BOB DOWNE - Live From the Lilydrome PART 2 (1995)

BOB DOWNE (the comic creation of Mark Trevorrow) lived and worked in the UK for most of the 1990s and his favourite collaborator was the divine LILY SAVAGE (Paul O'Grady's now retired alter ego). Here's PART TWO of Lily's hilarious late night show, LIVE FROM THE LILYDROME, made in Blackpool in 1995. Bob appears in this episode singing COPACABANA and FEVER, accompanied by the always unpredictable Ms Savage. Also guesting is the great IAN McKELLEN as a parish priest.

[@suzayyy64]

It's 1.20 am and I made the mistake of clicking on bobdowne4real... am gonna be up all night!!!! :)

[@trishmusicfan2390]

Bob (or Mark) you are one funny guy. These clips are hysterical. Thanks for the laughs and we need you back on our telly screens immediately - as a tonic to the nation. Great voice too.

[@bobdowne4real]

Best thing about this gig was I got to travel up to Blackpool (4 hours from London) with Ian McK in a first class carriage. He really is a delightful man.

[@SheTheDee1971]

I have been searching FOREVER for Bob and his 'Fever' rendition...so funny....brilliant!!!

[@TheSilentStan]

This seemed like such a great atmosphere! Don't get anything like this anymore, sadly :( Lily and Bob were such a dream pair. I love Bob's little giggles all the way through this, it's so adorable and his sheer joy of being with Lily/Paul is always apparent and very endearing.

[@bobdowne4real]

It was such fun - esp to get to work with Ian McKellen!! What a legend and what a sweetheart

[@TheSilentStan]

Bob Downe I can imagine! He came to our local am dram theatre recently and sadly I didn’t get to see him but everyone said what a true star and a gentleman he was! You must have some lovely memories x

[@racheleastwood5588]

Oh shit I've never seen this omg GOLD 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheReevessss]

Don't we all want that groove? Love your work Bob.

[@Iceblooo]

I love Ian McKellen in this role ! So funny !

[@blackpoolhienergy3765]

I went to four of the recordings out of the six with friends . A great evening each time. Remember seeing you in the Flamingo with Paul after the recordings were over

[@bracken25690]

Love this! Havent seen it for ages!

[@fredspoon]

RIP Paul

[@glamdolly30]

What happened to Bob Downe? He was never off the telly in the mid-late 90s here in the UK, and he was bloody hilarious! Does he run this channel? If so, great to see your fabulous creation Bob Downe again and sincere sympathies on the loss of your old friend Paul O' Grady. God bless.

[@bobdowne4real]

Howdy! Glad to say I’m alive and well, married, with two schnauzers, and working solidly in Australia! I miss my UK days but you’ve gotta settle down eventually don’t you! And thanks for the condolences about my dear chum Sav, stunned and heartbroken to lose him so soon.

[@bobdowne4real]

you're jokin about the priest, yes...? It's SIR IAN McKELLEN! he was so wonderful to work with. BOB

[@MrTonyInchpractice]

i was gonna go have some boom-boom but boo-locks to that. dear bob, you're a god. a shiny, glottal, creamy, dreamy, just-go-ahead-and-ream-me, reigning throat-queen of the stage. what is it about drag (male as female, female as female, male as male) artists that makes them so subversive? taboo subjects are course-par, natch, but the way they always seem to play with theatrical conventions/television formats- julian clary, dame edna, mrs merton, bob, lily... all mavericks in re. formats.