"""""That tosser who fell off the quad bike."""" This is a reference to a true event where Rik Mayall fell off a quad bike and nearly died. This is their first live show where their characters do not die at the end. During the second act of the show Richie mentions Spudgun, one of Eddie's friends (and while still calling him Spudgun mentions how he's 'moved up' referencing the actor doing other work after Bottom). Spudgun, along with Eddie's other friend Dave Hedgehog and Lamb and Flag pub owner Dick Head haven't been seen since the third series episode ""Dough"","
"them to pursue his own dreams (something he finds impossible to do because the Squire often uses Grunge's money in his get-rich-quick schemes). Haggard (TV series) Haggard is a British TV Comedy Series, which aired from 1990 to 1992. Starring Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly and future Heartbeat Star, William Simons. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and based on ""Squire Haggard’s Journal"" by Michael Green, more famous for his ""The Art of Coarse..."" books. The series is set during 1777—1778, in the Georgian era, and was about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's"
"a new set of British comedians who have made innovative contributions mainly in the form of sitcoms. Programmes such as ""Mr. Bean"", ""Green Wing"", ""Peep Show"", ""Black Books"", ""Teachers"", ""Spaced"", ""Smack the Pony"", ""Big Train"", ""The Office"", and ""Extras"" have used editing, surreal humour and cultural references to great effect. A loose clique of stars, including Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Jessica Stevenson, Mark Heap, Ricky Gervais, Tamsin Greig and Bill Bailey have revolved around these series, with the most obvious acknowledgement of this coming in the scene in the film ""Shaun of the Dead"" when the two groups of survivors"
"Haggard (TV series) Haggard is a British TV Comedy Series, which aired from 1990 to 1992. Starring Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly and future Heartbeat Star, William Simons. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and based on ""Squire Haggard’s Journal"" by Michael Green, more famous for his ""The Art of Coarse..."" books. The series is set during 1777—1778, in the Georgian era, and was about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 25-year-old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge. The show makes use of the production style known as breaking the fourth wall as Fanny"
"Scoop (TV series) Scoop is a children's TV series first broadcast by the BBC on the CBBC channel from January 2009 to December 2013 and is written by Julian Dutton, Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, Martin Hughes & Rory Clark. It is currently on its third season. The show stars Shaun Williamson as Digby Digworth, an ambitious but inept journalist for a fictional local newspaper, ""The Pilbury Post"". Each episode centres on Digby's failure to get a scoop, ending up causing mayhem and disaster instead. In each of these he is accompanied by Hacker, a dog. The show also stars"
"June Whitfield as Mrs. Hudson. Titles in this series included ""The Case of the Clockwork Fiend"", ""The Mystery of the Obese Escapologist"", ""The Case of the Deranged Botanist"", ""Sherlock Holmes and the Glorious Doppelganger"", ""Holmes Strikes a Happy Medium"" and ""The Demon Cobbler of Greek Street"", and usually turned out to have Holmes' mortal enemy Moriarty (Geoffrey Whitehead) behind each mystery. This series has since been re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7, later BBC Radio 4 Extra. Starting in 1998, U.S. radio producer Jim French was given permission from the Conan Doyle estate to produce new, original Sherlock Holmes stories for"
"David Ross (actor) David Ross (born 1945) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, cinema and television. His best-known roles include playing the first Kryten and the second Talkie Toaster on the science series ""Red Dwarf"", Elgin Sparrowhawk in the BBC sitcom ""The Green Green Grass"", and as Mr. Sedley in a BBC serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ""Vanity Fair"" (1998). He also played Mr. Sherwin in ""Basil"", a cheating betting shop owner in the BBC series ""Goodnight Sweetheart"", he played Basil Tyler a kind natured well meaning cab driver and postman who was unlucky in"
"with the series. Dick Turpin (TV series) Dick Turpin is a British television drama series starring Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Deeks. It was created by Richard Carpenter, Paul Knight and Sydney Cole and written by Richard Carpenter, John Kane, Charles Crichton and Paul Wheeler. It was made by Gatetarn, Seacastle productions in-association with London Weekend Television between 1979 and 1982. 26 half-hour episodes and one feature-length episode were filmed on location at Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. The series is loosely based on the adventures of the real 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin. The series takes place in 18th century England."
