BBC Radio 2

Broadcast area	United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet
Slogan	Online, on Digital Radio, and on 88 to 91 FM
Frequency	FM: 88.1 MHz – 90.2 MHz DAB: 12B Freeview: 702 Freesat: 702 Sky: 0102 Virgin Media: 902 TalkTalk TV: 602 UPC Ireland: 908
First air date	30 September 1967 (1967-09-30)
Format	Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment
Language	English
Audience share	16.30% (December 2011, [1])
Owner	BBC
Webcast	eAAC+ AAC
Website	bbc.co.uk/radio2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom.^[1] Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet. The station's programming is broadcast on a network of FM transmitters of up to 250 kW, the strongest FM signals in the EU.^[2]

History[link]

1967–1986[link]

The station was launched at 05:30 ^[3] on 30 September 1967, and evolved from the Light Programme, with some of the Light Programme's music shows transferring to the newly launched Radio 1. The first show had started at 05:30am (on the Light programme) but continued with Breakfast Special from Paul Hollingdale as Radio 1 split.

In early years, much programming and music was common to both stations, particularly on the shared FM frequency. Radio 1 was targeted at the audience of pirate radio stations whereas Radio 2 settled down as a middle-of-the-road station playing laid-back pop/rock, folk and country, jazz and big-band music, easy listening, light classics, and oldies, with significant amounts of comedy and sport. Notable broadcasters on Radio 2 in the 70s and 80s were Ray Moore on early breakfast, Terry Wogan on breakfast, replaced by Ken Bruce and later Derek Jameson; Jimmy Young and his lunchtime news and current affairs show; 'Diddy' David Hamilton on mid-afteroons, John Dunn at what became known as drivetime. Radio 2 became the first national 24-hour radio station in the UK in 1979.

Frances Line: 1986–1996[link]

The station's policy remained stable with only minor changes until April 1986 when Frances Line, head of music, repositioned the station. She would become Controller in 1990. An ageing Radio 1 audience which had grown up with the station was sticking with it into their 40s and beyond; Line repositioned Radio 2 to appeal exclusively to the over-fifties and introduced older presenters and based the playlist around nostalgia, easy listening and light music. As a result, David Hamilton quit the station at the end of 1986, claiming the music policy had become "geriatric"; Terry Wogan's replacement Derek Jameson also appealed to an older, down-market demographic. Although popular with its target audience, the policy alienated many younger listeners who had listened to both Radio 1 and Radio 2 and the station's audience fell. It took another hit when sports coverage moved to Radio 5 in August 1990. Another blow was struck by the rise of album-rock commercial stations (particularly Virgin Radio) and 'gold' spinoffs from Independent Local Radio stations playing classic pop and rock. With the station's audience in decline a change of emphasis was needed.

James Moir "The Nation's Favourite" — 1996 onwards[link]

Line was replaced by James Moir in 1996. Moir repositioned Radio 2 with a largely AOR/contemporary playlist by day, aimed at a more mature audience than Radio 1 (which, post-Britpop, was again starting to focus on a young audience) but still embracing new music, and more specialist broadcasting by recognised genre experts in the evenings. Unlike the early-90s repositioning of Radio 1 in which the BBC lost many well-known names, many former Radio 1 presenters stayed with the BBC and moved across to Radio 2.

Radio 2 is now termed "the nation's favourite", a title the BBC formerly used for BBC Radio 1. It is the most listened-to station in the UK, its schedule filled with broadcasters such as: Sir Terry Wogan, Steve Wright, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Ken Bruce, Jeremy Vine, Mark Radcliffe, Janice Long, Tony Blackburn, Paul Gambaccini, Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris.

As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in many regions above local radio stations. BBC Radio 2 played to 27% of the available audience in 2006.^[4]

The current position[link]

The station now has adult listeners, mainly aged 25 and above, although in recent years it has attracted more younger listeners. Its daytime playlist features music from the 1960s to various current chart hits, album and indie music. The station's appeal is broad and deep, with accessible daytime programmes and specialist programmes of particular types or eras of music. In 2009, Radio 2 again won the Music Week Award for National Radio Station of the Year, an award it has won for several consecutive years.^[5]

Weekday evenings feature specialist music, including jazz, folk music, blues, country and western, reggae, classic rock, showtunes and biographies and documentaries on musical artists and genres. This specialist programming typically runs from 19:00 to 20:00, and from 22:00 to midnight. Radio 2 hosts both the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band.

