"joined the London cast of ""South Pacific"". Her big break came in 1953 when she replaced the emigrating Joy Nichols on the successful Muir and Norden radio comedy ""Take It From Here"", co-starring Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley. In the portion of the show known as ""The Glums"" she played Eth, fiancée of the dim Ron Glum (played by Bentley). During the next 15 years Whitfield had many supporting roles on television, including in ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Arthur's Treasured Volumes"", ""The Arthur Askey Show"", ""Faces of Jim"", ""The Benny Hill Show"", ""Steptoe and Son"" and ""Frankie Howerd"". She played"
"""Take It from Here"". The premise of ""The Glums"" was the long engagement between Ron Glum and his long-term fiancée Eth. As a result of post-war austerity, long engagements were common in 1950s Britain. A typical episode would start in the pub, with Mr Glum (played by Jimmy Edwards) talking to the barman (played by Wallas Eaton). It would be closing time, and Mr Glum would start telling the week's story to the barman as a ruse for obtaining another pint (or two) of brown ale. The story would be about some recent episode in the lives of Ron, Mr"
"Jimmy Edwards James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ""Take It From Here"" and as headmaster ""Professor"" James Edwards in ""Whack-O!"" Edwards was born in Barnes, Surrey, the son of a professor of mathematics. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, at King's College School in Wimbledon and at St John's College, Cambridge. Edwards served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, commissioned in April 1942, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and ended the war as"
"successfully with Jimmy Edwards, and indirectly led to the pairing of Denis Norden with Frank Muir, who was Edwards' writer. Muir and Norden together wrote ""Take It From Here"" (1948–60), with Edwards and Bentley as two of the three stars. The most memorable feature of ""Take It From Here"" was ""The Glums"", with Edwards playing the slightly seedy Pa Glum and Bentley his terminally dim son, Ron. Bentley was thirteen years older than Edwards. In 1951, during the run of ""Take It From Here"", Bentley briefly returned to Australia to star in a ten-episode radio comedy series, ""Gently Bentley"", commissioned"
"Frank Muir Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 – 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC Radio's ""Take It From Here"" for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes ""My Word!"" and ""My Music"" for another 35. Muir became Assistant Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC in the 1960s, and was then London Weekend Television's founding Head of Entertainment. His many writing credits include editorship of ""The Oxford Book of Humorous"
"Denis Norden Denis Mostyn Norden (6 February 1922 – 19 September 2018) was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during the Second World War. From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the successful BBC Radio comedy programme ""Take It from Here"" with Frank Muir. Muir and Norden remained associated for more than 50 years, appearing regularly together on the radio panel programmes ""My Word!"" and ""My Music"" after they stopped collaborating on scripts. He also wrote scripts for Hollywood films. He presented television programmes on ITV for many years, including"
"as being ""a mixture of university lecture, RAF slang, the playing of various loud wind instruments and old-fashioned attack"". He later did a season with Tony Hancock, having previously performed in the Cambridge Footlights revue. He gained wider exposure as a radio performer in ""Take It From Here"", co-starring Dick Bentley, which first paired his writer Frank Muir with Bentley's script writer, Denis Norden. Also on radio he featured in ""Jim the Great"" and ""My Wildest Dream"". He appeared in ""Whack-O"" on television, also written by Muir and Norden, and the radio panel game ""Does the Team Think?"", a series"
"Mario Rosenstock Mario Rosenstock (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish actor, comedian, impressionist and musician. Rosenstock first came to the attention of the Irish public playing the role of Dr. David Hanlon in the soap ""Glenroe"" in the 1990s. However, he is now best known for the popular ""Gift Grub"" segments which have featured on the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM since May 1999 which Rosenstock created alongside Paul McLoone, a radio presenter with Today FM and also frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk/new-wave band, The Undertones which occurred in 1999 and when McLoone served as a"
"Wallas Eaton Wallas Eaton (18 February 1917 – 3 November 1995), sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton, was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the BBC radio-comedy serial ""Take It from Here"". Eaton was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He was educated at the Alderman Newton School, and later would read History and English at Christ's College, Cambridge. Eaton joined the Army in 1940, and served with distinction during World War II, eventually becoming a major in charge of a searchlight battery."