"Dick Turpin (TV series) Dick Turpin is a British television drama series starring Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Deeks. It was created by Richard Carpenter, Paul Knight and Sydney Cole and written by Richard Carpenter, John Kane, Charles Crichton and Paul Wheeler. It was made by Gatetarn, Seacastle productions in-association with London Weekend Television between 1979 and 1982. 26 half-hour episodes and one feature-length episode were filmed on location at Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. The series is loosely based on the adventures of the real 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin. The series takes place in 18th century England. After Dick Turpin,"
"a messy pudding that is – but really isn't – Dickens"". Dickensian (TV series) Dickensian is a British drama television series that premiered on BBC One from 26 December 2015 to 21 February 2016. The 20-part series, created and co-written by Tony Jordan, brings characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. ""Dickensian"" was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson. The executive producers are Polly Hill and Tony Jordan and the production company behind the series is Red Planet Pictures. Red Planet Pictures's"
"John Diggle (Arrowverse) John Diggle is a fictional character portrayed by David Ramsey in The CW and DC Comics Arrowverse franchise and known by his alter ego Spartan. Diggle, an original creation by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, first appeared in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series ""Arrow"". In the series, Diggle is introduced as a military veteran and Oliver Queen's new bodyguard. Over time his relationship with Oliver evolves and he becomes his best friend and confidante in his crusade as the Green Arrow, joining him as Spartan and for a while succeeds him as"
"Spike Jones. Others include villains like Rughead (Robert Montgomery), Oodles (Jackie Gleason) and Mumbles (Bing Crosby). Gould even parodied himself as the out-of-shape Pearshape. On January 13, 1946, the 2-Way Wrist Radio became one of the strip's most immediately recognizable icons, worn as a wristwatch by Tracy and members of the police force. This radio wristwatch inspired Martin Cooper's invention of the smartphone, and may have inspired later smartwatches. The 2-Way Wrist Radio was upgraded to a 2-Way Wrist TV in 1964. This development also led to the introduction of an important supporting character, Diet Smith, an eccentric industrialist who"
"Bombhead David ""Bombhead"" Burke is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, ""Hollyoaks"", played by Lee Otway. Initially known as ""David Witherspoon"", he appeared on the soap between 2001 and 2005. In 2010, Otway reprised the role in online spin-off """". The character returned again on 13 January 2011 for two episodes. Bombhead was Lee Hunter's best friend, and was introduced into the series as a schoolfriend of Zara Morgan, Cameron Clark, Norman Sankofa, Abby Davies and Lee Hunter. Slightly odd, socially inept and occasionally stupid, but with a heart of gold, David frequently misunderstood other characters"
"electric toilet, and a time machine. Eddie's friends — the gormless Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog — both fear Richie, believing him to be psychotic. Although the four of them sometimes venture out, usually to the local pub, the Lamb and Flag, most of the episodes are set within the confines of the squalid flat. Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall had been a double act since their first meeting at 20th Century Coyote, while they were students at Manchester University in 1976. They developed the Eddie and Richie characters over the course of their career, which were loosely based on their"
"of Chicago Lab School, a lower school affiliate. ""Heroes, Part 2"" was the 150th episode of ""Stargate SG-1"" to be aired. Adam Baldwin, who plays Colonel Dave Dixon, commander of SG-13, in this episode, is well-known among sci-fi fans for playing Jayne Cobb in the cult hit ""Firefly"" and its big-screen adaptation ""Serenity"" and also Marcus Hamilton in ""Angel"". Mitchell Kosterman previously played a different character, Special Agent James Hamner, in ""Seth"". ""Heroes"" also marks the first appearance of Agent Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) on the series. Picardo is most well known for playing the holographic Doctor on """". Another"
"Dickensian (TV series) Dickensian is a British drama television series that premiered on BBC One from 26 December 2015 to 21 February 2016. The 20-part series, created and co-written by Tony Jordan, brings characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. ""Dickensian"" was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson. The executive producers are Polly Hill and Tony Jordan and the production company behind the series is Red Planet Pictures. Red Planet Pictures's Alex Jones vowed to lobby HM Revenue and Customs and the"
