be part of the show. An ambulance was called and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Sunderland Royal Hospital. He was 62. James was cremated and his ashes were scattered at Golders Green Crematorium. Legacy James has been the subject of at least five tribute shows: a 1996 one-off tribute, The Very Best of Sid James; as the focus of a 2000 episode of the series The Unforgettable; a 2002 episode of Heroes of Comedy; Channel Four's With Out Walls, Seriously Seeking Sid in the late 1980s; and in 2013, the BBC's The Many Faces Of Sid James. James was played by Geoffrey Hutchings in Terry Johnson's play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, which premiered at the National Theatre in 1998. Hutchings reprised the role in the subsequent film adaptation, Cor, Blimey!. In the 2006 BBC television film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, James was played by Ged McKenna. In August 2018 it was announced that a radio interview which James had recorded for BBC Radio Solent on 22 March 1976 had been re-discovered during research for a forthcoming BBC radio documentary celebrating the Carry On film series. The recording had been kept by BBC presenter Jeff Link, who had carried out the original interview. In the interview, James discusses his attempts to keep fit by skipping, his preference for working in films, his genuine affection for the Carry On films, and other topics. The interview is notable for its relaxed, humorous style. The producer of the forthcoming BBC Carry On documentary, Richard Latto, contacted James's surviving daughters after confirming the recording's authenticity. Reina James commented: "To hear him talking just before he's about to die.. there's something hugely moving about that". Sue James called the interview "lovely and sympathetic". A Heritage Foundation commemorative blue plaque to James, was installed at the former Teddington Studios on Broom Road Teddington, Greater London, until 30 June 2015 when it was stolen, just before the building was demolished to make way for housing. Filmography References Further reading Sidney James at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography External links at Aveleyman 1913 births 1976 deaths People from Johannesburg 20th-century South African male actors 20th-century English male actors British male comedy actors Deaths onstage English male film actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English Jews English gamblers Jewish English comedians Jewish English male actors People from Buckinghamshire People from Hillbrow