A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning of "surname" first appeared in the west in 1375. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". In Western countries, it is also commonly known as a "last name," while in Hungary and in many countries of East Asia, the family name is placed before the individual's given name. In India the surnames first appeared in Vedas. Rigveda have several rishi families as its composers like the Vasiathas, Visvamitras, Bharadvajas, Atris and so on. One famous ancestor of the particular family is identified and later rishis are addressed as their descendents (eg:- Madhuchanta Visvamitra, Vamadeva Goutama,Garga Bharadvaja). In later texts like Puranas, Ramayana & Mahabharata, even many kings and princes were addressed by the place which they belonged to eg:- Panchala(Drupada, The King of Panchala Kingdom), Panchali(Droupadi wife of Pandavas), Vaidehi(sita)

Order of words

In some cultures, including those of most Western countries, the surname or family name ("last name") is placed after the personal or given name ("first name"). In other cultures the surname is placed first, followed by the given name or names; this is the case in Hungary, South India and countries in the Chinese cultural sphere including Japan, Korea, Vietnam and China.

In Japan and Hong Kong (China), when people of Japanese or Hong Kong Chinese origin, respectively, write their personal name in the Latin alphabet, it is common to reverse the order of the given and family names for the convenience of Westerners. Hungarians do the same when interacting with other Europeans. Reversing the order of names is also somewhat common in Estonian and Finnish, which are Finno-Ugric languages like Hungarian.

Formation

Name etymologists classify European surnames under five categories, depending on their origin: given name, occupational name, location name, nickname, and ornamental name. This classification can be extended to surnames originating elsewhere.

Given name

These may be a simple first name such as "Wilhelm", a patronymic such as "Andersen", a matronymic such as "Beaton", or a clan name such as "O'Brien". Multiple surnames may be derived from a single given name: there are thought to be over 90 Italian surnames based on the given name "Giovanni".

===Occupational name=== Occupational names include such simple examples as "Eisenhauer" (iron worker, later Anglicized in America as "Eisenhower") or "Schneider" (tailor) as well as more complicated names based on occupational titles. In England it was common for servants to take a modified version of their employer's occupation or first name as their last name, adding the letter "s" to the word, although this formation could also be a patronymic. For instance, the surname "Vickers" is thought to have arisen as an occupational name adopted by the servant of a vicar, while "Roberts" could have been adopted by either the son or the servant of a man named Robert. A subset of occupational names in English are names thought to be derived from the medieval mystery plays. The participants would often play the same roles for life, passing the part down to their oldest sons. Names derived from this may include "King", "Lord", "Virgin", and "Death";

Patronymic name conventions are similar in some other nations, including Malaysia (see Malaysian name) and other Muslim countries, among most people of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala (unlike another Indian state Andhra Pradesh, where ancestral origin village names have become surnames for the people), in Mongolia and in the Scottish Gaelic personal naming system. In Russia and Bulgaria, both a patronym and a family name are obligatory parts of one's full name: e.g. if a Russian is called Ivan Andreyevich Sergeyev, that means that his father's name is Andrey and his family name is Sergeyev. A similar system is used in Greece. However, unlike the Icelandic case, only the family name is generally identified as a surname proper. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, a child adopts the given name of one of their parents, usually the father, as a pseudo-surname. For example, Abraham Mesfin's father's name would have been Mesfin, while a child would be called "Nestanet Abraham". It is important to note that to refer to Abraham Mesfin as "Mr. Mesfin" would be erroneous, and that the correct term would be "Mr. Abraham". Very rarely would children adopt their mother's given name, who in any case would retain their "pseudo-surname".

Culture and prevalence

In the United States, 1,712 surnames cover 50 percent of the population, and about 1 percent of the population has the surname Smith. Approximately 70 percent of Canadians have surnames that are of English, Irish, French, or Scottish derivation.

Some estimates say that 85 percent of China's population shares 100 surnames. In China the names Wang, Zhang and Li are the most common.