"Ron Pearson Ronald ""Ron"" Samuel Pearson (born September 14, 1968 in Bellevue, Washington) is an American actor, comedian and world record juggler. He started his career as a stand up comic at night clubs, a warm up guy on numerous shows. He eventually became an actor and received guest spots on sitcoms ""Mama's Family"", ""They Came from Outer Space"" and ""Brother's Keeper"" as well as small roles in the films ""Midnight Cabaret"" and ""Lena's Holiday"". He also hosted the syndicated kids game show ""Skedaddle"" for six weeks in 1988, becoming one of the youngest emcees in game show history. Between"
"Declan Donnelly Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly (born 25 September 1975) is an English television presenter, producer and actor. He is best known for working alongside Anthony McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec. Donnelly came to prominence, alongside McPartlin, in the children's drama series ""Byker Grove"", with both men establishing successful careers as television presenters, in which they are most known for presenting ""SMTV Live"" (between 1998–2001), ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"" and ""Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway"" (since 2002), and ""Britain's Got Talent"" (since 2007). Other notable highlights of Donnelly's career alongside McPartlin"
"Ralph Garman Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and radio host best known as the host of ""The Joe Schmo Show"", for his voice work on the Fox animated series ""Family Guy"", former entertainment reporter and impressionist for the ""Kevin and Bean"" morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, and his podcast with co-host Kevin Smith, ""Hollywood Babble-On"". Garman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from La Salle University with a bachelor of arts degree in communication arts. Garman hosted ""The Joe Schmo Show"", and was an entertainment reporter and impressionist for the"
"Miles Jupp Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English comedian and actor. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he first became well known on British television for playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ""Balamory"". His profile rose in Britain after appearances on comedy panel shows, and roles as John Duggan in ""The Thick of It"" and Nigel in the sitcom ""Rev"". In September 2015, Jupp replaced Sandi Toksvig as the host of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4. Jupp was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and spent most"
"Theo Von Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski (born March 19, 1980), known professionally as Theo Von, is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, television personality, host, and actor. In 2000, while still in college, he appeared as a cast member of the MTV reality television series """". He was then a contestant on four seasons of MTV's series ""Real World/Road Rules Challenge"": """" (2002), """" (2003-2004), """" (2004-2005) and """" (2006). From 2013 to 2014, he hosted the comedy game show ""Deal with It"". Since 2016, he has hosted ""This Past Weekend"", a twice-weekly podcast which alternates between interviews with guests and"
"Jack Gallagher (comedian) Jack Gallagher (born August 15, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, and writer with a recurring role (as a doctor) on the HBO sitcom ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"". As a television host, he has won Emmy Awards for his work on the PBS series ""Money Moves"", ""Off-Limits"", and ""Kids, Cash and Common Sense."" He was the host of the California Lottery's ""The Big Spin"" game show from 1996 to 1998. Not to be confused with the comedian who goes by the single name Gallagher, nor the Dave Chappelle Gallagher parody character, Black Gallagher, Jack Gallagher does not use"
"Rob Bartlett Robert James Bartlett (born May 18, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, impressionist, and writer, who gained widespread fame on the radio show ""Imus in the Morning"". Bartlett has been appearing on the ""Imus"" show, beginning on New York City's WFAN-AM (660) radio, since the late 1980s, and now on WABC-AM (770) radio. His earlier characters included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Manuel Antonio Noriega, and fictional Japanese comedian ""Buddy"" Miyagi. In the years on the show, some of his characters included: The Godfather, Andrew Dice Clay, Dr. Phil McGraw, Rush Limbaugh, Paula Deen, Larry King, Bill Clinton, Gary Busey, Hulk"
"succeeded by Tony Blackburn. Matthew died of pneumonia on 8 April 2017, aged 88. Matthew was born on 17 September 1928 in Coventry, Warwickshire, the son of musical parents. His father was a conductor of the Coventry Silver Band and his mother a professional singer. He was educated at the city's Bablake School. Matthew first broadcast in Germany in 1948, and trained as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC in 1954. On the BBC Light Programme, as a staff announcer, he introduced numerous programmes including ""Take It From Here"" and ""Saturday Club"" (originally called ""Saturday Skiffle Club"", starting"
