Ground Force builder Tommy Walsh dies aged 69 after long illness
The gist
English builder and TV presenter Tommy Walsh, known for BBC's Ground Force, died aged 69 after a long illness.
His agent confirmed the death; co-stars remembered a "force of nature" on set.
How it unfolded
- Dec 18, 1956Tommy Walsh is born in South Hackney, London, to Irish parents, one of six children.
- 1997Aged 40, Walsh joins BBC's Ground Force as the team's builder, after initially turning the offer down three times.
- 2002Walsh has a benign tumour removed from his chest; the same year Alan Titchmarsh leaves Ground Force and Walsh stays until the series ends.
Key terms
- Ground Force
- A British garden makeover television series broadcast by the BBC from 1997 to 2005.
- makeover show
- A television programme in which a place or person is given a dramatic improvement in appearance.
- Homes Under the Hammer
- A British daytime television series about property renovation and auctions, airing on BBC One since 2003.
Source: Wikipedia