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Elephants To Catch Eels
''Elephants to Catch Eels'' is a historical situation comedy originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was broadcast in two series of six half-hour episodes each, from February to March 2003 and April to May 2004. It was written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain and produced by Jan Ravens. Set in the fictional Drumlin Bay, Cornwall, during the 1790s, ''Elephants To Catch Eels'' follows the smuggling exploits of the resourceful Tamsyn Trelawney (Lucy Speed eries 1 Sheridan Smith eries 2 and her drunken innkeeper father Jago ( John Bowe). The new Customs Collector, Major Thomas Falconer (Cameron Stewart), finds it difficult to believe a woman could be involved in smuggling, unlike his deputy, Captain Marriot (Andrew McGibbon). Other characters include Squire Bascombe (Martin Hyder), the gibberish-spouting Mad Gilbert (also played by Hyder) and the gullible Dewey (Mark Felgate), with other parts played by Mark Perry, Michael Fenton Stevens, Phil Nice and India Fisher. In the last two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW and DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news programmes such as ''Today'' and ''The World at One'', heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Paresi
Andrew McGibbon (a.k.a. Andrew Paresi; born 1961 in Chiswick), is an English comedian, actor, writer, musician and composer. He has also produced and directed extensively, chiefly for radio. Education The son of James, a prominent educationalist and child psychologist, McGibbon studied at St Edmund's Primary, Whitton and Salesian College. He learnt to play the drums, his chief instrument, during his time at Richmond Tertiary College. In 1980, despite serious thoughts about attending Berklee School of Music, he left college to forge a career as a working musician. Music career McGibbon initially associated himself closely with the London jazz scene, often rehearsing with Django Bates. However, he failed to make a significant impact, peaking with a performance alongside Lou Donaldson at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club on 22 March 1982. The name Paresi was adopted around this time on the advice of his then girlfriend, who had found that it was an Italian medical term for embolism. "There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre productions in the United Kingdom. Staunton has performed in a variety of plays and musicals in London throughout her career, winning four Laurence Olivier Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals ''Into the Woods'', ''Sweeney Todd'', and ''Gypsy'', and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' and ''The Corn is Green''. Her other stage appearances include ''The Beggar's Opera'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''Uncle Vanya'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'', and '' Good People''. She has been nominated for 13 Olivier Awards. On film, Staunton starred in ''Antonia and Jane;'' in several supporting roles in Kenneth Brana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Fisher
India Fisher (born 1974) is a British actress, narrator and presenter. Her father is the ex- MP Mark Fisher. She is also the stepsister of musician Crispin Hunt and of actress Francesca Hunt, who appears with her in the play ''Other Lives''. She has appeared in several episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series ''Elephants to Catch Eels''. She provided the voice for the character of Sophia Winchell in the BBC.co.uk flash-animated webcast series '' Ghosts of Albion''. Between 2001 and 2009, she voiced the character Charley Pollard for ''Doctor Who'', which was part of the Big Finish audio range. She has been in various stories alongside both the Sixth Doctor and the Eighth Doctor. She came back in 2013, in ''The Light at the End'', a two-part 50th Anniversary audio story released on CD in the same year. On TV, she has appeared in the television series '' Dead Ringers'', and narrates BBC One's cookery programme ''MasterChef''. She also performs voiceovers for television adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Nice
Phil Nice (born 6 April 1954 in Vange, Essex) is a British actor who has been active in television and films since 1984. He has appeared in TV serials including ''Who Dares Wins'', ''South of the Border'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''Mr. Bean'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', ''The Bill'', ''EastEnders'', '' Heartbeat'', ''The Inbetweeners'' (as a driving instructor), ''Coming of Age'', ''Moving Wallpaper'', ''Love Soup'', '' Torchwood: Miracle Day'', ''My Family'', ''Hebburn'' and '' Citizen Khan'' (as friendly neighbour Keith). He also appeared in Morrison's adverts in 2011. He has appeared in films including ''Ident'', '' Danny the Champion of the World'', ''Magicians'' and '' A Kind of Hush''. In December, 1985, Nice, along with temporary comedy partner Arthur Smith made a short series of parody documentaries for Channel 4 called ''Arthur and Phil Go Off''. In 2014 Nice played an astronaut killed by giant spiders in 'Kill the Moon', the seventh episode of the eighth series of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fenton Stevens
