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David Walliams
OBE
David Walliams in 2012
Born
David Edward Williams
(1971-08-20) 20 August 1971 (age 46)
Merton, London, England
Nationality
British
Occupation
Comedian, actor, author, presenter, A&R scout, judge
Years active
1992–present
Net worth
£25 million (March 2017)
Television
Rock Profile (1999–2000)
Little Britain (2003–2007)
Come Fly with Me (2010–2011)
Britain's Got Talent (2012–present)
Big School (2013–2014)
Partners in Crime (2015)
Walliams & Friend (2015–)
Political party
Labour
Spouse(s)
Lara Stone (m. 2010; div. 2015)
Children
1
David Edward Williams, OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, talent-show judge, author, presenter, and activist, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch show Little Britain.
Since 2012, Walliams has been a judge on the ITV talent show: Britain's Got Talent. He wrote and starred in two series of the BBC One sitcom: Big School, playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. In 2015, he starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC series: Partners in Crime based on the Tommy and Tuppence novels by Agatha Christie.
Walliams is also a writer of children's books. To date he has sold more than 12.5 million copies and his books have been translated into 46 languages.[1] He has been described as "the fastest growing children's author in the UK" and his literary style has been compared to that of Roald Dahl.[2][3][4]
Contents
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1 Early life and education
2 Career
2.1 Britain's Got Talent
2.2 Matt Lucas
2.3 Presenting
3 Works
3.1 Television
3.2 Film
3.3 Theatre
3.4 Books and adaptations
3.5 Screenwriting
4 Awards and honours
5 Sport Relief
5.1 Telethon hosting
5.2 Swimming the English Channel
5.3 Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
5.4 Cycling
5.5 24 Hour Panel People
5.6 Swimming the Thames
6 Personal life
7 Bibliography
7.1 Non-fiction
7.2 Children's fiction
8 References
9 External links
Early life and education[edit]
David Walliams was born in Merton, London. He is the son of Peter Williams, a London Transport engineer, and Kathleen Williams, a lab technician, and grew up in Banstead, Surrey. Walliams was educated at Collingwood Boys' School in Wallington, and Reigate Grammar School in Surrey, where he was a contemporary of Robert Shearman.[5] From 1989 to 1992, he studied at the University of Bristol, where he resided at Manor Hall and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Drama).[6] During university holidays in 1990, Walliams performed with the National Youth Theatre, where he met future comedy partner and friend Matt Lucas.
He changed his stage name to David Walliams when he joined the actors' union Equity, as there was already a member named David Williams.[7]
Career[edit]
Main article: David Walliams filmography
Walliams performed in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Phantasmagoria, written by Mark Gatiss.
From 2003 to 2005, Walliams co-wrote and co-starred in three series of the BBC sketch show Little Britain with Matt Lucas. The programme first aired on BBC Three before moving to the more mainstream BBC One. A successful live stage show of the series, Little Britain Live, was produced in 2006. A number of seasonal and charity specials followed, up to 2009. A spin-off series produced in the United States by HBO, Little Britain USA, aired in 2008.
In 2005, Walliams, Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis and Lauren Laverne starred in the video for Charlotte Hatherley's single Bastardo. Later in the year, Walliams presented a documentary on James Bond, entitled David Walliams: My Life with James Bond. In 2007, he returned to non-comedy television, garnering excellent reviews[citation needed] for his portrayal of a suave and dangerous manipulator in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary.
Walliams portrayed comedian Frankie Howerd in the BBC Four television film Rather You Than Me. In 2010, Walliams appeared with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell in the comedy Dinner for Schmucks.
In April 2012 Walliams appeared in an episode of ITV's Perspectives programme entitled "David Walliams: The Genius of Dahl".[8]
Walliams played the mole-like alien Gibbis in the sixth series of Doctor Who, "The God Complex".
On 21 March 2012 Walliams was the narrator of Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability on BBC Two.[9]
In 2012, he narrated the ITV2 series Top Dog Model. In March 2014 Walliams narrated a short video for the charity, Electrical Safety First, featuring the character Charley from the Charley Says educational films of the 1970s.[10]
Walliams wrote and starred in two series of the BBC One sitcom Big School, playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. The series also starred Catherine Tate, Frances de la Tour and Philip Glenister. In June 2015, it was announced that Big School would not be returning for a third series.[11]
For Comic Relief 2015, Walliams appeared as Lou Todd and Stephen Hawking in the Andy Pipkin role along with Catherine Tate as a nun.[12]
In 2015, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, Walliams played the role of Tommy Beresford in Partners in Crime, a six-part BBC series.[13]
In September 2015, Walliams began filming for his BBC sketch show Walliams & Friend, which also starred Joanna Lumley and Morgana Robinson[14] and premiered on Christmas Eve in 2015. The show returned for a full series in November 2016, and a second series has been announced.
Walliams hosted the final of New York comedy show Thrills and Spills in late-December 2016. The final was held in Louisville, Kentucky. In December 2016, Walliams presented the Royal Variety Performance and a Christmas special episode of Blankety Blank, both shows for ITV.
