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Forums: The Bill: Kevin Lloyd and Lesley Duff

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    galgee

    1. 07/21/2008 4:12pm
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    There are a number of trivia items on this site that claim that Lesley Duff (who played Tosh's wife Muriel) was also the off-screen wife of Kevin Lloyd. According to "The Bill: The First Ten Years" by Hilary Kingsley, this is not the case.

    On page 63 there is a picture of Kevin, his wife and three of their children (including James Lloyd). The caption below this picture claims it is of his on-screen wife Lesley Duff, but from viewing the episodes in which she appears I know this to be incorrect. From her likeness with the children, it's safe to assume it is actually his real wife.

    A paragraph on the same page makes it clear that his on- and off-screen wives are two different people. It states that his real-life wife (also called Lesley, though no surname is given) is a former restauranteur, and that "Kevin has often been tempted to refer to Tosh's wife Muriel as Lesley, partly because she's played by actress Lesley Duff".

    I'd be grateful if someone could correct the trivia items on this site to remove this false information. I have already submitted corrections for the respective trivia items listed on imdb.com, but I lack contributor priviledges on this site. Thanks.

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    TheOldBill

    2. 07/22/2008 5:29am
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    I've checked the book and you're right. This is a popular canard. I've submitted all necessary corrections. Thanks for highlighting this.
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    cook567

    3. 07/22/2008 10:54am
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    I find the books are sometimes inaccurate in places or have the same worded info across the books.

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    galgee

    4. 07/22/2008 9:22pm
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    It's something I considered - especially with the incorrect picture caption - but since they mention that his real children played his on-screen children, I find it odd that they would not mention that his real wife played his screen wife, were it true.

    This site appears to have been the source of the incorrect information. Thanks for correcting it, OldBill.
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