He is a really genuine and humble guy, and true gentlemen. He will always be a childhood legend in my eyes.

*RIP Geoffrey. so sad he's no longer here* 😞

RIP MATE and thanks for happy times.

Sorry to hear that you have passed Geoffrey. Thank you for all those wonderful childhood memories.

I met him by chance a couple of years ago and he was an absolute gentleman.

Aww RIP Geoffrey. Rainbow was my childhood...the USA had Sesame street and UK had Rainbow 🌈

Rest In Peace G, U made my '70s tv time unmissable. Paint the whole world with a RAINBOW..! X

Such a nice humble guy.

RIP Geoffrey Hayes

Rainbow was a huge part of my childhood. Geoffrey Hayes was brilliant - he was that trustworthy father-figure who lived with a hippo, a bear and a talking tangerine. It was great. (Sigh) TV for kids now is a crock of shit I'm sad to say.

Legend.Made my childhood that much better

Another part of my childhood gone rip Geoffrey Hayes thanks for being part of my childhood such happy memories watch you zippy bungle and George my thoughts to your family

RIP Geoffrey, Rainbow was a huge part of my upbringing. The acting (and accent) in Z Cars was very good in my view!

A true gentleman - hat off to you sir for all your years in rainbow 🌈

Hearing his true accent is a laugh - God knows how he suppressed it so well for Rainbow.

Hope he reads these nice comments

So sad as to how unwell he looked there. 4 years ago.

RIP Geoffrey

One of the best presenters for children's TV ever. R.I.P.

Wonderful Geoffrey. God bless him!

what a kind man he was.. massive part of my childhood.. very sad to hear of his passing..

Made weeks days after school bearable

Rest in peace Geoffrey. A bit of all our childhood is lost with your passing, but you will be missed.

What a rarely humble man - a large part of my childhood has again been lost but thankfully we can see some episodes on KZfaq. He seemed like a very genuine and down-to-earth man. Rest in Peace old friend xx

You are definately a legend in your own right. I am 51 and grew up with rainbow. RIP Geoffrey and thank you for all of the memories. ❤

I loved rainbow.. ..jeffrey was great...its a shame he aint on tv nowadays...

God bless you Geoffrey. RIP my friend. And thank you for making my childhood learning wonderful. I will meet you one day at the end of that rainbow.

RIP Geoffery. Part of many's childhood from the 80s.

What a lovely man... RIP

RIP Geoffrey. Thank you for the memories.

Geoffrey, You were the best!, Back in 1983 when I was 6 years old, I used to love watching Rainbow and learning new things, You, Bungle and George were always so sensible whilst Zippy was naughty, rude and funny! Like the other comment said You were a great childhood legend and made many, many children smile and happy (including me) who always watched your TV children's show "Rainbow" Although Rainbow started back in September 1972, No one could present it like you did and I think that you did a truly fantastic job presenting Rainbow from sometime in 1973 to the end of 1991 when Rainbow was recorded for the very last time (sadly) Now a grown up man of 39 years old! (in 2016), Watching many episodes of Rainbow put a huge smile on my face! and brought back many happy memories from my childhood days of the early 1980's :-) God bless you and your family Geoffrey - You're the best and will never be forgotten.

RIP Geoffrey who passed away today. A special person in the lives of both Z Cars and Rainbow fans.

It's odd to see him as a copper and speaking in his normal Stockport accent. I for one am so glad he gave it all up to do Rainbow. My childhood was brilliant with that TV show. Thanks Geoffrey. Sleep well now. Will miss you xxxx

He seems like a nice bloke. I loved rainbow as a kid

a massive part of my childhood. legend.

Thanks for bringing the childhood of the kids generation also thanks for bringing the comedy and the puppeteers of rainbow, you will be missed truly.

Lovely guy, as others have commented on here, very humble and natural.

Quite differeant to see him now when I was used to seeing him as a young man when I watched Zippy and the Rainbow when I was a tiny boy, now it's me that's a young man now

RIP Geoffrey :(

RIP Geoffrey, shame he never found work after Rainbow.

my childhood legend Geoffrey I'd love to meet him hope your well.

R.I.P dude :-(

R.I.P

I love rainbow! ! Still do and still watch it most days on youtube , even most nights when I gave a beer !!! Bloody love it in fact . He and zippy shaped me to who I am today , helped me grow up , helped my attitude and my sense of humor. 🤗👍👍👍💛

RIP Geoffrey Hayes.

RIP, a TV Legend

RIP, Geoffrey.

A childhood hero of mine. A huge part of mine and many of my friends lives.

Rest in peace over that rainbow Geoffrey x

R.I.P Geoffrey

I know everybody ages, but whilst doing Rainbow Geoffrey always looked and sounded like someone who would stay physically top-notch into his late age, but I am always saddened when I see and hear him these days... He seems to really struggle to talk, like he either had a stroke or throat cancer...or both. I would have hoped he'd sound exactly the same, like the way Murray Walker, Nicholas Parsons, and others, have done until very lately. I know he had a tough time after Rainbow workwise, but that doesn't seem to be enough to account for this. It makes me so sad. Tony Hart was similar... Of robust build, shall we say, certainly seemed to have a good stock of energy reserves, like he could easily manage a game of rugger if he ever fancied trying it. But yet later in life it's like a switch was flicked.

I watched Rainbow in about 1978/79 when I was a kid in New Zealand. He seemed like a great guy

Rest in peace.. :(

Rip Geoffrey

so sad " he was part of my children,s lives and mine " i loved it just as much as they did " especially naughty zippy!..i feel like bawling my eyes out" can,t believe how quickly life has gone by...goodbye Geoffrey" RIP.. you will be sadly missed " gone but not forgotten..

I think its a rather wonderful Epitaph - but not so surprising - that Geoffrey is such a decent and nice fella in real life. To see and hear him speak, really highlights for me why he was such a success presenting Rainbow, definitely one of the good guys. RIP Geoffrey.

RIP Geoffrey Hayes 😢😢

I like Geoffrey .

Happy 73rd birthday Geoffrey!

RIP

RIP x

Such a sweetheart xx

RIP Geoffrey. You entertained me through much of my childhood. A true gent.

RIP Geoffery

Thanks for lighting up my shitty childhood. Geoff RIP

Good on ya' Geoffrey;)

nice one...classic

Zippy George and bungle will miss him dearly

the face you never forget as a child from the 70s

This man inadvertently taught me patience, I have been tolerating Zippys and Bungles for years but Geoff would have sorted it by reading a story about Tat the cat. I hope he knew how much he meant to us little kids.

Rip

Old episodes of Z-Cars can have some surprising and indeed shocking moments. But nothing prepared me for the sight of Geoffrey Hayes propping himself up on a Ford Cortina outside a shabby pub. And smoking. Geoffrey from Rainbow - SMOKING. I'm 47 and felt my entire childhood had been a lie.

I never knew he was from Stockport. R.I.P Geoffrey x

A great actor too! Should've been given more work after Rainbow got axed.

I hope to meet him in person one day

R.I.P. you legend

Good old Geoff.

A national institution and a nice guy too. RIP Geoffrey Hayes

God bless

Rip mate

TOO GEOFFREY

Cirrhosis of the liver? I heard he worked at a supermarket

A tv daddy to a generation of kids. Bye bye Geoffrey xx

1:44 Damn, those are some hairy arms!

RIP Geoffrey

RIP, Geoffrey.

R.I.P Geoffrey

RIP Geoffrey