Brian Matthew's "Sounds of the Sixties" remains a regular fixture on the Saturday schedule, as does Johnnie Walker's "Sounds of the Seventies" on a Sunday.

On Sundays, the schedule reverts closer to its old style, with a focus on easy listening, Jazz and Show music, with presenters like Clare Teal and David Jacobs and long-standing programmes like Sunday Half Hour.

Radio 2 does not broadcast complete works of classical music (the domain of Radio 3) or offer in-depth discussion or drama and although some book readings, comedy and arts coverage still remains on the station this is the remit of Radio 4. Jeremy Vine's weekday lunchtime show covers current and consumer affairs informally, a style pioneered by Jimmy Young. Until Radio 5 Live, Radio 2's medium wave frequencies carried the BBC's sports coverage. Radio 5 Live was positioned on Radio 2's mediumwave frequencies.

Like all BBC radio stations broadcasting to UK audiences, Radio 2 is funded by the television licence fee, and does not broadcast commercials.

BBC Radio 2's last closedown was at 02:02 on 27 January 1979. Sarah Kennedy (who later became a daily early-morning presenter from 1993 until her departure in August 2010) was at the Newsdesk after Brian Matthew finished "Round Midnight". From 02:00 to 05:00 the following night, listeners heard "You and the Night and the Music". Radio 2 has the longest period of continuous broadcasting of any national radio station in the UK.

The BBC Pips are broadcast at 07:00 and 08:00 on weekdays, then at 17:00.

BBC Radio 2 moved its studios from Broadcasting House to the adjacent Western House in 2005.^[6] Although the majority of programming comes from London, some shows are broadcast from other cities around the UK, including Birmingham and Manchester. For many years, the network's overnight presenters, such as Janice Long and Alex Lester, were based in Birmingham, but made the move to London in April 2008.

In February 2007, Radio 2 recruited Jeff Smith, director of UK and International programming at Napster and a former head of music at Radio 1, as its new head of music. Smith joined the network on 26 March.^[7]

The licence fee funding of Radio 2, alongside Radio 1 is often criticised by the commercial sector. In the first quarter of 2011, Radio 2 was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers.^[8] His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre, was "to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings."^[8]

Presenters[link]

Stand-in presenters[link]

Additional staff[link]

Past presenters[link]

Controllers[link]

Controversy[link]

In April 1999, Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker was suspended from his drivetime show after allegations concerning a drug problem appeared in the Sunday tabloid, the News of the World. Walker had been the victim of a tabloid exposé over his cocaine problem.^[10] Bosses later reinstated him after he was fined £2,000 for possession of cocaine.

The presenter Sarah Kennedy has sometimes attracted controversy. In May 1999, she gave a bizarre performance while standing in for Terry Wogan, blaming the incident on a lack of sleep the previous night.^[11] Her slurred speech throughout her show on 13 August 2007 also made the headlines. She blamed a sore throat and later took a month-long break.^[12] It was later reported that Kennedy was recovering from pneumonia,^[13] and she returned to work on 10 September. In October 2007, she was reprimanded after joking that she had almost run over a black pedestrian because she couldn't see him in the dark. The BBC later apologised for the comment.^[14] She was also "spoken to" by BBC bosses after praising Enoch Powell during a show in July 2009, describing him as "the best prime minister this country never had".^[15]

On 16 October 2008, an episode of the Russell Brand Show, co-hosted by fellow Radio 2 presenter Jonathan Ross was recorded for transmission at a later date. The show included Brand and Ross leaving four prank messages on actor Andrew Sachs's answerphone including offensive remarks about his granddaughter and use of foul language. The programme was subsequently broadcast on Saturday 18 October, partially censored, having passed the various pre-transmission checks from the programme's editors. Initially, the programme only received a negligible number of complaints regarding Jonathan Ross' bad language; however, the incident was reported a week later by the Mail on Sunday and a public outcry soon ensued. The case was referred to both Ofcom and the BBC Trust, and in the interim, Ross and Brand were both suspended for 12 weeks from all BBC programmes pending investigation. Soon after these announcements, Russell Brand announced his resignation from the BBC shortly followed by the controller at the time, Lesley Douglas. Jonathan Ross was suspended from the BBC without pay for 12 weeks.^[16][17]

