DS Icon: Christopher Ettridge

It only takes one great career high to earn a spot as a DS Icon. Factors such as longevity don't come into it. Hence the inclusion of this week's entry - Christopher Ettridge. While his career on the box and in theatres has spread across a number of years, his fame only burned brightly during the six-year period of 1993 to 1999. During that time, Ettridge was a regular fixture in the nation's living rooms bringing hundreds of punchlines and boat-loads of comedy gold as bumbling East End bobby Reg Deadman in BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart.

As with much of the Beeb's sitcom output in the '90s, Sweetheart was safe, cuddly and like a freshly-filled hot water bottle for viewers, providing reliable comforts rather than edgy laughs. While the programme centred on the rather dodgy issue of a time-travelling bigamist, the laughs were always clean and plentiful. Ettridge was a centre-point for much of the silliness and humour, providing a comic foil for the straight-faced Nicholas Lyndhurst. His career may not have blossomed since, but for his role as Reg alone, we love a bit of Ettridge.

Click along our gallery below for some classic snaps of Christopher: