Peter Baikie (born 1957) is a
Scottish comedian and
composer. He appeared in the British comedy sketch-show ''
Absolutely'', composed the theme music and provided comedy songs for the show. He also created several musical comedy characters including ''Mr Muzak the Piano-playing man'' and the ''Laughing man''.
As a television composer Baikie's credits include the theme music for ''
Shooting Stars'', ''
It's Only TV...But I Like It'' and ''
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
''The Big Fat Quiz of the Year'' is an approximately annual British television programme broadcast in the last or first week of the year on Channel 4. The show is a comedy panel game in the style of a pub quiz. Three teams of two celebrities, mo ...
''.
In the 1990s Baikie and fellow Absolutely cast member
Gordon Kennedy toured as a band called ''
The Hairstyles''. Their sets comprised songs from ''Absolutely'', famous TV themes, songs from adverts and the
Stoneybridge ceilidh.
Baikie was the bandleader on
The Jack Docherty Show
''The Jack Docherty Show'' was a weeknightly comedy chat show which first aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom between 30 March 1997 and 23 June 1999. Presented by comedian Jack Docherty, the programme was one of the first to air on the chan ...
which launched with
Channel Five in 1997. The house band was known as ''
Pete Baikie and The Peetles'' in a reference to
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
. He also acted with Kenneth Branagh in the Disney film ''
Swing Kids''.
He has also won 4 Welsh BAFTAS as the producer of ‘Barry Welsh is Coming’ and ‘Hugh Pugh’s History of Wales’ for ITV Wales. He also produced ‘Pub Quiz’, ‘The Morwenna Banks show’ and numerous editions of ‘The Jack Docherty show’ for C5. He co-wrote and co-presented the world’s first comedy nature series ‘SquawkieTalkie’ in 1995 and was co-host of ‘Saturday Night Jack’ for Radio 2 in 2006.
He is a director of Absolutely Productions.
External links
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Biographyin which Pete discusses ''The Hairstyles'' and some of his recent work.
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Living people
Male actors from Edinburgh
Scottish male television actors
1957 births
Scottish male comedians