See also

Family name

Family name (surname) in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries

List of most common surnames

Matrilineal surname

Scandinavian family name etymology

Surname law

References

Category:Nomenclature

Name	Darren "Whackhead" Simpson
Birth name	Darren Simpson
Birth date	April 19, 1978
Birth place
Residence	Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Known for	Radio phone pranks, stand-up comedy
Employer	Primedia (94.7 Highveld Stereo, K-FM)
Occupation	Radio Show Presenter, Comedian, phone prankster
Title	Mr
Height	5'11"
Spouse	"Samantha"
Website	http://www.whackhead.co.za/

Darren "Whackhead" Simpson (born 19 April 1978) is a radio presenter () working for Primedia, a broadcasting company that broadcasts 94.7 Highveld Stereo and 94.5 Kfm in South Africa (Among others). Since Monday 2 August 2010 Simpson hosts 94.7's morning show Breakfast Xpress. The show was previously hosted by Jeremy Mansfield under the name The Rude Awakening. Simpson's prank call slot titled Wackhead's Window on the World remains in place on both 94.7 Highveld Stereo in Johannesburg, and Kfm Breakfast (hosted by Ryan O’Connor) in Cape Town. His pranks are available for podcast on a daily basis by the radio stations.

He has also co-starred with Mansfield on the M-Net hidden camera show, Laugh Out Loud. On Monday morning, 2 February 2010, at approximately 07:15 SAST, Simpson announced his engagement to a woman known only as Samantha. The wedding took place on 25 September 2010.

Biography

Darren was born on the 19th of April 1978, The Australian show had ripped off some of Darren's pranks in the past and Simpson had been planning the prank for about two months. Once on air, Darren announced that they had been scammed and congratulated the Proteas cricket team on their victory over the Australian side on the day before. The Australian station, 2Day FM, had spent approximately $150 000 on advertising the interview in the preceding weeks. Simpson commented that the entire prank cost him about ZAR 6.00 for the phone call. The prank is track number 20 on his CD, Thrown in the Deep End.

Discography

Since 2004, Whackhead has put together a yearly CD compilation of his pranks, as heard on 94.7. Following is a list of all his releases, :

Best of WHACK HEAD's Prank Calls, The

Released: 2004 Number of Discs: 1

Track listing

# Intro # Cluck Like a Chicken #Citizen Classified # Leon Schuster Gets Pranked # SPCA Flyers # Extra Maths Lessons # Your Toilet is Blocked... # JHB Airport's New Phone Line # Sam Goes To Hospital # I Won the Lotto # I NEED A HEARING AID!! # Gambler's Anonymous # Dog Breeder # Bee Keeper, The # Angry Pawn Dealer # Engrish Resson Tutor # The Cat Scan # Huggies Nappies from Pick 'n Pay # Telkom Phonetics # Metro Police Fine Enquiry # John Walland vs John Walland Soundboard # Surname Change # Ordering Flowers # Out-takes (The Ones That Didn't Work)

Oh My Greatness Hits!

Released: 2005 Number of Discs: 2

Track listing

Disc 1

# Intro # GRAEME SMITH * Minki Go Grrrr # RYK NEETHLING * How Cold Was the Water? # LEON SCHUSTER * Gets It Again # PIETER DIRK UYS * Interview Query # WAYNE FERREIRA * Six love to Whackhead # BRIAN MAY of Queen # COLIN MOSS of Idols Fame # BRANDON AURET of Isidingo # PIK BOTHA Minister of Affairs with Foreigners # FRANCOIS PIENAAR * What a Gentleman # EUGENE TERRE'BLANCE * Ou Ryperd # CORRIE SANDERS * Heavyweight Knockout # JOHN WALLAND * Too Many Dogs # FIONA COYNE * You are the Weakest Link # NEIL McKENZIE * McGregor Sisters # SHABIR SHAIK * Get Outta Jail Free Card # DAVID KAU * Bleep Bleep Bleep # ERNIE ELS * Your Caddie's Gotta Go # FERDINAND RABIE * Big Boet # SIMON GEAR * How's the Weather? # CHARL PAUW * Friend of the Penguin # NAAS BOTHA * Naas House # JOHN WALLAND * Indecent Proposal # KURT DARREN * Ou Luiperd # OUT-TAKES * The ones that got away # WILL SMITH in the Worst Interview Ever!

