Actress Brigit Forsyth - who starred in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? - has died on the age of 83, her agent has stated.

Forsyth performed Thelma Ferris, the lengthy struggling spouse of Rodney Bewes's character Bob, within the cult Seventies BBC sitcom.

Her agent Mark Pemberton confirmed she died "peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family" within the early hours of Friday morning.

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