In July 2009, long time presenter Malcolm Laycock announced his resignation live on air following a long running dispute over the content of his show, Sunday Night at 10, and issues regarding his salary.^[18] He later criticised Radio 2 management for abandoning its older listeners and claimed to have been constructively dismissed by the station, although Radio 2 denied this was the case.^[19]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• BBC Radio 2 on Facebook
• Media UK's BBC Radio 2 site including scheduled programming
• Radio Rewind's Radio 2 history
• R2OK! the Radio 2 Preservation Society
• Radio 2 Timeline/History
• Listen BBC Radio Latest Bulletins Listen to Business Bulletin

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Luke Doucet
Luke Doucet performing at the 2007 NXNE festival
Background information
Born	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, folk rock, alternative country
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Six Shooter
Associated acts	Acoustically Inclined, Melissa McClelland, Veal, Whitehorse
Website	lukedoucet.com

Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal.

In 2006, Doucet was nominated for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category for his album, Broken (And Other Rogue States). Doucet has received plenty of critical acclaim; the Toronto Star referred to him as "the best young guitarist in the country".^[1]

Early life[link]

When Doucet was six years old he travelled the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia with his father, who had recently completed a train journey across Russia. When he was eleven years old, Luke Doucet travelled solo across Canada (from Winnipeg to Nova Scotia). Two years later he travelled from Winnipeg to Vancouver, once again, unaccompanied, on a Greyhound bus.^[2]

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but raised in Manitoba, Doucet grew up planning to become a lawyer before deciding to focus on guitar.^[3] Doucet got his first guitar when he was 13, and played in blues band with his dad two years later, at age fifteen.^[2] This was some of the first time he was able to spend with his father since his parents divorced when he was a child.^[4]

After playing in bands throughout high school, a nineteen-year-old Luke Doucet moved to Vancouver and joined Sarah McLachlan's band.^[2]

Career[link]

Veal[link]

Luke Doucet was the frontman for Vancouver surf rock band Veal. The band has been referred to as Vancouver's answer to the Flaming Lips.^[5] As well as Doucet, Veal consisted of bassist Nik Kozub and drummer Chang. Previous bassists in Veal include Howard Redekopp and Barry Mirochnick. Veal released three albums, Hot Loser in 1996, Tilt O'Whirl in 1999 and The Embattled Hearts in 2003. Doucet's first solo album, Aloha, Manitoba, consisted of songs that written for Veal that his band-mates felt were "too soft".^[5] The band is now defunct.

Solo career[link]

In 2001 Doucet released his first album, Aloha, Manitoba. A departure from his work with Veal, Aloha, Manitoba has a mellower, more folk-influenced sound. Aloha, Manitoba was the first official release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records, with a catalogue number of SIX01. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent solo and Veal albums with them.^[6] Bazil Donovan, Barry Mirochnick, Lloyd Peterson, Christine Fellows, Sky Onosson and Gilles Fournier performed on the record.^[7]

In 2004 Doucet released Outlaws: Live and Unreleased, a collection of mostly live songs and two unreleased studio recordings. Most of the album was recorded on February 10–11, 2004 at the Rivoli in Toronto.^[8]

In 2005 Doucet released his sophomore studio album, Broken (And Other Rogue States). A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship. Broken was nominated in 2006 for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category.

The Fokestar EP was released as a digital-only EP in 2006. It contains five songs, two of which are early versions of songs which would be rerecorded for Doucet's next album, Blood's Too Rich; "Long Haul Driver" and "Bombs Away".

In 2007 Doucet moved to Nashville for six months, where he wrote Blood's Too Rich.^[9] Despite of his excitement to live in such a musical city, Doucet found himself homesick and claims he "was longing to be back in Canada".^[10] Blood's Too Rich was released in Canada on January 8, 2008 on Six Shooter Records. Six Shooter Records released the album in the United States on June 24, 2008.

