Blind Date’s “Our Graham” dies at age 90: Iconic voice actor artist Graham Skidmore has regained hundreds of hopeful answers to Cilla Black in a 17-year run of the ITV show.
- The Blind Date, which took place between 1985 and 2002, featured skidmores on a regular basis.
- He was also a narration artist for BBC 2’s Shooting Stars with Vic Reeves.
- “He may not have wanted to appear on the screen, but he had a celebrity voice-a known voice,” said his son Neil, 54.
Graham Skidmore, known as the iconic narration artist for blind dates, has passed away
Known as the iconic narration artist for blind dates, the legendary Graham Skidmore on television died at the age of 90.
Held between 1985 and 2002, Blind Date took Skidmore as a regular fixture, regaining hundreds of responses from potential suitors, and was known as “Our Graham” at the show. rice field.
He dropped out of the ITV hit show after 17 years of execution, and Tommy Sandhu took up his position in 2002.
Skidmore attended the funeral of co-host Cilla Black in 2015.
It was a black man who gave him the nickname “Our Graham”.
He also BBC 2 shooter voice actor with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Prior to his television career, Graham owned a laundromat and a corner shop, making flats before doing blind date and shooter narration work.
“He may not have wanted to appear on the screen, but he had a celebrity voice-a known voice,” his son Neil, 54, told the Sun. ..
‘I liked it. I planned an event, did a show in London, and had my dad narrate. People soon recognized him.
Skidmore, who later suffered from vascular dementia, lived in Kent for the last few years.
Her daughter, Katherine Johnson, 52, said Graham wanted to be a doctor but didn’t pass the final exam because of an ear infection.
He died on December 27, 2021, but news of his death was confirmed only on Sunday.