Disc 2

# Intro # The Glass Shop # Smoking Laws at Work # Casino Lost and Found # Neighbour: The Newspaper Thief # British Alarm Clock Sales # Road Block Dodger # Kiwi Radio Station Interview # Van the Cheetah Fan # Westlife Hotel Requirements # Hotel Food Gave Me Gas # How to Book a Golf Game # Towing vs Petrol Price # Rat in Me Phone # Lost Virginity at Hotel # Tiger Tiger Nightclub # Where's your Gym Card # Locksmith Help # Father's Day: U My Daddy # Van Again: SARS Call # Hotel Guest Dodgy Video # Terminator Soundboard # Tové [Kane] I need motivation # Asda Announcement: Ben Laden # Pick 'n Pay Announcement: Rich Head

Whackhead's Window on the World

Released: 2006

Track listing

Disc 1

# Intro # ASDA PA Announcement # Helium Balloon Hire # DA Delivers # ANC Acronym Caller # AMC & BP Election Parties # Finance Guru Greg Volkwyn # Riaan Cruywagen # Cricketer Kevin Petersen # Johan Walland upsets the UCB # Dodgy Fortune Teller # Australian Cricket Team # Polygraph Test # Madonna Ticket Winner # Toys R' Us Daycare # Dial-A-Bed Customer # Chinese Takeaway Derirary # Minki Go Crrrr For Me # Car Delivery From PE # Headache Clinic # John Walland Interviews Herschelle Gibbs # BBC News Tip # Comedian Riaad Moosa Flies # Fast Food Outlet Drive Thru

Disc 2

# Mercedes SLK Loan Car # Helen Naude: The Voice of Telkom # Hanging On The Roof # John Walland in the Military # Idols Runner Up Gift Gwe # I Need A Boob Job # Cellphone Contract Problems # Bafana Bafana Coach Stuart Baxter # Next Bafana Coach Ted Dumitru # Lost In Builder's Warehouse # Elton John's Manager # Waiting Waiter # Where's My Red Underpants # John Walland Vs Supermodel Caprice [Bourret # Camel Toe Podiatrist, The # Hi My Name Is VUK # Bongani Nxumalo # Fruit And Veg Shop Lady # Marriage Of Convenience # Chinese Gibberish # Day Care Quotas # Locked Inside My Car # Pastor Du Plessis 6 June 2006 # Jeremy [Mansfield] Gets Pranked In London # The Day They All Got Revenge

Serial Prankster

Released: 2007-11-05 Number of Discs: 2

This is the first album to offer bonus tracks from its official website.

Track listing

Disc 1

# Foreword by Alex Jay # Iraq Body Guarding Job # 3am Wake Up Call Service # Train Station Pizza Order # Piet the Receptionist Part 1 # Whacks Takes Gabby [Gabrielle Mansfield] to Manhattan # Organ Donor Foundation # 2006 Number Change # I.T. Support Problem # Cellphone Echo # Old Dude Marries a Young Chick # Celebrity Challenge: Joey Rasdien # Schoolboy in Trouble # Celebrity Challenge: Mark Pilgrim # Name in Public Toilets # World's Worst Afrikaans Interpreter # Dr I Have a Burping Condition # Hypochondriac Waiting for Ambulance # Heathrow Announcement for Bokke # UB40 Interview

Disc 2

# Show and Tell Mommy # Telemarketer from Hell # International Call Delay # The Pirate CD Seller # Piet the Receptionist Part 2 # Mr T Soundboard # CUM Books # Garmin Sat Nav Problems # Vasectomy, Dude Your Wife is Pregnant! # Zimbabwe Border Patrol # Idols Judge Randall Abrahams # The Percy Montgomery Fan # The Indecent Proposing Traffic Cop # Engagement Ring Diamond Switch # Kieno Kammies Runs for the Hills # How Many Accents Does He Have? # Post Office Packaaaaage

Off the Hook

Released: 2008 Number of discs: 2

Disc 1

# The Whackhead Song # Nataniel I Need Some Backup! # T.V.License Has Expired # Biggest Loser Feat 3Talk Noeleen, Kurt Darren & Minki # Piet the Receptionist Part 3 # Where Are My Cats I'mso Horneee # Shopping Mall Accident # The WhackHead Imposter # Pizza Delivery from JHB South # Your Credit Card's Cancelled # Rent A Hubby # Gerald de Kock Joins 702 # Burglar Calls the House # My BEE Partner Nomalanga # Don't Call Me That, This Is Business! # Angriest Guy In The World Ever # James Blunt: The Legendary Interview

Disc 2

# Roxy Louw the Movie Star # Blockbusters DVD Ransom # Woolworths Strawberry Account # Piet The Receptionist Part 4 # Bailey Schneider On Air Disaster # Piano Player of Note # Police Interrogation From Hell # Pensioner's Visa for U.K. # Kirby Telemarketer Calls Me! # Learners License Oral Exam # Creen My Carpret Prease # Tour De France Emergency # Paraplegic Parking Bays # Internet Account Usage Dispute # Modelling Agency Prime Candidate # Whackhead the April Fool

