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Many happy returns to Miss Patsy Byrne, who blows out 80 candles on her cake today.

Who, you may ask?

Miss Byrne - despite her seven decade career on stage and screen - is best known (of course) as the dotty "Nursie" in Blackadder II.

Here are just two of my favourite "Nursie" moments:

Blackadder II - Nursie Cow

Blackadder II - Sir Thomas Moore and a boy without a winkle

Patsy Byrne on IMDB

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