In 2017, Walliams guest presented five episodes of The Nightly Show for ITV. His book, Ratburger, was made into a one-off drama for Sky1.[15]
Britain's Got Talent[edit]
Since 2012 Walliams has been a judge on the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent with Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell. In 2015 and 2018, he was recognised at the National Television Awards as Best Judge[16] for his involvement in the series. His chemistry with Simon Cowell on the show has often been praised.
Matt Lucas[edit]
Walliams and Matt Lucas first met at the National Youth Theatre. At their first meeting, Lucas did an impression of Jimmy Savile and Walliams an impression of Frankie Howerd. They would not meet again for another year.[17] In the late 1990s, playing minor roles in sketches such as The Club, Walliams and Lucas played grotesque caricatures of various rock musicians in the series Rock Profile and in the spoof documentary series Sir Bernard's Stately Homes. They were also stars of the Paramount Comedy Channel show Mash and Peas, and it was in this guise that they appeared in the Fat Les video (see above). Walliams and Lucas also had small roles in Plunkett and Maclaine as prisoners.
The duo appeared together in a music video for the Pet Shop Boys single "I'm with Stupid", in which the two are apparently auditioning their version of the song's video for Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, who are tied up and appear to be hostages.
The pair are best known for Little Britain, which ran from 2003 to 2009 on the BBC in the UK and from 2008 onwards on HBO in the USA. Among the characters Walliams played were Emily Howard, a deluded "transvestite", Ray McCooney, an insane Scottish hotel owner, and Sebastian Love, an aide de camp to the Prime Minister (portrayed by Anthony Head) on whom Love has a huge crush. The characters from Little Britain, played by Walliams and Lucas, appeared in a 2010 UK television advertising campaign for the Nationwide Building Society. In January 2005 Walliams and Lucas were named the most powerful people in TV comedy by Radio Times.[18]
Their later series was Come Fly with Me, a six-part series airing on BBC One.[19] The first episode was the third most watched programme of Christmas Day 2010, and the most watched comedy of the year.[20] The duo have not worked or made any public appearances together since early 2011 (although they each make separate cameo appearances in Michael Winterbottom's 2013 film The Look of Love).
Presenting[edit]
On Thursday 18th January 2018, Walliams hosted the President's Club annual charity fundraising dinner. The event was featured in a Financial Times article on 23rd January 2018, where Maddison Marriage, an undercover journalist for the Financial Times who attended the event, explained "Over the course of six hours, many of the hostesses were subjected to groping, lewd comments and repeated requests to join diners in bedrooms elsewhere in the Dorchester... the [charity] auction offer[ed] a hint of the evening’s seedier side. Lots included a night at Soho’s Windmill strip club and a course of plastic surgery with the invitation to: “Add spice to your wife.”[21]". Shortly after the article appeared the President Club closed "after being denounced in parliament and disavowed by the charities it supported."[22] Walliams tweeted about his involvement in the event "Last Thursday night I hosted the Presidents Club annual charity fundraiser. I agreed to host as it is one of the biggest charity fund raising events of the year. I was there in a strictly professional capacity and not as a guest."[23] "2) I left immediately after I had finished my presenting on stage at 11.30pm. I did not witness any of the kind of behaviour that allegedly occurred and am absolutely appalled by the reports."[24]
Works[edit]
Television[edit]
Film and television[25]
Year
Title
Role
Channel
1996 Asylum Writer, Various Characters Paramount Comedy Channel
1999 Spaced Vulva, Series 1 Episode 3 'Art' Channel 4
2000 The Strangerers Series 1 Episode 3 – Crunchy Munchy Sky One
Black Books 'He's Leaving Home' – Black Books Customer Channel 4
2000–2002 Attachments Jake BBC Two
2003 Eastenders Ray Collins BBC One
2003–2008 Little Britain Various roles, writer BBC Three/BBC One
2010–2011 Come Fly With Me Various Characters, writer BBC One
2011 Doctor Who Gibbis, Episode The God Complex
2012, 2016 Royal Variety Performance Presenter ITV
2012— Britain's Got Talent Judge
2012 Mr Stink Prime Minister, writer; TV Movie BBC One
2013–2014 Big School Mr. Church
2013 Gangsta Granny Ben's Father, writer; TV Movie
2014 The Boy in the Dress Referee, writer; TV Movie
2015 Partners in Crime Thomas Beresford "Tommy"
2015— Walliams and Friend Various characters, creator, writer
2016 Billionaire Boy Mrs. Trafe, writer; TV Movie
Blankety Blank Presenter ITV
Revolting Rhymes Various[26] BBC One
David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey Presenter
2017 The Nightly Show Guest presenter, 5 episodes ITV
2017– Teletubbies[27] Trumpet (voice) CBeebies
2017 Ratburger Burt; TV Movie Sky One
Grandpa's Great Escape Bary; TV movie BBC One
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
2004 Shaun of the Dead Voice on TV
2005 Stoned Accountant
2006 A Cock and Bull Story Haas
Marie Antoinette Hairdresser (uncredited)
2007 Run Fatboy Run Customer in Libby's shop
Stardust Sextus
2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Bulgy Bear (voice)
Virgin Territory Cart pusher
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Müeller
Marmaduke Anton Harrison
2012 Great Expectations Mr. Pumblechook
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour Melquiades and Karolius (voice)
2014 Pudsey: The Movie Pudsey (voice)
Theatre[edit]
On 26 August 2008 Walliams made his stage debut at the Gate Theatre in Dublin opposite Michael Gambon in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, in front of an audience that included Pinter himself. The production transferred to London later in the year.
