Oh Goodie! Tim Brooke-Taylor Awarded OBE


Actor among local luminaries honoured in Queen's Birthday List

A number of Hammersmith and Fulham residents have been included in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Perhaps the best known is actor and writer Tim Brooke-Taylor which lives in Hammersmith. Tim, 70 was awarded an OBE for services to light entertainmment alongside his Goodies partner Graeme Garden.

He said: " I'm very very pleased and not to say a little surprised – but very pleasantly so. At first I thought it was my son trying to con me."

Others who received honours worked in a range of fields, from health and voluntary services to beauty and fashion:

CBE

Professor Brian George GAZZARD. Professor of HIV Medicine and Clinical Research Director for HIV/GUM, Chelsea
and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust, London. For services to Healthcare.
(London, SW6)

Michael GRANDAGE. Artistic Director, Donmar Warehouse. For services to Drama.
(London, W12)

OBE

Tim BROOKE-TAYLOR Actor and Writer. For services to Light Entertainment.
(London, W6)

Ms Judy HARGADON Chief Executive, School Food Trust. For services to Children's Well-being.
(London, SW6 )

Sir Alexander Archibald Douglas HOPE, Bt Managing Director, Double Negative. For services to the Visual Effects Industry.
(London, W12)

MBE

Thomas Arthur ADAMS For services to the Voluntary Sector.
(London, SW6)

Ms Sarah MOWER For services to the Fashion Industry.
(London, W14)

Thea, Mrs GREEN Founder, Nails Inc. For services to the
Beauty Industry.
(London, SW6)