Blood's Too Rich is billed as being by Luke Doucet & The White Falcon, while Doucet's earlier albums were simply billed as being by Luke Doucet. Doucet wanted to express that the band had become a more important part of his creative process. He had worked with them closely enough and long enough that they were more than just hired musicians and played an important role in the creative process.^[11] The name The White Falcon refers to Doucet's reissue Gretsch White Falcon guitar.^[12]

In promotion of Blood's Too Rich, Doucet toured across Canada and the United States with Blue Rodeo, toured Europe twice with Oh Susanna and Melissa McClelland and toured across Canada supporting James Blunt.^[13] In February 2009, Doucet headlined a Canadian tour with opener Amelia Curran.

Blood's Too Rich was listed on "best of 2008" lists, including a mention from the Independent (UK),^[14] a spot on Nick Hornby's 2008 top 10 favourite songs (for Cleveland)^[15] as well as another nod from Hornby earlier in the year when he said:

Doucet’s album “Blood’s Too Rich” sounds to me as if it comes straight out of 1977 — not the Ramones/Talking Heads/ Clash take on that year, but the Graham Parker/Dire Straits/Tom Petty version of it. Somehow, punk managed to reinvent rock music too, made it sound fresher and less pompous. Doucet is a terrific guitarist, as fluid and as melodic as Mark Knopfler back in the day; but he’s a proper songwriter, too. “The Comandante” has even been accepted as a substitute for Queen, on a good day, and now we’re approaching the awards season it must stand every chance of picking up the coveted Non-Glads Song of the Summer prize.

— Nick Hornby

^[16]

Doucet also got the number one spot on a Toronto Star list of "unforgettable recordings, performances, and moments in 2008"^[17] and Blood's Too Rich won the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Award for "Contemporary Album of the Year"^[18]

Production work[link]

Doucet has produced all of his solo records and has worked with several other artists as a producer. His production credits include Melissa McClelland's albums Stranded in Suburbia (2004), Thumbelina's One Night Stand (2006) and Victoria Day (2009) ; three albums by NQ Arbuckle, including Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata (2002), The Last Supper in a Cheap Town (2005), and X O K (2008); Hoserista (2000) by Captain Tractor; T. Greer's self-titled album, Rose Cousins' 2009 album The Send Off and Tanya Coghlin's Astral Is Annie.^[19] Doucet also co-produced the first two albums by his band Veal, Hot Loser (1996) and Tilt O'Whirl (1999).

Session and touring work for other artists[link]

Doucet has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Oh Susanna, Veda Hille, Melissa McClelland, Delerium, John Bottomley, Maren Ord, Captain Tractor, Mae Moore and Major Maker.

Personal life[link]

Luke Doucet married Melissa McClelland on June 24, 2006. The couple announced their marriage on the CBC program Sounds Like Canada on June 23.

Doucet has one daughter, named Chloe, who was born when he was 23 years old (in 1996).^[2] She sings on two songs on his album, Blood's Too Rich^[20] and has joined him on stage for covers of Tom Waits' "Gun Street Girl" and Dolly Parton's "Jolene".

Discography[link]

Veal[link]

• Hot Loser (Divine Industries, 1996)
• Tilt O'Whirl (Released on Square Dog Records, 1999 and re-released by Six Shooter Records, 2000)
• The Embattled Hearts (Six Shooter Records, 2003)

Solo albums[link]

• Aloha, Manitoba (Six Shooter Records, 2001)
• Outlaws (Live & Unreleased) (Six Shooter Records, 2004)
• Broken (And Other Rogue States) (Six Shooter Records, 2005)
• Fokestar (EP) (Six Shooter Records, 2006)
• Blood’s Too Rich (Six Shooter Records, 2008)
• Steel City Trawler (Six Shooter Records, 2010)

Whitehorse[link]

• Whitehorse (Six Shooter Records, 2011)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Luke Doucet on Myspace
• Luke Doucet at the Internet Movie Database
• Six Shooter Records

Tom Felton
Felton in November 2010
Born	Thomas Andrew Felton (1987-09-22) 22 September 1987 (age 24) Epsom, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	1997–present
Website
tomfelton.com

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton^[1] (born 22 September 1987)^[2] is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the movie adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by author J. K. Rowling, for which he auditioned at age twelve.