In 2013, he played the part of Bottom in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Noël Coward Theatre opposite Sheridan Smith as Titania.
Books and adaptations[edit]
#No.
of book
Title
Book release date
Illustrator
Pages
Film adaptation
release date
Ave. UK viewers
(million)
Channel
1 The Boy in the Dress 1 November 2008 Quentin Blake 233 26 December 2014 6.31 BBC One
2 Mr Stink 29 October 2009 269 23 December 2012 7.08
3 Billionaire Boy 28 October 2010 Tony Ross 281 1 January 2016 6.34
4 Gangsta Granny 27 October 2011 299 26 December 2013 7.36
5 Ratburger 19 September 2012 319 24 December 2017 TBA Sky 1
6 Demon Dentist 26 September 2013 443 TBA TBA TBA
7 Awful Auntie 25 September 2014 413 2017 (Theatre Release) TBA Theatre
8 Grandpa's Great Escape 24 September 2015 461 1 January 2018 TBA BBC One[28]
9 The World's Worst Children 19 May 2016 268 TBA TBA TBA
10 The Midnight Gang 3 November 2016 478 TBA TBA TBA
11 The World's Worst Children 2 25 May 2017 286 TBA TBA TBA
12 Bad Dad 2 November 2017 424 TBA TBA TBA
Walliams in 2015, reading one of his books to an audience in New Zealand, as part of the WORD Christchurch festival.
In early 2008 Walliams signed a contract with HarperCollins to publish two children's books.[29] The debut novel, The Boy in the Dress, illustrated by Quentin Blake, was released worldwide on 1 November 2008. It explores several of the themes of Little Britain from Walliams' own life on an emotional level, such as the camp humour of cross-dressing and effeminacy.[7] The story recounts a neglected 12-year-old boy called Dennis' search for a female role model, his friendship with the popular girl in school, and the ways in which relationships develop along gender lines. The story has a strong resonance with Anne Fine's 1989 book Bill's New Frock. It was announced that this book will be adapted into a film for Christmas 2014.[30]
In November 2009 came Mr Stink, again illustrated by Quentin Blake, about a 12-year-old girl who meets a tramp and helps look after him. She keeps him hidden from her family. The book consists of 26 illustrated chapters full of jokes. It is aimed at teenagers and children over 9. It was the last of Walliams books to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. The book was awarded the Children's Award in the inaugural People's Book Prize in 2010,[31] and was made into a 60-minute film, which premiered on BBC One on 23 December 2012.
On 28 October 2010 Walliams published his third book Billionaire Boy, illustrated by Tony Ross.[32][33] telling the story of Joe Spud, the richest 12-year-old in the country. Joe's father is a famous inventor, and his wealth means that Joe has everything he could ever want: his own bowling alley, cinema and a trained orangutan who serves as his butler, but there is just one thing he really needs: a friend.[32] The book included a 'billion pound note' that was used to enter a competition to win a day as a billionaire in London.[citation needed] This was the first of his books to be illustrated by Tony Ross.
Walliams' fourth book, Gangsta Granny was released in October 2011 and again illustrated by Tony Ross. It tells the story of Ben who is bored every time he is made to stay at his grandma's house as all she wants to do is to play board games and eat cabbage soup. Ben learns that she was once an international jewel thief and all her life she has wanted to steal the crown jewels. Ben is determined that they do it together. It won a Red House Children's Book Award[34] and was adapted to be a 70-minute film for BBC One and shown on 26 December 2013.[35]
In September 2012 Walliams released his fifth children's book, Ratburger, telling the story of a young girl named Zoe whose life is a misery as she has an evil stepmother. It was followed in September 2013 by his sixth, Demon Dentist. relating the tale of a young boy named Alfie with no family except his dad whose world goes upside-down when a new dentist arrives in town. The book won the top prize in the Younger Readers category at the 2015 Red House Children's Book Awards.[34]
His seventh children's book, Awful Auntie,[36] was released on 25 September 2014. This was the story of a girl named Stella whose Auntie has moved into her house with her owl, Wagner. It is the first (and currently only) of Walliams' books to not include Raj the newsagent.
