Barbara Good, who played Barbara in the BBC sitcom The Good Life between 1975 and 1977, claimed that in just three days she witnessed three shocking mobile phone robberies.
British acting legend Felicity Kendal became a have-a-go hero to frighten off a mugger.
The TV star, 79, told how she witnessed three mobile phone robberies in the space of just three days in London. However, she intervened during one offence — and found her courage was enough to deter the crook.
A group of men riding bicycles were evicting a young woman from her phone as Felicity was driving along a street in Chelsea, west London. One of the men was able to retrieve the phone when the actress twitched her horn, which caused the woman to startle the other.
Felicity, who has lived in Chelsea since the 1960s, said today that a woman was parked there and her phone had been taken. In a few seconds, it was over.
The next day, I passed a young woman walking down Draycott Avenue, and then suddenly there were a few bikes circling her. It resembled Spaghetti Junction. They sped away with her phone as they approached. One of the young people dropped the phone after I yelled and horned it out because something in me snapped. The woman returned it.
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Felicity, who played Barbara Good in BBC sitcom The Good Life between 1975 and 1977, shared the harrowing ordeal in an interview with local news website The Chelsea Citizen — but insisted she wasn’t brave.
The seasoned performer, who was born in Solihull, West Midlands, continued, “It was just instinct. Really, I didn’t do anything. I wasn’t a knife user. I simply yelled. These gangs, however, are so brutal. They simply believe they can get away with it, which is correct. In Sloane Square, I witnessed another phone being stolen the following day, but there was nothing I could do. The theft of phones is abominable. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever encountered. I saw three within three days.
The actress, Felicity dating from 1998 until 1998, will appear in the second season of Indian Ink at the Hampstead Theatre in the capital. Tom Stoppard is the veteran director. She is also considering selling her beloved four-story home in Chelsea, which has grown too large for it to handle as a result of her husband’s passing in 2023 and the departure of her son Jake.
Felicity, who in ITV drama Rosemary & Thyme between 2003 and 2006, said: “I’m happy to move on when the time is right. I have always loved living in Chelsea, so I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”