"Humphries is killed and Mackleson survives; Spindoe escapes. The character of seedy-but-wise private detective Scaliger (George Sewell) was supposed to appear in a subsequent Robin Chapman series, the controversial ""Big Breadwinner Hog"" in 1969, but Sewell's unavailability led to the part being re-written & the character renamed. ""Spindoe"" was directed by Cormac Newell, better known as Mike Newell, director of ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" and ""Donnie Brasco"". Glynn Edwards would later be better known in his role as 'Dave the Barman' in ""Minder"". Spindoe Spindoe is a British television series which was shown on ITV in the spring of"
"Porterhouse Blue (TV series) Porterhouse Blue is a 1987 television series adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name for Channel 4 in four episodes. It starred David Jason as Skullion, Ian Richardson as Sir Godber Evans, Barbara Jefford as his wife Lady Mary, Charles Gray as Sir Cathcart D'Eath, and John Sessions as Zipser. Also appearing were Griff Rhys Jones as Cornelius Carrington, Paula Jacobs as Mrs. Biggs, Bob Goody as Walter, Paul Rogers as the Dean, John Woodnutt as the Senior Tutor, Lockwood West as the Chaplain, Willoughby Goddard as Professor Siblington, Harold"
"very aggressive Scottish hedgehog also made by Peter Firmin. In the mid-1960s Basil became a supporting act for the magician David Nixon, upstaging Nixon on the latter's BBC1 show ""Nixon at Nine-Five"" in 1967 and ""The Nixon Line"" (1967–68), to such good effect that the fox was offered his own show. Basil thus acquired his own television series on the BBC, ""The Basil Brush Show"", which ran for 12 years from 1968 until 1980, in which he was supported by various famous stooges: first, in 1968, by the actor Rodney Bewes, known on the show as ""Mr Rodney""; next, from"
"in two episodes of ""Bleak House"", playing Mrs Bayham Badger, alongside Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Alun Armstrong and Warren Clarke. Mr Bayham Badger was played by Richard Griffiths. David's many other television appearances have included ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", ""Miss Marple"", ""Foyle's War"", ""Rumpole of the Bailey"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""The Darling Buds of May"" and in 2004 ""Rosemary & Thyme"" in an episode entitled ""Orpheus in the Undergrowth"". Recent appearances include the BBC comedy series ""Never Better"", ""Mutual Friends"", and ""Death in Paradise"" (2014 episode 3.8) On stage, she played opposite Derek Jacobi in ""Breaking the Code""."
"David Westhead David William Logan Westhead (born 1 June 1963) is an English actor. Westhead was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He studied drama at Bristol University before going on to RADA, from where he graduated in 1987, after which he joined the Actors' Touring Company. He is notable as having been a member of the regular cast of ""The Bill"", ""Criminal Justice"", ""Blackeyes"", ""Stanley and the Women"", ""Bramwell"", ""The Silence"", ""Life Begins"", ""The Lakes"", ""Grafters"" and ""The Time of Your Life"". He has also had guest appearances in ""Wycliffe"" (""Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat"" as Freddie Tremaine), ""Doctor Who"""
"activity, and link a spate of local art robberies with obscure messages they find on some of the pigeons, but find they have even more problems when they go to spy on the crooks. ""Geordie Racer"" was praised for attempting to bring a grittier edge to educational programmes shown in primary schools. The series also featured Geordie actor Kevin Whately as Spuggy's father. Whately, who went on to star in ""Inspector Morse"", was joined on screen by his real-life wife, Madelaine Newton, who played his on-screen wife. This was not an intentional decision, but merely an accidental coincidence. The theme"
"(later Patrick McGoohan's stunt double) played many small non-speaking parts, and stuntman Terry Yorke, who doubled for Richard Greene, played many small roles throughout all four series. The series is set in the 12th century, during the reign of King Richard. Robin of Locksley, a nobleman, is forced into the life of an outlaw, dwelling in Sherwood Forest with a band of men who right the wrongs committed by the rich and powerful against the poor and defenceless. He was given the name Robin Hood by the outlaw band's leader, Will Scatlock, who was fatally wounded. Hood's enemy in the"
"Yorkshire at the Pontefract, York and Wetherby racecourses predominantly. The first episode featured a young John Collings Snr as a member of the crowd. Sid Halley Sid Halley (John Sidney Halley) is a fictional character in four Dick Francis novels, ""Odds Against"", ""Whip Hand"", ""Come to Grief"", ""Under Orders"" and one follow-up book by Felix Francis, ""Refusal"". He is a former British jump racing Champion Jockey and private detective. He is the only central character to appear in more than two Francis novels, and one of only two to appear more than once. (The other is Kit Fielding of ""Break"