In 2015, Walliams backs children's fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Michael Caine, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna.[37]
Screenwriting[edit]
In addition to his writing credits for his Sketch Shows and adaptions of his novels, it was announced in November 2015 that he would be co-writing an animated feature with filmmaker Edgar Wright for DreamWorks Animation. In July 2016, it was announced the it would be titled Shadows and be released in 2019.[38]
Awards and honours[edit]
Walliams was given a special award in recognition of his sporting efforts for charity. Matt Lucas produced a documentary on the subject, entitled Little Britain's Big Swim. On 6 November 2006, Walliams won the Pride of Britain Award for "The Most Influential Public Figure" as he raised more than £1.5 million swimming the channel for the Sport Relief charity. Although initially tipped as a contender for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year poll for 2006, Walliams failed to make the final shortlist of 10 contenders. Walliams was given a special award during the ceremony for his achievement. In July 2006, he became Patron of 'Cardiac Risk in the Young'.[citation needed]
In September 2011 Walliams won the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award in the 9-11-year-old category with his book, Mr Stink. The award is voted for by the school children of Lincolnshire.[citation needed]
At the 2012 National Television Awards, Walliams won the 'Landmark Achievement Award', for his television career and achievements for Sport Relief. In December 2012 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Ratburger.[39] In December 2013 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Demon Dentist.[40] In December 2014 he won the Specsavers National Book Awards "Children's Book of the Year" for Awful Auntie.[41] Awful Auntie also won the 2014 Specsavers National Book Awards "Audiobook of the Year".[42]
Walliams won the award for Best TV Judge at the 2015 National Television Awards.[43]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts.[44]
Sport Relief[edit]
Main article: Sport Relief
Telethon hosting[edit]
Walliams co-hosted a segment of the Sport Relief telethon in 2012, co-hosting the 22:00–22:40 slot with Miranda Hart when the show moved over to BBC Two while the BBC News at Ten was aired.
Walliams also co-hosted the 2014 Sport Relief telethon. This time, he hosted the earlier slot between 19:00–22:00 with Gary Lineker and later Davina McCall.
Swimming the English Channel[edit]
On 4 July 2006 Walliams swam the English Channel for Sport Relief.[45][46] It took him 10 hours and 34 minutes to swim the 22-mile (35 km) stretch of sea, equivalent to 700 lengths of an Olympic-size swimming pool. This was wrongly reported as one of the top 50 recorded times for an unaided Channel crossing; in reality Walliams placed 167th at the time of crossing in only the CSA listings, excluding the CSPF listings.[47] He raised over £1 million in donations. Under the supervision of his trainer, he trained for nine months to prepare for the swim.[48] The training had to coincide with Walliams and Lucas's Little Britain Live tour, so he daily had to train for several hours before performing on stage in the evening. Walliams first swam from Lee-on-the-Solent near Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight in around two hours and also completed an eight-hour swim off the coast of Croatia before embarking on the cross-Channel attempt. Walliams has insisted that prior to his challenge he had never seriously taken part in any sport. The Bluetones' lead singer Mark Morriss wrote a song, "Fade In/Fade Out", in honour of Walliams' achievement; it can be found on their self-titled album, released on 9 October 2006.[citation needed].
Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar[edit]
On 7 March 2008 Walliams, along with James Cracknell, swam the 12 miles (19 km) Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco, again for Sport Relief. He successfully completed the swim in just over 4½ hours.[49]
Cycling[edit]
In March 2010 Walliams and a group of celebrities cycled an end-to-end journey through the UK, raising over £1 million for Sport Relief. Walliams suffered a serious fall when tackling the Kirkstone Pass, a thousand-foot climb in the Lake District but was able to complete the ride.[50]
24 Hour Panel People[edit]
In March 2011 Walliams undertook 24 Hour Panel People, in which he took part in back to back recordings of various panel show formats over the course of 24 hours to raise money for Comic Relief. The recordings were streamed live on the BBC website. He took part in 19 episodes of "classic" TV panel shows.
[show]Show
Show Name
Host
Walliams' role
Special Guests & Notes
1 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon regular Panellist Team captains: regulars David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Other panellists with Walliams: Shappi Khorsandi, Fay Ripley and Claudia Winkleman
2 8 Out of 10 Cats Jimmy Carr regular Captain Other team captain: Sean Lock regular. Panellists: Jamelia, Josh Widdicombe, Jon Richardson and Victoria Coren.
3 Just a Minute Nicholas Parsons regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Lee Mack, Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks.
4 It's Only TV...but I Like It Jack Dee former team captain Panellist Team captains: Ulrika Jonsson and Charlie Brooker. Other panellists with Walliams: Danny Wallace, Tom Deacon and Penny Smith.
5 The Generation Game Vernon Kay Team member Team 1: Walliams with his mother Kathleen.
Team 2: Miranda Hart and Patricia Hodge, who play mother and daughter in the sitcom Miranda.
6 Through the Keyhole David Frost regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: David Tennant and Patricia Hodge. Dawn Porter was the guide. The celebrity whose house was shown was Ann Widdecombe.
7 Blankety Blank Paul O'Grady (this time as himself, having only done so before as Lily Savage) Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Barbara Windsor, David Tennant, George Lamb, Keith Harris and Orville and Stacey Solomon, with Lee Ryan and Duncan James from Blue playing as contestants.
8 Mock the Week Dara Ó Briain regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: regular Andy Parsons with guests: Andrew Maxwell, Daniel Sloss, Doc Brown and Seann Walsh.
9 Celebrity Juice Keith Lemon regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: regulars Rufus Hound and Jedward with guests Germaine Greer and Lauren Laverne.
10 Argumental David Walliams Host Team captains: regulars Rufus Hound and Marcus Brigstocke. Guests: Dara Ó Briain and Jo Brand.
During the show it was announced that Walliams had done 12 hours.
11 QI Stephen Fry regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Russell Tovey, Jo Brand and Sue Perkins.
12 They Think It's All Over Nick Hancock original host Panellist Team captains: former regular Lee Hurst and Phil Tufnell. Other panellists with Walliams: Dave Berry, Gabby Logan and Richard Bacon.
