{"id":203,"date":"2006-04-09T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-09T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applecrumble.wordpress.com\/2006\/04\/09\/jez-hodge-superstar\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T12:55:58","slug":"jez-hodge-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/09\/jez-hodge-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jez Hodge, superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/5_jez_smiling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/applecrumble.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/5_jez_smiling-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Jez Hodge in Press Gang\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>At dinner a few weeks back we were talking to my cousin&#8217;s boyfriend about his former career as an actor.  He happened to mention that as well as being an extra on <em>Eastenders<\/em> many moons back he also played the character of Kevin in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096679\/\" title=\"Internet Movie Database entry for Press Gang\">Press Gang<\/a><\/em>.  I&#8217;m not sure if it was way before my time or not but I didn&#8217;t remember the programme&#8230;so, after a quick search of the internet I grabbed myself a copy of series two.<\/p>\n<p>So, for your viewing pleasure, here are a few shots of <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/name\/nm0388074\/\" title=\"Entry at the Internet Movie Database for Jeremy Hodge\">Jez<\/a> in <em>Press Gang<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/2_jez_and_dexter_fletcher.jpg\">Jez and Dexter Fletcher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/6_jez_and_camera.jpg\">Jez takes a picture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/9_jez_at_the_station.jpg\">Jez arrives at the train station looking for Suggs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/13_jez_waiting_at_the_station.jpg\">Jez waits for Suggs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/15_jez_and_dexter.jpg\">Jez lets everyone know what the plan is (probably)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/applecrumble.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/17_jez_in_thephone_booth.jpg\">Jez touches base with the <em>Press Gang<\/em> team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to meet Kevin&#8230;erm, I mean Jez&#8230;he&#8217;s the one who is organising the sponsored <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/05\/cycle-for-cystic-fibrosis\/\" title=\"Cycle for Cystic Fibrosis\">cycle ride for Cystic Fibrosis<\/a> so he&#8217;ll be there for autographs.  If you haven&#8217;t signed up already, what more of an incentive do you need to come along? :o)<\/div>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:6501,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/uk.imdb.com\\\/title\\\/tt0096679&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060103214805\\\/http:\\\/\\\/uk.imdb.com:80\\\/title\\\/tt0096679\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 13:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 13:32:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6502,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/uk.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0388074&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0388074&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6503,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/applecrumble.files.wordpress.com\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/17_jez_in_thephone_booth.jpg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/applecrumble.files.wordpress.com\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/17_jez_in_thephone_booth.jpg&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/09\/jez-hodge-superstar\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Jez Hodge, superstar\"><div class='e-content p-summary'>At dinner a few weeks back we were talking to my cousin&#8217;s boyfriend about his former career as an actor. He happened to mention that as well as being an extra on Eastenders many moons back he also played the character of Kevin in Press Gang. I&#8217;m not sure if it was way before my [&hellip;]<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tv","7":"h-entry","9":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":225,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/15\/chloe-catling-cycle-challenge-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":203,"position":0},"title":"Chloe Catling Cycle Challenge 2006","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"15 July 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weekends back my wife, my dad, and a few uncles and cousins of mine all took part in the Chloe Catling Cycle Challenge to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on behalf of Chloe Catling, a relative of mine who has CF. 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