Yes Minister and Heartbeat star Derek Fowlds has died at the age of 82 with his family round his bedside in the early hours of this morning. The London-born actor was best known for playing Private Secretary Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister, as well as for his role as Oscar Blaketon in the long-running police drama Heartbeat. Director Edgar Wright tweeted a clip of Fowlds' famous Yes Minister scene about the newspaper industry. He posted: 'RIP Derek Fowlds AKA 'Mr Derek' AKA Sir Bernard Woolley. He starred in Yes Minister opposite Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington from 1980 to 1984 before the sequel Yes, Prime Minister ran from 1986 to 1988.

Source: Daily Mail January 17, 2020 10:48 UTC