William Vandyck is an actor, writer and ex-barrister.

Comedy on radio and TV

William Vandyck co-wrote and starred in the

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series '' And Now In Colour'', which also starred

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, Tim de Jong and Michael Rutger; one of the Christmas specials of this show won silver medal at the New York Festivals. He was also the host of the

comedy panel series '' King Stupid'', which later became '' The 99p Challenge'', presented by Sue Perkins, and featured in other Radio 4 comedies such as ''

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'' and ''The Legendary Series''. During lockdown he also hosted "What Are You Doing?" on community radio station Penarth Sounds. On TV he co-wrote and starred in BBC'
''It's a Mad World, World, World, World''
with Alistair McGowan and

Caroline Aherne Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian and writer. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host '' Mrs Merton'', in various roles in '' The Fast Show'', and as Denise in '' The ...

. He also featured as "Man at Till" in ''The Return of Mr Bean'' with Rowan Atkinson, and appeared in '' The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show'' with

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and

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, and ''

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''. His sitcom scripts won Pozzitive Productions' Funnydotcomp and Sitcom Mission in 2023.

Books

William Vandyck is the author of ten children's books, including ''The Punctuation Repair Kit''. Also, with Tim de Jongh, ''How to Get Away With Absolutely Anything'' and ''How To Do Your Homework in Ten Seconds Flat'' and, with Tim Scott (who co-starred with him in ''And Now In Colour'' as Tim de Jong), ''The Musketeers Adventure Agency'' and ''Tony and Cleo's Interesting Year''.

References

External links

It's a Mad World, World, World at IMDBVandyck's books at Amazon
British children's writers British male radio actors British radio writers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British barristers {{UK-writer-stub