Dame Elaine Paige

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864 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · Dame Elaine Paige · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

So that was how it was.

But, of course, I would major in playing urchins and things.

and doing modelling Marks and Spencer's children's wear.

Yes, they liked you to go for auditions to get you used to it.

Yeah, they were agents.

They were all part of the school.

Yeah.

So that's how you started to learn about the business, right?

M&S.

And the thing I remember quite clearly with Wendy Padmery, my dear friend who I've just reconnected with recently, we would have the Boys and Girls exhibition.

Do you remember that?

They used to have those every year at Olympia.

Yes.

And Marks and Sparks would have a long runway exhibition

you know, high up, a proper runway, modelling runway.

And Wendy and I would have to model gym slips and pee wear, you know, shorts and T-shirts and things.

But right at the end, and it was always at sort of like four or five o'clock in the afternoon, which was really unfortunate because by that time all the boys would be out of school and would come along with their pea shooters and

And Wendy and I would have the last thing that we had to do, which was so awful, we'd have to wear those awful black regulation swimming costumes and walk up and down this... Oh, it was awful.

It was just awful.

Aiming them at... Oh, it was awful, just awful.

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