Thrown In The Deep End

Released: 2009 Number of discs: 2

Disc 1

# Wayne Brady Introduction # DSTV Touch Tone Terrorist # Simon Gear vs Derrick van Dam # Piet the Receptionist Best of 2009 # Julius Malema Goes Down # The Ear Shocking Phone Gadget # A Mouth Full of Teeth # Nommies Calls Bafana Bafana Captain # Christina Storm’s Stalker # Accident at Work Claim # This is One Seriously Angry Dude! # Senseless Survey Best Bits Part 1 # Your Babies Name Gotta Change # Telemarket Thizzzzzzzzzz # Hello it’s Jonathan Sir! # The Chinese Rapping Florist # ARU Pays for Caster Semenya # Traffic Fine Has Not Been Paid # Apple Support Centre USA # Matt Damon Gets “Interviewed”

Disc 2

# Pieter de Villiers Calls John Walland # Crazy Old Hairdresser Lady # Eish! Meet My Boyfriend Daddy # Math’s Teacher Vacancy in China # SA Air Force Top Gun Application # The Infamous Bachelor Party # Telemarketer of the Year! # Kid Chris Calls the Doctor # Your Credit Card’s Being Hacked Now! # Phone In to John Perlman’s Talk Show # Landlord Goes Mental # Senseless Survey Best Bits Part 2 # Gun License Competency Exam # You Can’t Marry Your Sister Dude! # Tesco in Wales Pizza Dilemma # My Phone is Broken # Is My Boyfriend Cheating? # What is Your Surname? # Kyle Sandilands 2Day FM Oz

Phowned

Released: 20101 Number of discs: 2

Disc 1

# Opening By John Edward # Indian Takeaway vs Chinese Takeaway # The Boob Operation # Hey Baldieman # Senseless Survey Best Of Part 1 # My Cataract Appointment # I Need To Put You On Hold Sir! # Chocolate Starfish TV In 2010 # Reverse Charge Call Going mental # Your Wife Is Hot Dude! # World Cup Ticket Man’s Amazing Laugh # Grandpa Louis the Tombstone Seller # Where is My DVD My China # Schoolboy In Headmasters Office # Piet The Receptionist # Insurance Voice Analyser

Disc 2

# I’m Cutting Your Power Off! # The Call That Will Melt Your Brain # TV Show Vote Line Abuser # NATASHA # The Cameroon Flag Burner # Senseless Survey Best Of Part 2 # The Telemarketing Therapist # Ivan From Serbian TV Channel # Broadcasters Hearing Test # You Built My Wall Skew # Your Voice Mail Has A Glitch # World Cup Accommodation Inquiry # Will the Real Govender Please Stand Up # Workplace Moment Of Silence # The Rigged Rugby Competition # Iburst Or Is It I-Bust # Chris Rock Gets Owned

References

External links

Laugh Out Loud, official site

Unofficial YouTube Channel

Podcast mp3 file of the Tom Cruis prank

Category:South African comedians Category:South African radio personalities Category:Living people Category:1978 births

Name	James ("Jim") Naughtie
Birthname	Alexander James Naughtie
Birth date	August 09, 1951 They have three children, and live in south-west London.
Name	Naughtie, James
Alternative names	Naughtie, Jim
Short description	British journalist
Date of birth	1951-8-9
Place of birth	Milltown of Rothiemay, near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Category:1951 births Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists Category:Fellows of the British-American Project Category:Living people Category:People from Aberdeenshire Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Category:Scottish journalists Category:Scottish radio personalities Category:Classical music radio personnel Category:Syracuse University alumni

Playername	James Younghusband
Fullname	James Joseph Placer Younghusband
Dateofbirth	September 04, 1986
Cityofbirth	Ashford, Middlesex
Countryofbirth	England
Height
Position	Right winger
Currentclub	Unattached
Youthyears1	1996–2005
Youthclubs1	Chelsea
Years1	2005–2006
Clubs1
Caps1	0
Goals1	0
Years2	2006
Clubs2
Caps2	0
Goals2	0
Years3	2007
Clubs3
Caps3	6
Goals3	1
Years4	2007
Clubs4
Caps4	0
Goals4	0
Years5	2008
Clubs5
Caps5	0
Goals5	0
Nationalyears1	2005
Nationalteam1	Philippines U-23
Nationalcaps1	3
Nationalgoals1	1
Nationalyears2	2006–
Nationalteam2
Nationalcaps2	25
Nationalgoals2	3
Ntupdate	12 January 2011

James Joseph Placer Younghusband (born 4 September 1986) is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as right winger. He has been unattached since 2008 but continues to be involved with the Philippines national team.