"was filmed in colour, a reflection of its comparatively high budget for a British children's adventure series of the period, but subsequent episodes were shot in black and white. Christopher Lee and John Schlesinger were among the show's guest stars, and series regulars included Robert Brown (who in the 1980s played M in several James Bond films) as the squire Gurth, Peter Gilmore as Waldo Ivanhoe, Andrew Keir as villainous Prince John, and Bruce Seton as noble King Richard. Moore suffered broken ribs and a battle-axe blow to his helmet while performing some of his own stunts filming a season"
"are new arrival Dr Frank Harrison, who is smitten with Sophy but unwittingly becomes the romantic target of both Mrs Rose and Caroline Tomkinson, who frequently feigns illness to hold his attention; Dr Morgan, an old-fashioned practitioner who finds himself challenged by the modern ideas of his young partner; Captain Brown, a military man whose common sense earns him a place of authority among the women; Edmund Carter, Lady Ludlow's land agent, a reformer who strongly advocates free education for the working class; Harry Gregson, the ambitious ten-year-old son of an impoverished poacher, who as Mr. Carter's protégé learns to"
"as Frank Butcher. In 2015, he provided the voice of the lead character in ITV's sitcom ""Mr Snufflesworth."" ""Mr Snufflesworth"" is a live action comedy starring a dachshund dog who lives in South London. Howard was also a stage actor, and regularly appeared in pantomimes as an ugly sister opposite John Inman. Howard died from blood cancer, aged 78, on 28 April 2016, at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset. Barry Howard Barry Frederick Howard (9 July 1937 – 28 April 2016) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in the first seven series"
"character appears in the """" video game as part of the ""Arrow"" DLC pack. John Diggle (Arrowverse) John Diggle is a fictional character portrayed by David Ramsey in The CW and DC Comics Arrowverse franchise and known by his alter ego Spartan. Diggle, an original creation by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, first appeared in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series ""Arrow"". In the series, Diggle is introduced as a military veteran and Oliver Queen's new bodyguard. Over time his relationship with Oliver evolves and he becomes his best friend and confidante in his crusade as"
"Jackie Weaver and Maggie Dence. In 2015, he appeared in a not-quite starring role in the crime thriller Monochrome. He also reprised his role of Talkie Toaster in the Red Dwarf XII episode ""Mechocracy"" aired in 2017. David Ross (actor) David Ross (born 1945) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, cinema and television. His best-known roles include playing the first Kryten and the second Talkie Toaster on the science series ""Red Dwarf"", Elgin Sparrowhawk in the BBC sitcom ""The Green Green Grass"", and as Mr. Sedley in a BBC serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ""Vanity"
"Jack Dodson John Smeaton ""Jack"" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on ""The Andy Griffith Show"" and its spin-off ""Mayberry R.F.D."" From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson. In 1966, Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role, having previously seen him in Broadway's ""Hughie"". Dodson also portrayed insurance agent Ed Jenkins in the ""Lost and Found"" episode of ""The Andy Griffith Show"". Dodson also appeared in episodes of ""My Friend Flicka"", ""Hazel"", ""The Virginian"","
"typical sign of running out of ideas, and a particularly bad one in a programme's first series. One influence was ""Stars in Their Eyes"", which was popular at the time of writing. This episode introduces Father Dick Byrne, Father Cyril McDuff, Father Jim Johnson and their housekeeper, inhabitants of the nearby Rugged Island Parochial House, who bear a close resemblance to Ted, Dougal, Jack and Mrs Doyle. Maurice O'Donoghue, who plays Father Dick, was the writers' second choice for the role of Ted, being the right age and having a similar look and lightness. Mathews always preferred Dermot Morgan; Linehan"
"Freddie Hogan Freddie Hogan (born 17 May 1988) is a British actor, who became known to a wider audience in a leading role in the ninth series of the British sitcom ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"" broadcast by BBC Three. Hogan also appears in a minor role in the second part of the movie ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". His theatre performance in Extra Virgin earned him an Off West End Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor. Hogan is filming the new BBC1, 7 part series of ""Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell"" as Davey. On"
"Scottish alchemist of the same name. Michael uses an enchanted stone helmet to see across great distances. William McTaggart (David McKay) is Michael's manservant, imprisoned and tortured for eleven years after helping in the theft of the book, and then made immortal until it was recovered. In the first season, he serves as the sycophantic chauffeur for Toledo, though is actually spying on him for Michael. The series' main antagonist is Toledo (Tony Donaldson), a shapeshifting homunculus created by Michael using the power of the book. Rejected by his master, Toledo turned to evil and desires the book's power above"