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Saxondale
''Saxondale'' is an English television situation comedy programme, starring Steve Coogan and co-written by Coogan and Neil Maclennan. The series is directed by Matt Lipsey and produced by Ted Dowd. Coogan and Henry Normal served as executive producers. The show is set in Stevenage and depicts middle-class suburbia, suburban life. Produced by Baby Cow Productions, the programme's first series was broadcast on BBC Two from 19 June 2006. It features Coogan as Tommy Saxondale, a former roadie with anger issues who now owns a pest control business. Other principal characters include Saxondale's Welsh people, Welsh girlfriend Magz (Ruth Jones), and his naïve assistant, Raymond (Rasmus Hardiker). Morwenna Banks, Mark Williams (actor), Mark Williams, Greg Davies, Ben Miller (who script-edited the series and directed the first episode) and Liza Tarbuck also appear. Comedian Matt Berry composed the incidental music for the series and appeared in Tommy's therapy class as a yuppie-like cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Coogan
Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is most known for creating original characters such as Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which he developed while working with Armando Iannucci on '' On the Hour'' and ''The Day Today''. Partridge has featured in several television series and the 2013 film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa''. In 1999, he co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions with Henry Normal. He began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show ''Spitting Image'' and providing voice-overs for television advertisements. Coogan grew in prominence in the film industry in 2002, after starring in ''The Parole Officer'' and '' 24 Hour Party People''. He continued to appear in films such as ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (2004), ''Hamlet 2'' (2008), ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), ''The Other Guys'' (2010), ''Ruby Sparks'' (2012), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Berry
Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as '' The IT Crowd'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Snuff Box'', ''What We Do in the Shadows'', and '' Toast of London'', the last of which he also co-created. The series earned him the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. As a musician, he has released nine studio albums. Early life Matthew Charles Berry was born on 2 May 1974 in Bromham, Bedfordshire, the son of nurse Pauline (née Acreman) and taxi driver Charles Berry. He attended Nottingham Trent University, graduating in 1999 with a BA in contemporary arts. Career Film and television Berry began his career as a runner. Between 1998 and 1999, he appeared in the video game magazine show ''Game Over'' on BSkyB's computer and technology channel .tv. The episodes contained a large number of comedy sketches with Berry as the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Hardiker
Rasmus Hardiker (born 31 January 1985) is a British actor, best known for voicing Scott and Alan Tracy in the reboot animated television series '' Thunderbirds Are Go''. He played Raymond in Steve Coogan's sitcom ''Saxondale'' and Ben in the Jack Dee comedy ''Lead Balloon''. Hardiker was also in the BBC3 sketch series ''The Wrong Door''. He joined the voice cast of ''Thomas & Friends'', voicing several characters in the UK and USA versions. He is also known for voicing Alfur from ''Hilda''. Early life Hardiker was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. He left Arthur Terry School in Sutton Coldfield with an A level in drama. Career At the age of 20, he started his acting career as he played the role of Philip Chase in the miniseries '' The Rotters' Club'' (2005). He made guest appearances in '' Shakespeare Re-Told'', ''The Bill'', ''Doctors'', ''New Tricks'', ''Black Mirror'' and ''Afterlife''. From 2006 to 2007, Hardiker played Raymond in the television series ''Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Jones
Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' (2007–2010, 2019). Jones has also appeared in various television series, including '' Fat Friends'' (2000–2005), ''Little Britain'' (2003–2007), '' Nighty Night'' (2004–2005), ''Saxondale'' (2006–2007), ''The Street'' (2009), and '' Stella'' (2012–2017) for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter. Jones was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entertainment. Early life and career Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Her father was a lawyer for British Steel Corporation, Port Talbot, and her mother was a general practitioner. She has two older brothers and a younger sister. Jones was brought u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Tarbuck
Liza Tarbuck ( ; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter. Early life Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool. She is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older sister, Cheryl, and a younger brother, James. She trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA graduating in 1986 alongside Clive Owen, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Mark Womack. Acting Tarbuck's first big break came in 1987 when she landed a starring role in the Granada Television comedy series '' Watching'', opposite Emma Wray. She stayed with ''Watching'' for its entire seven-year run. She also appeared as Angie in the 1988 Falklands War drama ''Tumbledown'', which starred Colin Firth, Paul Rhys and David Calder. In 2001, she took the title role in ''Linda Green'', which ran for two series, ending in 2002. She guest starred on the Ricky Gervais comedy '' Extras'', and appeared in ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' as DI Fiona Knight. In 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Miller
