Lynda Bellingham played many roles during her five-decade professional career, but became synonymous with one. "Being a mum making gravy was not quite how I had seen my career advancing," she said once. But between 1983 and 1999 that's what she did in 42 "episodes" of an award-winning TV ad. Since the early 1980s, her name was rarely mentioned in print without it being prefaced with "Oxo mum". During her career,
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⭐ 6.8The Romanovs: A Crowned Family
⭐ 5.1Devil's Gate
⭐ 0Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
⭐ 4.8An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
⭐ 6.5Riding High
⭐ 4Don't Go Breaking My Heart
⭐ 4.9Bodywork
⭐ 3.5The Vision
⭐ 10The Scarlet Tunic
⭐ 4.5Confessions of a Driving Instructor
⭐ 4.9Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
⭐ 6.3Doctor Who: Mindwarp
⭐ 6.3Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
⭐ 7.3Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
⭐ 5.8Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
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