13 Call My Bluff Angus Deayton Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Russell Tovey, Tim Key and Sarah Cawood.
14 Give Us a Clue Sara Cox Panellist Guests with Walliams include: Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Holly Walsh and Jenni Falconer.
15 What's My Line? Stephen K. Amos Guest Other guests with Walliams: Christopher Biggins and Holly Walsh.
16 Mastermind Griff Rhys Jones Contestant Other contestants with Walliams: Adam Woodyatt
17 Have I Got News for You Patrick Kielty Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Clive Anderson, Lembit Öpik and Holly Walsh.
18 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Clive Anderson regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Humphrey Ker with regular members Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey and Tony Slattery
19 Never Mind the Buzzcocks David Walliams Host Panellists: Alexa Chung, Chris O'Dowd, Matt Edmondson, Robert Webb, Neil Tennant and Nick Grimshaw.
Swimming the Thames[edit]
From 5 to 12 September 2011 Walliams swam the length of the River Thames (140 miles) and raised more than £2m for Sport Relief. In the process, he saved a dog from drowning in the river. Once he had got out of the river Walliams said "I think a bath is the only water I will be seeing for a while."[51][52][53] The swim resulted in him getting giardiasis and injuring a intervertebral disc.[54] In late 2013, Walliams had emergency back surgery to alleviate issues caused by the swim.[55]
Personal life[edit]
In 2008, Walliams' father, Peter, died of an aggressive form of liver cancer.[56] In 2009, Walliams began dating Dutch model Lara Stone.[57] On 20 January 2010, they announced their engagement. Walliams proposed to Stone in Los Angeles after her parents had given their blessing to the relationship.[58] On 16 May 2010, the couple were married at central London's Claridge's Hotel.[59][60][61] In December 2012, the couple announced that Stone was pregnant with their first child and on 6 May 2013, Stone gave birth to their son, Alfred.[62] It was reported on 4 March 2015 that, following five years of marriage, the pair had decided to try a trial separation after "drifting apart".[63] On 9 September 2015, Walliams filed for divorce from Stone, citing "unreasonable behaviour". The couple were granted a decree nisi the next day; the marriage was formally dissolved six weeks after the date of filing.[64]
Walliams hinted at being pansexual in the book Inside Little Britain, but said he did not like to be labelled by that word. In an interview with Radio Times in 2013, he stated: "I think it's all about falling in love with the person and that is overlooked, really. I hate it when people 'confess' or 'reveal' their sexuality and also things can change for people over the years. So it is about the person but I also think it goes beyond that. You don't just fall in love with someone's body, do you? You fall in love with someone's soul and heart and brain."[65]
Walliams has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder,[66] and described his 2006 swim of the English Channel as "some sort of redemption".[67]
Bibliography[edit]
Non-fiction[edit]
Inside Little Britain (with Boyd Hilton and Matt Lucas): London: Ebury Press: 2006: ISBN 0-09-191231-8
Autobiography
Camp David (2012)
Children's fiction[edit]
Novels
The Boy in the Dress (illustrated by Quentin Blake) (2008)
Mr Stink (illustrated by Quentin Blake) (2009)
Billionaire Boy (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2010)
Gangsta Granny (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2011)
Ratburger (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2012)
Demon Dentist (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2013)
Awful Auntie (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2014)
Grandpa's Great Escape[68] (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2015)
The World's Worst Children (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2016)
The Midnight Gang (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2016)
"Bad Dad" (illustrated by Tony Ross) (2017)

Picture books
The Slightly Annoying Elephant (2013)
The First Hippo on the Moon (2014)
The Queen's Orang-utan (2015, for Comic Relief)
The Bear Who Went Boo! (2015)
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American game show winnings records
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In the United States, a game show is a type of radio, television, or internet program in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering trivia questions and/or solving puzzles, usually for money and/or prizes. Game shows are usually distinguishable from reality television competition shows, in which the competition consumes an entire season of episodes; in a game show, prizes can typically be won in a single match (in some cases, particularly in the ones that offer record-setting prizes, contestants can play multiple matches and accumulate a larger total).
Since the genre began, many shows have offered prizes of large sums of money to contestants; Teddy Nadler set the original monetary winnings record of $264,000 during his appearance on The $64,000 Challenge in 1957. Nadler was not surpassed until 1980, when Thom McKee won $312,700 on Tic-Tac-Dough. In 1999, John Carpenter won $1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, becoming the first person to win a seven-figure prize on an American game show. Since then, many players have gone on to win that amount and even surpassed it. As of 2015, Brad Rutter is the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, having accumulated a total of $4,555,102. He succeeded Ken Jennings as the highest-earning contestant by virtue of his victory on May 16, 2014, in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament.
