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WEBThe returning cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Ben Whishaw as the voice of the title character, Julie Walters as housekeeper Mrs Bird and Jim Broadbent as Mr Gruber. Imelda Staunton is the voice of Aunt Lucy, while Olivia Colman plays a nun and Antonio Banderas is a swashbuckling boat-owner. The film hits cinemas on November 8.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum – where are they now?
WEBJan 21, 2019 · Following It Ain't Half Hot Mum, he appeared in two episodes of Only Fools and Horses as policeman Terry Hoskins, and as the recurring character of Ron Bigmore in Mr Majeika. He was briefly reunited with Windsor Davies in Never The Twain, playing a barman in two 1988 episodes. Mitchell died from cancer at the age of 53, in …
Comedy's ones to watch for 2022 : Features 2022 - Chortle
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Lily’s distinct feminist brand of comedy has been delighting live audiences for a few years, and she’s already garnered some mainstream success with bits on Comedy Central, ITV and Channel 4. Last year she was also a BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist. In 2022, we’re confident she’ll become a staple of the comedy circuit up and down the ...
Mark Steel announces 2022 tour : News 2022 - Chortle
WEBJul 11, 2022 · Mark Steel has announced a short autumn tour of his new stand-up show. Sixteen dates have initially been announced for An Evening and A Little Bit Of A Morning With Mark Steel, kicking off at the Garrick Playhouse in Altrincham on September 1.. It will cover the joys and frustrations of modern life, as well as reprising the story of being brought up in a working-class street in Kent, to ...
Test your Still Game knowledge : Features 2022 - Chortle
WEBTest your knowledge of Still Game – as the Scottish sitcom hits 20 next week, with the first episode airing on September 6, 2002, Our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz is compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck! Published: 30 Aug 2022. Chortle had 206,000 unique visitors in August 2024.
'Allo 'Allo: Where are they now? : Features 2017 - Chortle
WEBDec 14, 2017 · Richard Gibson, Herr Otto Flick. Now 63, the Ugandan-born actor left 'Allo 'Allo after eight series, with David Janson taking over the role of the Gestapo officer in the final season. Since then, he has worked as a radio actor, scriptwriter and voiceover artist, including guest starring in the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama Flip-Flop.
Gyles Brandreth writes his first autobiography - Chortle
WEBJun 4, 2021 · Gyles Brandreth has written his first autobiography, at the age of 73. Odd Boy Out promises insight into the broadcaster, comic and former MP’s ‘often eccentric and at times tragic family background and early years’. Brandreth told trade website The Bookseller: ‘This isn’t the autobiography I had expected to write.
Drop The Dead Donkey to return as a stage show - Chortle
WEBMay 29, 2023 · Featuring the original cast of Channel 4's newsroom comedy. Drop The Dead Donkey is returning as a stage play – 24 years after it last aired. Original cast members will be returning with a new script from the show’s creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin with a show that will tour the UK next …
Eerie riddle of the Young Ones' mysterious fifth flatmate
WEBJun 18, 2016 · Easy one for comedy trivia fans: How many housemates were there in The Young Ones? If you said four, you are wrong. For as well as Rick, Neil, Vyvyan and Mike there was an eerie fifth figure who never spoke and …
Comic to tell the tale of 'the worst zoo in Britain' - Chortle
WEBMay 31, 2020 · Now his two-part series, entitled simply Zoo and script edited by fellow comedian Gareth Gwynn, starts on Radio 4 at 6.30pm. Owen previously appeared on the station in last year’s Where on Earth is Anglesey?, about his homeland across the Menai Strait. Published: 31 May 2020. Comic to tell the tale of 'the worst zoo in Britain' - …