted from David Croft's engrossing autobiography.

• A much improved montage from Wendy's 1965 work The Likely Lads added to the 1960s wing of the Gallery.
• Yet another handful of media articles and mentions added to Articles page.
•   Add a photo to the Herself Gallery, from the 1972 Film Review issue.
• Note a foreword Wendy wrote in 2000 for the canine care book K.I.S.S. Guide To Living With A Dog, on the Charity page.
• Another cookbook submission she did in 1998 to benefit the NSPCC.

• Note a superb online article about Wendy at The Guardian Unlimited.
• Modest update to Current page.
• A number of recent magazine mentions, no doubt connected with Wendy's primary storyline in EastEnders during February.
• Add a photo and mention the short blurb from a Radio Times of late Dec 90.
• Add details and a link to the general info about the 1960's series HMS Paradise and a few sketchy details about The Making of Jericho.
• Miscellaneous minor updates (mainly transmission dates) added to Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Dad's Army, This Is Your Life, Danger Man, On The Buses, Up Pompeii, and Please, Sir.

• Can it be?  Wendy is cover girl for Practical Photography, September 1962.  To the Gallery!
• At last!  A montage from Wendy's episode of West Country Tales added to the new 1982 room of the gallery.  Also, a complete redo of the write-up for the show, including some audio clips.
• A new, partial write-up for Wendy's late-2005 appearance in a documentary called Crumpet!  A Very British Sex Symbol.
• Note of a brief mention and photo in OK! magazine, September, 2000.
• More article notes from Inside Soap and All About Soap magazines, early 2006.
• Add a brief write-up of Wendy's 1967 appearance in The Wednesday Play.

• A montage of rarely-seen color caps of Wendy from her work in 1974/5 in Not On Your Nellie added to the 1975 room of the Gallery, as well as an update to the write-up about the show itself.
• Another montage, this one of greatly improved screen caps from the Dad's Army episode Mum's Army, in the 1970s wing of the Gallery.
• . . . And a montage of likewise improved Dad's Army caps from the episode Two And A Half Feathers added to the same place.
• Note two short articles in Radio Times, from January and February 1993.
• . . . And a pair of exceptional articles in My Weekly, from 1989 and 1992.  A couple of related images added to the Herself Gallery
• . . . Plus one in Heat, from November 2003.
• . . . And an article in Inside Soap, from November 2005.
• Another cook book Wendy contributed to for the sake of a charitable cause.

• Add write-up and transcript for Wendy's October 2005 interview on Michael Parkinson's radio show.
• Update Carry On Again Christmas write-up.
• Write-up of Wendy's interview from the new Carry On Christmas DVD.
• Re-work the Wendy image montage from Carry On Again Christmas, in the 1970 wing of the Gallery.
• Note nice photo in Oct 87 Radio Times and add to 1987 room of the Gallery.
• Note photo and short article in Jan 92 Radio Times.
• Note brief interviews in Feb 92 Radio Times and Jan 97 My Weekly.
• Correct and expand on Wendy's participation in That's Showbusiness.

• Note a 1986 appearance on quiz show Blankety-Blank:  review, and a montage of delightful images added to the 1986 room of the Gallery.  Also, provide the background as a wallpaper on the Art page.
• Transcript of a brief, but interesting 1985 newspaper article.  Relevant image added to Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add link to a very good online Yorkshire-area interview from early in 2005.
• Excerpted part of a nice 1985 Radio Times write-up, noted on Articles page.  Relevant images added to 1985 room and the Herself wing of the Gallery.
• Add All-Star Secrets to the shows Wendy's appeared in (write-up to follow).
• Add brief note of her October 2005 interview on Michael Parkinson's Sunday morning radio show on BBC 2.  (A superb interview; detailed write-up to follow.)

• An article from Heat (2004) about Wendy's "secret" past, with photo added to the Music page.
• Note appearance on show King and Company in 1988, with photo added to that year's room of the Gallery.
• Brief interview transcript added to Articles page, and image,  from Woman's Realm, 1983.
• Another note on the Articles page of a Weekly News (2005) photo of Wendy's Pauline character.
• Color image from Carry On Again Christmas added to the 1970 room of the Gallery.
• Yet another note on the Articles page of a Yours (2002) interview, with photos as well.

• Re-processed images from Gumshoe, and added a montage to the 1971 room of the Gallery.
• Interesting interview transcript added to Articles page, and images,  from Celebrity magazine, 1986.
• Remainder of interview series added to Articles page, and images,  from Soap Opera Weekly in 1990.
• Image of Pauline Fowler's surprising new look added to the 2005 room of the Gallery.  Also include write-up of source.
• Info on, and images from, article in Weekend magazine, 1988.
• A variety of other minor mentions or pictures in Radio Times and other publications from years past.
• Briefly review an article about Wendy and Shirley in the 2000 book Star Dogs, on the Charity page.
• Fix additional image thumbnails that fail to display when viewed with the Mozilla web browser.

• Some sad news on the Current page.