Childhood and career

Younghusband was born in Ashford, Middlesex, England.

Younghusband's career began when he signed for Chelsea in 1996 and signed a scholarship with them at the age of 10. While with Chelsea he made a number of appearances for the youth and reserve team.

Early in 2005, the Philippine Football Federation was alerted to Younghusband's eligibility by a mysterious gamer who allegedly found out about their lineage via the Football Manager series. He and his younger brother Phil were eventually called up to the Southeast Asian nation's football squad, amidst much fanfare. Younghusband participated in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, which was held in the Philippines.

International career

International goals

:Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

References

External links

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Name	Jagathy Sreekumar
Birthname	Sreekumar Achary
Birthdate	January 05, 1951
Birthplace	Jagathy, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Othername	Ambili
Occupation	Film actor, screenwriter
Yearsactive	1975 - present
Father	N. K. Achary
Mother	Prasanna
Spouse	Sobha
Children	Rajkumar, Parvathi, Sreelekshmi
Parents	Jagathy N. K. Achary

Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy and often credited as Jagathy Sreekumar, is a Malayali Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1000 films. He is the son of Malayalam dramatist and writer N. K. Achary (1917–1992) (also fondly known as Jagathy). N. K. Achary was an All India Radio employee. Even from childhood, Jagathy Sreekumar had the dream of becoming an actor.

Career

Jagathy was a Class V student at Model School in Thiruvananthapuram when he first got the opportunity to act in a play. By the time he joined Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram he had become an experienced theatre person.

2009 - Chalachitra Ratna Award

Asianet Film Award

2002 - Best Supporting Actor Award - Meesa Madhavan

2004 - Best Lifetime Achievement Award

2005 - Special Jury Award - Thanmathra

2007 - Best Supporting Actor Award - Rock N' Roll, Hallo

Other awards

2003 - Bahadoor Award for his contribution to Malayalam cinema 2005 - Prem Nazir Award for his contribution to Malayalam cinema spanning three decades 2005 - Maiden Sathyan Memorial Award

Trivia

Jagathy has acted in over 1100 films. Jagathy has never acted in any language other than Malayalam. In 2006, he acted in 21 films.

Jagathy never carries a mobile phone; nor does he have any assistants or secretaries.

Jagathy still uses an old car used by his father Jagathy N. K. Achary.

Jagathy defeated T. M. Jacob in a college election to become the Arts Club Secretary (Mar Ivanios College, Tiruvananthapuram). T. M. Jacob later become a full-time politician and Minister in the Government of Kerala. Jagathy is an active supporter of the Indian National Congress.

Selected filmography

As actor

As director

As writer

References

External links

Jagathy Sreekumar at MSI

Category:Indian comedians Category:1949 births Category:Indian film actors Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:Living people Category:Malayali actors Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram

Name	Harry Enfield
Caption	Harry Enfield at the 2008 BAFTAs in London
Birth date	May 30, 1961
Birth place	Horsham, West Sussex, England
Active	1984–present
Genre	Comedy
Influences	Paul Whitehouse
Influenced	Kathy Burke

Henry Richard "Harry" Enfield (born 30 May 1961 in Horsham, West Sussex, England) is a BAFTA winning English comedian, actor and writer and director.

Early life

Enfield is the oldest of three children, Enfield is the son of English television, radio and newspaper journalist and presenter Edward Enfield. He has two sisters, Elizabeth (born 1966) and Lucy Katherine (born 1969). He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough, Dorset House School, Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College and read politics. He worked for a while as a milkman.

Career

Enfield first came to public attention when appearing on Channel 4's Saturday Live as a number of different characters created with Paul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among these characters were Stavros, a Greek restaurant owner with markedly fractured English; and Loadsamoney, an obnoxious character who constantly boasted about how much money he earned. Loadsamoney spawned a hit single in 1988 and a sell-out live tour. As a foil to Loadsamoney Enfield and Whitehouse created the Geordie "Bugger-All-Money" and in 1988 Enfield appeared as both characters during the Nelson Mandela Birthday Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium. In time Whitehouse and Enfield became disturbed that Loadsamoney was being seen in a positive light, rather than as a satirical figure, and they had him run over during a Comic Relief Red Nose Day show while leaving the studio after presenting host Lenny Henry with "the biggest cheque of the night"—a physically huge cheque for ten pence.