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1 Daytime game shows
2 Overall winnings record
2.1 1950s–1999
2.2 1999–2004: The million-dollar game show boom
2.3 2004–present: Jennings vs. Rutter
3 Top ten winnings list
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Daytime game shows[edit]
Most daytime game show top prizes were limited to $25,000 during the 1960s and 1970s, a restriction made for both budgetary concerns and to assuage criticism from scandals that arose surrounding prime-time game shows in the 1950s. The single day record for shows in daytime television was set by Michael Larson in 1984, who won $110,237 (equivalent to $254,000 in 2016)[1] on Press Your Luck. Larson achieved his record by memorizing the show's board patterns. He repeatedly hit the board's squares that awarded contestants money and an additional spin. That spin would in turn replace the spin he had just used, effectively allowing him to spin the board in the second round as long as wanted. Because of this, his game had to be split into two episodes (which aired June 8 and June 11, 1984), as his turn caused the game to go well over the show's half-hour allotted time. In 2003, Game Show Network produced a documentary about the event.[2]
In 2006, Larson was succeeded by Vickyann Chrobak-Sadowski, who set the record by winning $147,517 on the 35th season premiere of The Price Is Right in 2006.[3] Chrobak-Sadowski's record was later broken by Sheree Heil from her appearance on The Price Is Right in 2013. She won $170,345 in cash and prizes on the episode that aired December 30, 2013, including an Audi R8 won in the pricing game "Gas Money", $10,000 cash, and Prada shoes.[3][4][5]
On the October 28, 2016 episode of The Price Is Right, which aired during Big Money Week, Christen Freeman won $210,000 in cash during a playing of Cliff Hangers. During the episode, game rules were modified to offer a top prize of $250,000, which was reduced by $10,000 for every step the mountain climber took. In addition to her One Bid prize and an additional $1,000 won during the Showcase Showdown, Freeman's grand total was $212,879, setting a new daytime record.[6]
Overall winnings record[edit]
1950s–1999[edit]
Twenty One host Jack Barry (center) with contestant Charles Van Doren (right) and fellow contestant Vivienne Nearing (left)
While the 1950s had multiple big winners (Herb Stempel and Charles Van Doren of Twenty One being two of the most notable),[7][8] Teddy Nadler set the overall record during the 1956–57 television season, who set a record that would stand for the next two decades by winning $264,000 (equivalent to $2,326,000 in 2016)[1] on The $64,000 Challenge.[9] The quiz show scandals of 1958 and 1959 prompted the cancellation of most of the big-budget game shows and the imposition of strict limits on prize amounts, which meant that through the 1960s and 1970s, game show contestants could not match their 1950s counterparts.
It was not until 1980 that Nadler's record fell. During the summer of that year, a U.S. Naval officer named Thom McKee began a run on Tic-Tac-Dough that carried over into the following season. Since champions on Tic Tac Dough played until they were defeated, and games on the show could end in ties with the pot carrying over, McKee was able to keep building his total as long as he kept playing and winning. McKee won $312,700 (equivalent to $909,000 in 2016)[1] in cash and prizes in 43 games, which included eight cars (on Tic Tac Dough and its sister show, The Joker's Wild, a contestant automatically won a car after every fifth game they won).[10]
While McKee was the biggest solo winner until 1999, nine couples on The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime won the show's top prize of $1,000,000 (equivalent to $2,108,000 in 2016),[1] in a combination of prizes and a long-term annuity, during the show's run in syndication from January 1986 to September 1987.[11] However, this program had no solo players.
1999–2004: The million-dollar game show boom[edit]
In 1999, McKee was passed by Michael Shutterly, who was the biggest winner in the first airing of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in the United States. Shutterly was the first contestant on the show to get to the 15th and final question, but elected to walk instead with $500,000 (equivalent to $719,000 in 2016),[1] which made him the biggest winner in American game show history at the time. Shutterly had previously won $49,200 as a 4 day champion on Jeopardy! in 1988, making his career winnings total $549,200. [12]
During the second season of Millionaire in the United States, the show crowned its first million-dollar winner. On November 19, 1999, John Carpenter won the show's top prize without using any lifelines, save for a phone call on the final question to tell his father he was going to win the million dollars. After Carpenter answered the final question, which concerned Richard Nixon's appearance on Laugh-In in 1968,[13] host Regis Philbin proclaimed Carpenter the show's (and worldwide format's) first top prize winner.
Carpenter's record remained intact until the following year. In early 2000, Rahim Oberholtzer, a contestant on the revival of Twenty One, won four games in his appearances on the show, along with $120,000 in the show's "Perfect 21" bonus round, for a total of $1,120,000.[14] For surpassing Carpenter's mark, host Maury Povich proclaimed Oberholtzer "the TV Game Show King."[15]
Late in its run, the Fox show Greed brought back some of its previous winners to try for an extra $1,000,000. Curtis Warren, who was part of the first team to win $1,000,000 on the show (of which his share was $400,000, plus $10,000 for winning a terminator round), was one of the contestants brought back to do so on February 11, 2000.[16] Warren was given a question about TV shows that had been made into movies, with eight choices (of which he had to identify the four correct answers). He successfully did so, giving himself $1,410,000 and the record for the time being.[16]
Warren's record was even shorter lived than Oberholtzer's had been, lasting only four days. Three days before Warren's win, David Legler, who also appeared on NBC's Twenty One, began a run as champion on the show. Four days after Warren's win, the run continued, with Legler having earned a grand total of $1,765,000 in six wins to surpass Warren's record and become the third contestant in two months to top $1,000,000 on a game show.[17]
Legler held the record for well over a year. As 2000 ended and 2001 began, the producers of Millionaire decided that it had been too long (71 games over a five-month period) since their top prize had been won, and instituted an accumulating jackpot which added $10,000 to the grand prize amount for each game it was not won. Kevin Olmstead claimed the top prize on April 10, 2001, winning a jackpot of $2,180,000. Olmstead became the first contestant to top $2,000,000 in total winnings on a game show and supplanted Legler as the all-time leader.[18]
In 2004, ABC launched an ultra high-stakes version of Millionaire entitled Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire, with a $10,000,000 top prize. Two separate Super Millionaire series aired, one in February and one in May of that year. However, despite the higher stakes and the potential for someone to top the all-time record for winnings, the largest prize awarded was $1,000,000 won by Robert Essig.[19]
2004–present: Jennings vs. Rutter[edit]
Ken Jennings has held the all-time game show winnings record twice.