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English actor, comedian, and author. He rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. Miller is also known for playing the lead role of DI Richard Poole in the first two series of the BBC crime drama '' Death in Paradise'', and for portraying James Lester in the ITV science-fiction series ''Primeval''. Early life and education Miller was born in London, England and grew up in Nantwich, Cheshire. The son of an immigrant father, Ben's father Michael Miller was a lecturer in American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic; and his mother Marion was from Wales. His paternal grandfather was a Lithuanian tailor who emigrated to the UK and lived in London's East End. His paternal great-grandmother, Rose Elizabeth Lincoln, taught English at South Cheshire College. He has two younger sisters, Leah and Bronwen. Miller was educated at Malbank School and Sixth Form College, his local comprehensive school in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Williams (actor)
Mark Williams (born 22 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter. He first achieved widespread recognition as one of the central performers in the popular BBC sketch show ''The Fast Show''. His film roles include Horace in the 1996 adaptation of '' 101 Dalmatians'' and Arthur Weasley in seven of the ''Harry Potter'' films. He made recurring appearances as Brian Williams in the BBC television series ''Doctor Who'' and as Olaf Petersen in ''Red Dwarf''. Since 2013, Williams has portrayed the title character in the long-running BBC series loosely based on the ''Father Brown'' short stories by G. K. Chesterton. Early life Williams was born on 22 August 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Educated at North Bromsgrove High School and then Brasenose College, Oxford, where he performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society, he made a career as a theatre actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. He came to wider publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Davies
Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Greg in ''We Are Klang'', Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'', Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'', the Taskmaster in '' Taskmaster'', Dan Davies in '' Man Down'', and Paul Wickstead in '' The Cleaner'', the latter of which he also wrote. He has appeared as himself on ''Mock the Week'', '' Fast and Loose'', '' Live at the Apollo'', and '' Would I Lie to You?'' For his performance in ''Cuckoo'', Davies was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2013. Early life Gregory Daniel Davies was born in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968. His Welsh parents lived in England at the time, but his father drove his mother across the border to make sure he was born in Wales so that he would be eligible to play rugby for the Wales national team. He grew up in Wem, which he regards as his home. His father's origins lie in Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Dowd
Ted Dowd is a British television and radio producer A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. The job title covers several different job descriptions: *Content producers or executive producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature. The content producer might organize music choi .... His work includes: This Time & Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, Gavin & Stacey, Saxondale, Nighty Night, Hunderby, Camping, Ideal, The Mighty Boosh, Moone Boy, Home Time and Nebulous. External links * British radio producers British television producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British people {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Lipsey
Matt Lipsey is a British television and film director. His work includes King Bert Productions TV movies such as The Boy in the Dress and Billionaire Boy, Baby Cow Productions sitcoms ''Human Remains'' and ''Saxondale'', and Hartswood Films series ''Supernova'', '' The Cup'' and '' Jekyll''. His first film, ''Caught in the Act'', was released in 2008. He also directed all 14 episodes of the BBC Two sitcom ''Psychoville''. In 2005 he was presented with a British Academy Television Award for his work directing the second series of ''Little Britain''. . . Retrieved on 4 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Cow Productions
Baby Cow Productions Ltd is a British comedy television production company based in London and Manchester, founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal. Since its establishment it has diversified into radio, animation and film. According to their website, Baby Cow "produces bold, high-quality scripted entertainment across all genres for television, film and radio." The company's name is a reference to Coogan's early characters Paul and Pauline Calf. General information Baby Cow Productions is a publicly held company which employs between 11 and 50 employees at any one time. History The company was founded in 1999 by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, with Coogan assuming the role of Creative Director and Normal assuming the role of CEO. In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought a 25% stake in the company. The acquisition was made at a time when BBC Worldwide was being criticised for its "out of control" ventures, though Normal told ''The Guardian'' that BBC Worldwide had not made the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morwenna Banks
Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film ''The Announcement''. She voices Mummy Pig, Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the children's series ''Peppa Pig''. Early life Banks attended Truro High School for Girls and Robinson College, Cambridge and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights from 1981 to 1983. She also acted with the Marlowe Society, such as in a brief comic cameo as the Widow in Ben Jonson's ''The Alchemist'', alongside Tilda Swinton. Career One of Banks' early major television roles was as part of the team on the comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', broadcast on Channel 4 between 1989 and 1993. Her other television appearances include the BBC series ''The Thick of It'', ''Red Dwarf'', '' Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul'' and the Steve Coogan comedy ''Saxondale'', in which she played r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