Michael Fenton Stevens (born 12 February 1958) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for being a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the ''Spitting Image'' 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song". He also starred in '' KYTV'', its Radio 4 predecessor, '' Radio Active'' and '' Benidorm'' as Sir Henry since Series 4 which was first broadcast in 2011, and as an anchor on '' 3rd & Bird'' on CBeebies. Career Fenton Stevens featured in regular roles as Hank in the 1996 series ''The Legacy of Reginald Perrin'', and as Ralph in Andy Hamilton's 2003 television sitcom '' Trevor's World of Sport'', as well as in the Radio 4 version of the latter which was broadcast in 2004. Stevens had previously appeared in a guest role in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'', another television comedy series written by Hamilton, and appears regularly in various roles in Hamilton's Radio 4 sitcom ''Old Harry's Game''. He has also featured in Ian Hislop's sitcom ''My Dad's the Prime Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Perry (impressionist)
Mark Perry (born Phillip Perry) is a British impressionist and his notable impressions include David Dickinson, John Prescott and Robin Cook. Perry is known for playing various public figures in '' Dead Ringers'' and ''2DTV''.New Statesman – Volume 139- Page 13 2010 "Mark Perry, star of the TV and radio series Dead Ringers, was offered a slice of Ashcroft's zillions to impersonate the dour Broon. David Cameron never tires of telling us how he deplores Labour's negative campaigning but it's a safe bet that " In 2007 he appeared in the radio comedy ''Bleak Expectations''. He has won several awards, including a Sony Radio Award for ''Dead Ringers'' (2000), a BAFTA for ''Double Take'' and Golden Rose of Montreux for 2DTV.PERRY, Mark (né Philip Perry), ''Debrett's People of Today'', November 2007. He can also be seen as an extra playing a Gallifreyan Guard in the 1983 Doctor Who story ''Arc of Infinity''. He was recently heard as Gerry (temporary chairman of the board of directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Felgate
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Martin Hyder
Martin Hyder (born 1961) is an English people, English actor and writer. Profile Hyder was educated at Abingdon School leaving in 1980. He has worked closely with the BBC since 2000 contributing and appearing in BBC Radio and BBC Television. His television credits include The Lenny Henry Show, The Omid Djalili Show, Harry & Paul, Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul, Harry Hill's TV Burp and he has appeared on many successful BBC radio shows. In addition he has appeared on stage and in film, most recently he had a role in the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow and performed on stage in the plays 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' in 2015 and 'My Brilliant Friend' at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in 2017. Selected television and film *Edge of Tomorrow *The Harry Hill Movie *Harry Hill's TV Burp *The Omid Djalili Show *Harry & Paul, Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul *The Lenny Henry Show *The Secret Show *Big Train *15 Storeys High *The 11 O'Clock Show *How Do You Want Me? Selected radio *The Hudson an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squire
In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a "squire", and still later, the term was applied to members of the landed gentry. In contemporary American usage, "squire" is the title given to justices of the peace or similar local dignitaries. ''Squire'' is a shortened version of the word ''esquire'', from the Old French (modern French ), itself derived from the Late Latin ("shield bearer"), in medieval or Old English a ''scutifer''. The Classical Latin equivalent was ("arms bearer"). Knights in training The most common definition of ''squire'' refers to the Middle Ages. A squire was typically a young boy, training to become a knight. A boy became a page at the age of 7 then a squire at age 14. Squires were the second step to becoming a knight, after having served as a page. Boys s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Stewart (actor)
Cameron Stewart (born 1975) is a Canadian comic book creator. He first came to prominence when he collaborated as an illustrator with writer Grant Morrison, and he went on to illustrate ''Catwoman'' and co-write ''Batgirl''. He won Eisner and Shuster Awards for his self-published mystery web comic '' Sin Titulo'', and received an Eisner nomination for '' The Other Side'' (written by Jason Aaron). In 2020, he was the subject of numerous sexual misconduct accusations. Early life Stewart was born in Canada to British parents. Career Stewart began working for DC around 2000, inking the last half of ''Deadenders'', written by Ed Brubaker and penciled by Warren Pleece. In 2002 he started work on Brubaker's run on ''Catwoman''. In 2004 he illustrated ''Seaguy'', a 3-issue series written by Grant Morrison. The team followed this the next year with the 4-issue '' Seven Soldiers: Guardian''. Stewart and Morrison returned to ''Seaguy'' with ''Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye'' in 2009. Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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