One week after Super Millionaire came to an end, Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah, became the new champion on Jeopardy! The episode, broadcast on June 2, 2004, was the first in a long winning streak for the software engineer, made possible due to a change at the beginning of that season (the show's twentieth on air in syndication), eliminating the longstanding rule limiting consecutive appearances for a champion to five. With no limit to his appearances, Jennings began to break many game show records. As his streak continued deeper into the 21st season, Jennings was inching closer and closer to Olmstead's record. Jennings topped Olmstead's Millionaire winnings with his 65th consecutive win, finishing the day with $45,099 and a new cumulative total of $2,197,000.[20]
Jennings won nine more games before his streak came to an end on November 30, 2004. He had extended his record total to $2,520,700 at the time of his defeat, after which he was awarded an additional $2,000 for finishing in second place per Jeopardy! rules.[21] Shortly after Jennings' defeat, Jeopardy! decided to see how he would fare in tournament play. On February 9, 2005, the show launched its Ultimate Tournament of Champions, inviting back 144 other past champions to compete over the next three months in a five-round single-elimination tournament with a $2,000,000 grand prize. The field included the highest-winning five-time champions and winners of some previous tournaments, though not all invitees were able to participate. Jennings received a bye into the finals of the tournament, where he faced semi-final winners Jerome Vered and Brad Rutter in a three-game, cumulative total match. Vered had set a single-day scoring record during his appearance on the show in 1992,[22] while Rutter had won the 2001 Tournament of Champions[23] and the 2002 Million Dollar Masters tournament and was the show's highest-earning contestant of all-time before Jennings.[24]
In the tournament's three-day final, Rutter defeated Jennings and Vered to win the tournament and $2,000,000, and in the process he supplanted Jennings as the winningest all time American game show contestant. Including the $1.18 million he had won in his previous Jeopardy! appearances (five regular season games, a Tournament of Champions win, the Million Dollar Masters win, and three matches in the earlier rounds of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions), Rutter's total stood at $3,255,102,[25] while Jennings was now second with $3,022,700 having gained an additional $500,000 for his second-place finish in the tournament.
Jennings slowly began to chip away at Rutter's record, first by winning $714.29 in 2006 as part of the Mob on NBC's 1 vs. 100.[26] A year later, Jennings won the Grand Slam tournament on Game Show Network and the $100,000 top prize by defeating Ogi Ogas in the final round.[27] Finally, on October 10, 2008, Jennings passed Rutter by winning $500,000 on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.[28] He extended the record by winning $300,000 in The IBM Challenge, where he and Rutter took on IBM supercomputer Watson in a special 2011 Jeopardy! event. Rutter won $200,000 in the challenge, in which both he and Jennings pledged half of their winnings to charity.[29] He then added $100,000 more later in 2011 when he appeared on Million Dollar Mind Game,[30] raising his total to $3,555,102, second only to Jennings' $3,923,414.29.
In 2014, Jennings and Rutter were both invited to play in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades, a tournament conducted by the producers of Jeopardy! to celebrate its thirtieth season in syndication. Both men advanced to the two-day tournament final with Roger Craig filling the third position. Needing a win to reclaim his record, Rutter took the top prize in the tournament after Jennings, who needed to answer the second day's Final Jeopardy clue correctly to win (after making a sufficient wager), failed to do so. Rutter won the top prize of $1,000,000 while Jennings won the $100,000 second prize.[31]
Jennings later appeared on Millionaire in November 2014. Winning the top prize was the only way he could have reclaimed the record from Rutter; however, Jennings finished with only $100,000, leaving him in second place.[32] Jennings later appeared on the ABC prime time show 500 Questions in 2016; however, as he only lasted four questions, he was unable to add to his total.[33]
Top ten winnings list[edit]
Rank
Name
Total winnings
Show(s)
Notes
1
Brad Rutter $4,555,102 Jeopardy!, $4,455,102[31][34] Rutter's total includes $55,102 during his initial appearance on Jeopardy! in 2001, $100,000 in 2002's Tournament of Champions, two separate $1,000,000 prizes (one for winning the Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002 and one for winning the Battle of the Decades in 2014), $2,100,000 during the Ultimate Tournament of Champions in 2005, and $200,000 ($100,000 of which was donated to charity) for finishing third in the 2011 Jeopardy! IBM Challenge.