In 1989 Enfield realised a personal project, Norbert Smith - a Life, a spoof on British theatrical knights slumming in the film industry. He also provided voices for the British satirical puppet show Spitting Image.

TV series

In 1990 Enfield developed his BBC sketch show, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, later called Harry Enfield and Chums, with Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. Eschewing the alternative comedy style prevalent at the time, both versions of the show were indebted to early '70s comedians such as Dick Emery and Morecambe and Wise. Enfield and his co-performers created another group of nationally recognised characters for these shows, such as Stan and Pam Herbert, who use the catchphrase "We are considerably richer than you" (in an exaggerated West-Midlands accent), Tim Nice-But-Dim, The Scousers, Smashie and Nicey, Wayne and Waynetta Slob, Annoying Kid Brother, who grew into Kevin the Teenager, and two old-fashioned BBC presenters, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson.

In 1991, Enfield played Dermot in the sitcom Men Behaving Badly along with Martin Clunes, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash, originally on Thames Television. Enfield left after the first series and was replaced by Neil Morrissey as Tony. Enfield is a professed fan of opera and fronted a Channel 4 documentary series on the subject.

After a short break from television Enfield signed a new contract with BSkyB, but produced only one series, Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show, which flopped badly. In 2002 Enfield returned to the BBC with Celeb, a new series based on the comic strip of the same title in Private Eye, as the ageing rockstar Gary Bloke. The timing was unfortunate for Enfield as almost simultaneously The Osbournes began on MTV, having been a sleeper hit in the United States. The Osbournes, depicting the dysfunctional and unconventional family life of the heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, was effectively what Enfield was trying to satirise with Celeb. The Osbournes became successful in Britain, while Enfield's show disappeared quietly after only six episodes.

In 2002 Enfield was the first guest on the revamped version of BBC's Top Gear and also appeared on the show on 23 November 2008. Enfield has also narrated various TV documentaries such as the Discovery Wings channel "Classic British Aircraft".

In 2007, he played Jim Stonem in the Channel 4 series Skins. He reprised this role in the second series in 2008, and the third series in 2009.

He appears often on mainstream television shows. His current comedy series Harry & Paul started in 2008 (the first series named Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul) and has a third series currently airing on BBC2.

Movies

In 2000 Enfield appeared in his first leading film role playing Kevin alongside Kathy Burke, who played the character's (male) friend Perry—roles originally created for Enfield's television series—in Kevin & Perry Go Large. The film charted the pair's attempt to become professional DJs by travelling to the nightclubs of Ibiza and pestering their idol, the DJ Eyeball Paul, played by Rhys Ifans, while gaining love and losing their virginity. Enfield also appeared as King George VI in (2004), a satire on Hollywood's tendency to change elements of history.

Commercials

Enfield appeared in some television commercials before becoming famous, including one made in 1987 for Heineken. Enfield's most memorable commercials include a series made in 1996 for Dime Bar. One commercial in this series had Enfield as a yokel refusing a Dime bar—smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside—because he preferred armadillos—smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Later Enfield, with Paul Whitehouse, starred in a series of commercials for Hula Hoops as The Self-Righteous Brothers, characters from Enfield's television show . In 2004 Enfield starred in a series of commercials for Burger King in the U.S. as Dr. Angus, a character intended to promote the company's newest hamburger. Two more characters from Enfield's TV series, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson, also appeared in commercials, for Mercury Communications. Also in 2004 Enfield provided the voice of "The Roaming Gnome" character used in Travelocity's U.S. advertising campaign.

Recent work

He plays the role of Tony Stonem and Effy Stonem's father Jim Stonem in Channel 4's critically-acclaimed drama, Skins. He has appeared throughout series 1, 2 and 3. He has also directed some of the episodes in series 2 and 3. In 2009 he played an important role in the development of the game Killing Floor developed by Tripwire Interactive.