"Dick Bentley Charles Walter ""Dick"" Bentley (14 May 1907 – 27 August 1995) was an Australian comedian and actor. He starred with Jimmy Edwards in ""Take It From Here"" for BBC Radio. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a child, Bentley learned several musical instruments, and while still in his teens was a staple on the Melbourne cabaret circuit as a comedian and singer, his act consisting of playing a few bars of music deliberately badly, interspersed with jokes and legitimate musical numbers. He made his first appearance on ABC Radio in the early 1930s and by 1938 had become"
"show, ""Tricks from the Bible"". On 12 November, Riley won the award, also picking up the ""Best Entertainment"" category as well for ""Dear Green Place"". The ""Evening Times"" revealed that it was most likely that ""Dear Green Place"" would be turned into a full series for the BBC, although this has never happened. Paul Riley (actor) Paul Riley (born 17 January 1962) is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom, ""Still Game"". He previously worked on the sketch show ""Chewin' the Fat"", the show that ""Still Game"" was a"
"appeared in more than 20 episodes of the show in 2006 and remained a member of the ensemble cast in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series. In 2006, Kavalee joined with co-host Tony Martin and panel operator Richard Marsland for the Triple M radio comedy show ""Get This"" which featured comedy sketches, celebrity guests and banter on trivia and current affairs. The show was a ratings success and soon developed a devoted assembly of loyal fans including English comedian Ross Noble who commented in an interview in 2012 that ""Get This"", although off-air for five years, remained his all-time favourite"
"Anthony McPartlin Anthony David McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) is an English television presenter, producer and actor. He is best known for working alongside Declan Donnelly as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec. McPartlin came to prominence, alongside Donnelly, in the children's drama series ""Byker Grove"", with both men establishing successful careers as television presenters, in which they are most known for presenting ""SMTV Live"" (between 1998–2001), ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"" and ""Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway"" (since 2002), and ""Britain's Got Talent"" (since 2007). Other notable highlights of McPartlin's career alongside Donnelly include"
"Topher Grace Christopher John Grace (; born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for playing Eric Forman in the Fox sitcom ""That '70s Show"", Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film ""Spider-Man 3"", Pete Monash in ""Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!"", Carter Duryea in ""In Good Company"", Edwin in ""Predators"", Getty in ""Interstellar"", Adrian Yates in ""American Ultra"", and David Duke in Spike Lee's film ""BlacKkKlansman"". His other film roles include ""Traffic"", ""Mona Lisa Smile"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""Take Me Home Tonight"", ""The Big Wedding"", ""War Machine"", and ""Under the Silver Lake"". Grace was born"
"Day Winners"", with Lorraine Kelly, and ""All Together Now"", with Geri Horner, both Saturday-night entertainment series for BBC One. Beckett announced on a November 2014 episode of ""8 Out of 10 Cats"" that he had recently got married. In September 2016, Beckett announced on his YouTube channel that he recently had had a child. Rob Beckett Robert ""Rob"" Beckett (born 2 January 1986) is an English stand-up comedian and presenter. He was a co-host on the ITV2 spin-off show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!"" from 2012 to 2014. In September 2015 it was confirmed that Beckett would"
"McGann, David Wyatt, David Robinson, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams (animator), Michael Palin, Barry Cryer, Graham Rinaldi, Chris Serle and radio presenter Matthew Sweet. Ran from 27th - 30th Jan and guests included Rob Brydon, Shappi Khorsandi, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Richard Goleszowski, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paul McGann, Daiv Wyatt, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams, Barry Cryer, Chris Serle, David Robinson and lecturer Alex Clayton. Ran from 26th - 29th Jan and guests included Griff Rhys Jones, Terry Jones, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Pierre Étaix, Tim Brooke-Taylor,"
"Mike McShane Michael McShane (born 25 June 1955) is an American actor, singer, and improvisational comedian. He appeared on the original British television show ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?"" (1988–97) and went on to appear in films such as """" (1991), ""Richie Rich"" (1994), and ""Office Space"" (1999). McShane has also been involved in several Disney productions, including ""Tom and Huck"" (1995), the television series ""Brotherly Love"" (1995–97), and ""Tower of Terror"" (1997). McShane voiced Marlon, Caracticus P. Doom and various other characters in Cosgrove Hall Films's ""Avenger Penguins"" (1993–94), Gareb in ""Todd McFarlane's Spawn"" (1997–99), and Quozmir in ""Dave"