Million Dollar Mind Game, $100,000[30]
2
Ken Jennings $4,123,414.29 Jeopardy!, $3,422,700[21][29][31][35] Jennings won $2,522,700 in his original run on Jeopardy!,[21] $500,000 for his second-place finish in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions,[35] $300,000 ($150,000 of which was donated to charity) in the 2011 IBM Challenge,[29] and $100,000 for finishing second in the Battle of the Decades.[31] In addition to his appearances on other shows, Jennings also competed on 500 Questions in 2016; however, he did not add to his total, lasting only four questions.[33]
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, $500,000[28]
Grand Slam, $100,000[27]
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $100,000[32]
1 vs. 100, $714.29[26]
3
Andrew Kravis $2,656,550 The Million Second Quiz, $2,600,000[36] Kravis won $326,346 in the main competition as one of the top four finalists, then won a $2,000,000 grand prize plus an additional $273,654 as champion to bring his total to $2.6 million, surpassing the amount of money won by Jennings during his original run on Jeopardy!.
Wheel of Fortune, $50,550[37]
Jeopardy!, $5,000[38]
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,000[39]
4
Kevin Olmstead $2,207,000 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $2,180,000[40] Olmstead's primary win occurred during the progressive jackpot shows on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001. Following this win, Olmstead held the record as the biggest winner in American television for over three years until it was broken by Ken Jennings. He also held the record as the biggest winner on a primetime game show in U.S. television history for over twelve years until it was broken by Andrew Kravis on September 19, 2013.
Jeopardy!, $27,000[40]
5
Ed Toutant $1,871,401 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,860,000[40] Toutant was another contestant during the progressive jackpot shows on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001. After missing a question which was later revealed to be flawed, Toutant was invited back to continue playing for the jackpot at the same level he was playing for during his original appearance. Toutant was able to complete the remaining questions and win a jackpot of $1.86 million.
Jeopardy!, $11,401[40]
6
Ashlee Register $1,795,000 Duel, $1,795,000[41] Register won $75,000 plus an accumulating $1,720,000 jackpot, giving her the record for most winnings by a female contestant on a game show in U.S. television history.
7
David Legler $1,765,000 Twenty One, $1,765,000[17] Legler won $1,765,000 over six wins on the 2000 revival of Twenty One, making him the show's biggest winner.
8
Curtis Warren $1,546,988 Greed, $1,410,000[16] Warren's then-record-setting win came in a Million Dollar Moment on Greed, bringing his total winnings on the show to $1,410,000. Warren also appeared on Sale of the Century, Win Ben Stein's Money, and Jeopardy!, although he failed to win any money while competing on the latter program.[42]
Sale of the Century, $136,288[43]
Win Ben Stein's Money, $700[44]
9
John Carpenter $1,250,000 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,250,000[45] Carpenter's winnings include $1,000,000 as first ever top prize winner on the show, and $250,000 ($125,000 of which was donated to charity) in the champions edition of the show.
10
Adam Rose $1,153,908 The Price Is Right, $1,153,908[3][46] Rose's total was achieved on a $1,000,000 Spectacular special episode, winning $153,903 in cash and prizes including both of that evening's Showcases, which earned him a $1,000,000 cash bonus.
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"The Most Beautiful Girl"
Single by Charlie Rich
from the album Behind Closed Doors
B-side
"I Feel Like Goin' Home"
Released
September 1973
Genre
Country
Length
2:43
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Rory Michael Bourke
Billy Sherrill
Norro Wilson
Producer(s)
Billy Sherrill
Charlie Rich singles chronology
"Behind Closed Doors"
(1973) "The Most Beautiful Girl"
(1973) "A Very Special Love Song"
(1974)
"Behind Closed Doors"
(1973) "The Most Beautiful Girl"
(1973) "A Very Special Love Song"
(1974)
"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached number 1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (two weeks), the country chart (three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (three weeks),[1] as well as in Canada on three RPM charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1974.
The song was originally recorded as "Hey Mister" in 1968 by co-writer Wilson. The song also uses a part of "Mama McCluskie", also by Wilson.
Rich's B-side, his own "I Feel Like Going Home", was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring. British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck included "The Most Beautiful Girl" on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts.
"The Most Beautiful Girl" was also recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album The Way We Were. In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called "Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson) on her solo album Frida ensam. Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs. Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled "The Most Beautiful Girl (2001 Version)", on their 2001 album Dream Large.
The song receives a very brief airing by Brenda Fricker in the film So I Married an Axe Murderer. Jason Alexander also offered a rendition as his character George Costanza on the December 16, 1992, episode of the sitcom Seinfeld titled "The Pick", where he bemoaned the loss of his girlfriend, Susan.[2]
Contents
1 Chart performance
1.1 Weekly singles charts
1.2 Year-end charts
2 References
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Chart performance[edit]
Weekly singles charts[edit]
Chart (1973-74)
Peak
position
Australian KMR 7
Belgian VRT Top 30 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 1
Danish Singles Chart 5
French Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 14
Irish Singles Chart 2
Netherlands 3
Norwegian Singles Chart 8
UK 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[3] 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Rank
Australia [4] 57
Canada [5] 84
Chart (1974)
Rank
UK [6] 25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] 23
U.S. Cash Box [8] 3
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "The Pick". Seinfeld Scripts. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 289.
Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 28, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly".
Jump up ^ "Top 100 1974 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles of 1974
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Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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