Personal life

For several years, Enfield was in a relationship with Alison Owen, the mother of Alfie and Lily Allen. They lived together for three years and he helped look after the children. They intended to get married but separated in 1995. In 1997 Enfield married Lucy Lyster and they have one son, Archie Edward Enfield (born 1997) and two daughters, Poppy Sophia (born 1999) and Nell Florence Enfield (born 2003).

References

External links

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Name	Andrew Marr
Caption	In black tie at the 2009 BAFTA awards
Birthname	Andrew William Stevenson Marr
Birth date	July 31, 1959
Birth place	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Occupation	Journalist, presenter, political commentator
Credits	BBC NewsThe Andrew Marr Show
Spouse
Children	3

Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and political commentator. He edited The Independent for two years until May 1998, and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 until 2005.

He began hosting a political programme Sunday AM, now called The Andrew Marr Show, on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. Marr also hosts the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week. In 2007 he presented a political history of post-war Britain on BBC Two, Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, followed by a prequel in 2009 - Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain focusing on the period between 1901-1945.

Early life

Marr was born on 31 July 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland to Donald and Valerie Marr and was educated in Scotland at the High School of Dundee, Craigflower School and at Loretto, an independent school in Musselburgh, East Lothian. He went on to study English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Newspaper career

Marr joined The Scotsman as a trainee and junior business reporter in 1981. He became a parliamentary correspondent for the newspaper in 1984, moving to London at this time, and then a political correspondent in 1986. During this period, Marr met the political journalist Anthony Bevins, who became Marr's mentor and close friend. Bevins was responsible for Marr's first appointment at The Independent as a member of the newspaper's launch staff.

Marr left shortly afterwards, and joined The Economist, where he contributed the weekly "Bagehot" political column and ultimately became the magazine's political editor in 1988. Marr has remarked that his time at The Economist "changed me quite a lot" and "made me question a lot of my assumptions".

Marr returned to The Independent as the newspaper's political editor in 1992, and became its editor in 1996. His period as editor coincided with a particularly turbulent time at the paper. Faced with price cutting by the Murdoch-owned Times, sales had begun to decline, and Marr made two attempts to arrest the slide. He made use of bold 'poster-style' front pages, and then in 1996 radically re-designed the paper along a mainland European model, with Gill Sans headline fonts, and stories being themed and grouped together, rather than according to strict news value. This tinkering ultimately proved disastrous. The limited advertising budget meant the paper's re-launch struggled to get noticed, and when it did, it was mocked for reinterpreting its original marketing slogan 'It Is - Are You' to read 'It's changed - have you?'. The response from some was that many existing readers had indeed changed - to The Guardian. At the beginning of 1998 Marr was sacked after refusing to implement a further round of redundancies.

Three months later he returned to the Independent. Tony O'Reilly had increased his stake in the paper and bought out owners Mirror Group. O'Reilly, who had a high regard for Marr, asked him to collaborate as co-editor with Rosie Boycott, in an arrangement whereby Marr would edit the comment pages, and Boycott would have overall control of the news pages.

Many pundits predicted the arrangement would not last, and two months later Boycott left to replace Richard Addis as editor of the Daily Express. Marr was sole editor again, but only for one week. Simon Kelner, who had worked on the paper when it was first launched accepted the editorship, and asked Marr to stay on as a political columnist. Kelner was not Marr's "cup of tea" Marr observed later, and he left the paper for the final time in May 1998.

At the BBC

Marr wrote as a columnist for The Daily Express and The Observer before being appointed BBC political editor in May 2000. Like his predecessor-but-one John Cole and his famous herringbone overcoat, he soon developed a trademark style, characterised by much gesticulation, as sent up in the comedy impersonation programme Dead Ringers where they use ridiculously long plastic arms when portraying him. He also became known for, and was widely praised for, his ability to contextualise Westminster gossip and intrigue and explain to viewers and listeners how it would affect their lives. A great believer in the view that 'politics matters', Marr championed the democratic process and saw it as part of his role as Political Editor of the BBC to help make politics meaningful and relevant for many people for whom politics was traditionally dull and something that happened only in Westminster corridors with middle-aged men in suits.

Among his notable scoops as Political Editor were the second resignation of Peter Mandelson, and the interview in the autumn of 2004 in which Tony Blair told him that he would not seek a fourth term as Prime Minister should he win the forthcoming general election.