"by John Gordon Sinclair. Dr. Cameron was played by Brian Pettifer, and Janet was played initially by Katy Murphy, and then by Celia Imrie. David Tennant was a frequent guest actor. In 1991 BBC Enterprises produced a double cassette copy of four of the radio broadcasts (as of 13 November 2016 a copy of the cover is the profile picture on this listing). The Four episodes are: Out Of The Blue (TV episode Series 6 Broadcast 11 February 1968) The Comical Lad (TV episode Series 5 Broadcast 8 January 1967) The Honours List (TV episode Series 7 Broadcast 16 March"
"she and Grace were expecting their first child. Their daughter, Mabel Jane Grace, was born in November 2017. Grace is a supporter of FINCA International, a microfinance organization.<ref name=""http://www.finca.org/"">Topher Grace about FINCA on Jimmy Fallon , finca.org, March 20, 2011.</ref> Topher Grace Christopher John Grace (; born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for playing Eric Forman in the Fox sitcom ""That '70s Show"", Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film ""Spider-Man 3"", Pete Monash in ""Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!"", Carter Duryea in ""In Good Company"", Edwin in ""Predators"", Getty in ""Interstellar"", Adrian"
"Chris Langham Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC Four sitcom ""The Thick of It"", and as presenter Roy Mallard in ""People Like Us"", first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character. He subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series ""Happy Families"" and in the film ""The Big Tease"". He is"
"Roy Walker (comedian) Robert ""Roy"" Walker (born 31 July 1940) is a Northern Irish television personality and comedian, who worked for many years as both a television presenter and comedy actor. He is best known as the original host of the game show ""Catchphrase"" between 1986 and 1999, and as one of the stars of the comedy showcase ""The Comedians"". Born in Belfast, as a teenager Walker performed in the Francis Longford Choir, then worked as a riveter in the Harland and Wolff shipyard. He was the Northern Ireland champion hammer thrower for three years, and represented his country internationally."
"Peter Helliar Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, radio and television presenter, writer, producer and director. From January 2014, he is one of four regular hosts of ""The Project"" on Network Ten with Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Lisa Wilkinson, replacing previous presenter Dave Hughes. Previously he was best known for his work on television as Rove McManus' sidekick on ""The Loft Live"" from 1997 to 1998 and on ""Rove"" from 1999 and 2009. He also appeared in ""Before the Game"" as alter ego Bryan Strauchan. Helliar initially worked the Melbourne comedy circuit"
"John Brown (actor) John Brown (April 4, 1904 - May 16, 1957) was an English radio and film actor. Brown was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Brown had major roles in several popular radio shows: He was ""John Doe"" in the Texaco Star Theater's version of Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, played Irma's love interest Al in ""My Friend Irma"", both ""Gillis"" and Digby ""Digger"" O'Dell in ""The Life of Riley"", (a role he reprised for the first incarnation of the television show), ""Broadway"" in ""The Damon Runyon Theatre"", and ""Thorny"" the neighbor on the radio version of ""The Adventures of"
"local and international) nearly every day, with Australian comedians, musicians, writers, actors, and old Triple M/EON FM DJs making regular appearances. Regular co-hosts include Ross Noble, Greg Fleet, Fifi Box, Glenn Robbins, Cal Wilson, Scott Edgar, Peter Rowsthorn, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro, Angus Sampson, Andrea Powell, Lachy Hulme, and Josh Lawson. Frequently discussed topics on ""Get This"" include movies, current affairs, in-jokes, popular culture, Martin's and Kavalee's own lives, Marsland's peculiar interests and perverse hobbies, amusing news articles (particularly news involving nudity) from around the world, and gossip from ""celebrity insiders, onlookers, pals and lunchers"" from tabloid magazines. Martin and"
"birth and died. Olivia remained in the neonatal intensive care unit for two months, before coming home. Garman's mother died on November 13, 2012, from a sudden heart attack and kidney failure. Ralph Garman Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and radio host best known as the host of ""The Joe Schmo Show"", for his voice work on the Fox animated series ""Family Guy"", former entertainment reporter and impressionist for the ""Kevin and Bean"" morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, and his podcast with co-host Kevin Smith, ""Hollywood Babble-On"". Garman was born in"