During his time as political editor Marr assumed various presentational roles, and announced in 2005 that following the 2005 General Election, he would step down as Political Editor to spend more time with his family. He was replaced as Political Editor by Nick Robinson. In September 2005, he moved to a new role presenting the BBC's Sunday morning flagship news programme Sunday AM, known as The Andrew Marr Show since September 2007; the slot was previously filled with Breakfast with Frost and hosted by Sir David Frost. Marr also hosts the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week.

In May and June 2007, the BBC broadcast Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain. He presented the five one-hour documentaries, and chronicled the history of Britain from 1945 to 2007. Simultaneously, Macmillan published the book of the series, written by Marr, under the same title. Unsold copies of the book, a best seller, were recalled in March 2009 when legal action was taken against the book for falsely stating that domestic violence campaigner Erin Pizzey had been a member of The Angry Brigade terrorist group.

Marr has written several books on politics and journalism, notably state-of-the-nation reflection The Day Britain Died (2000) and My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism (2004). The former was, in addition, a three-part television series; following Newsnight in the BBC2 schedules, 31 January – 2 February 2000. He has also written several articles for the British political magazine Prospect.

In 2008, he presented the primetime BBC One series Britain From Above. The following year, he contributed a three-part series called Darwin's Dangerous Idea to the BBC Darwin Season, celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his theory of evolution. He played a small role as himself in a Doctor Who episode, World War Three, reporting Slitheen entering 10 Downing Street, he was noted as himself in the credits. His latest programme, broadcast in Autumn 2009 is a six-part BBC Two television series on British politics in the first half of the 20th century Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain.

In September 2009 on the Sunday before the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Marr interviewed Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Towards the end of the interview, Marr told Brown he wanted to ask about: The Prime Minister responded: "No. I think this is the sort of questioning which is all too often entering the lexicon of British politics." Marr was later heavily criticised by Labour politicians, the media and fellow political journalists for what was described as a vague question which relied on its source being a singular entry on a political blog. In later interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News, John Ward the author of the Not Born Yesterday blog, admitted that he has no proof to back up the claim.

Politics

Marr has written about the need to remain impartial and "studiously neutral" whilst delivering news reports and "convey fact, and nothing more". Marr responded to criticism as "pernicious anti-journalism".

In the Daily Telegraph he described himself as a "libertarian" when discussing his conflicting views on smoking bans. There have been claims that he is a closet Labour supporter; however, others, such as the conservative Andrew Neil, have stated his journalism to be perfectly objective.

Marr spoke at the Cheltenham Literary Festival on 10 October 2010 about political blogging. He claimed that "[a] lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed young men sitting in their mother's basements and ranting. They are very angry people."

Private life

Family

Marr lives in East Sheen, London, with his wife, the political journalist Jackie Ashley of The Guardian, whom he married in August 1987 in Surrey. She is a daughter of the Labour Life Peer Lord Ashley of Stoke. The couple have a son and two daughters.

Legal issues

It was revealed in The Independent on 28 June 2008 by Richard Ingrams, that Marr has gained a high court injunction preventing disclosure in the press of "private information". Permission had also been granted for the existence of the injunction not to be mentioned, a so called 'super injunction', and it was indeed not mentioned until Private Eye commented on it.

In 2009, Marr's publisher, Macmillan Publishers, was successfully sued for libel by equality activist Erin Pizzey after his book A History of Modern Britain claimed she had once been part of the militant group Angry Brigade. According to her own account, in an interview in The Guardian in 2001, Pizzey had been present at a meeting when they discussed their intention of bombing Biba, a lively fashion store, and threatened to report their activities to the police. The publisher also recalled and destroyed the offending version of the book, and republished it with the error removed.

Awards

In 1995 he was named Columnist of the Year at both the What the Papers Say Awards and the British Press Awards, and received the Journalist Award in the Channel 4 Political Awards of 2001.

He was considered for honorary membership of The Coterie for 2007. Marr has received two British Academy Television Awards: the Richard Dimbleby Award at the 2004 ceremony and the award for Best Specialist Factual Programme (for his History of Modern Britain) at the 2008 ceremony.

Marr and his wife were both awarded honorary doctorates from Staffordshire University in July 2009.

Other work

Marr has helped support the Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association, and was the face of a hugely successful Sense direct marketing appeal. He has also been involved with the charity Common Purpose UK

References

External links

Press Office — Andrew Marr — BBC biography

'Marr quits as BBC political chief' — BBC News'

TV is less up itself than newspapers — The Guardian

Transcript - The Big Idea - BBC, 1996

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