Felton started filming in commercials when he was eight years old and in films at the age of ten, appearing in The Borrowers and Anna and the King.^[3] After being cast as Draco Malfoy he has subsequently appeared in all eight Harry Potter films, from 2001 to 2011.^[4][5] Felton's portrayal of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 won him the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2010 and 2011.^[6]

In his first post-Harry Potter film, Felton appeared in the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series.^[7]

Early life[link]

Felton was born in Epsom, Surrey, as the son of Sharon and Peter Felton. He is the youngest of four brothers, and lives in Surrey with his dog Timber. He was a member of four different choirs throughout his childhood, starting with his church choir at age seven. Felton was educated at West Horsley's Cranmore School, until the age of thirteen.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Felton began acting in commercials for companies such as Commercial Union^[8] and Barclaycard.^[2] In 1995, he performed the voice of James in the television series Bugs and landed his first feature film role in 1997 when he played the part of Peagreen Clock in Peter Hewitt's film The Borrowers.^[3][9] Felton played witness Thomas Ingham opposite Clive Owen in Second Sight in 1999.^[3][10] Felton's role of Louis T. Leonowens in the film Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster, was also filmed in 1999 in Malaysia.^[2] Felton made an appearance in the episode "Hide and Seek" of Second Sight 2 followed in 2000.^[11] The Guildford Cathedral Choir also offered him a position.^[12]

2000–present[link]

By autumn in 2001, he had become known internationally for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy, the bully, enemy, and foil of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. As of 2011, Felton has appeared in all of the Harry Potter films. Before landing the part of Malfoy, Felton had auditioned to play Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.^[13] Of the four young actors who succeeded in getting the main roles, Felton had the most extensive film experience.^[14] Thereafter Felton's schedule began to fill with the work of filming the first four movies, premieres, and contributing to articles and interviews. He also received the Disney Channel's Kids Awards for Best DVD Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on 22 September 2003.^[15] Felton started his Official Tom Felton Fan Club in 2004 and took part in autograph signing events.^[16][17] His fan club was reported to have attracted so many fans that Felton had to put a temporary stop to people signing up to his fan club.^[18] The autographing session in Germany drew people from Chile and one fan in Cologne summarised: "Tom is a real nice, professional young man, always happy, smiling, laughing, full of power — a real gentleman."^[19] When the fan asked Felton what kids should do if someone like his character is bullying them, he said: "Tell someone. You don't want to keep it to yourself."^[13]

After filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Felton made a guest appearance on Home Farm Twins in 2005, where he played Adam Baker in the short-lived series.^[20] He attended Collectormania on 30 April 2005^[21][22] and London's world premiere for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.^[23] On 11 November 2005, he and Rupert Grint presented Liz Carnell with the Daily Mirror's Pride of Britain Award for all of her work to raise awareness of the dangers of bullying.^[24][25] Felton worked on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix throughout 2006. Now having read more of the Harry Potter books, Felton reflects: "I have had input into Draco. If they give me a line and I don't think it is something he would say, I suggest changing it. They do listen to you and you do feel a part of it."^[14]

Felton at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

In July 2007, Felton visited Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado in a pre-screening charitable event of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.^[26] He was also present at Leicester Square for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on 3 July 2007.^[27][28]

Felton also appeared in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film of the series.^[29] When asked whether he was looking forward to playing a good guy in the future he answered: "No. Well, I don't know. I suppose for now I'm happy with sticking to what he is. But after the Potter legacy is over I look forward to playing a good guy or someone different anyway, someone not so spiteful."^[30] Felton also played the character Simon in the 2009 horror/thriller movie The Disappeared.^[31]

Felton posted three music videos on YouTube under an account called "Feltbeats", in which he performs fragments of original songs. Nine songs have been re-recorded and are now available on iTunes: "Time Well Spent," "Time Isn't Healing", "One of These Days", "Under Stars," "Right Place, Right Time," "In My Arms," "All I Need," and "I'll Be There" join the instrumental "Silhouettes in Sunsets." He also recorded an album available on iTunes and Amazon.com named In Good Hands. It includes the six songs "If You Could Be Anywhere", "We Belong", "When Angels Come", "Convinced", "Father of Mine", and "If Thats Alright With You".

In 2010, Felton released his original song "Hawaii" exclusively on www.sixstringproductions.com/store.aspx^[32] – an independent record label run by Felton, David Proffitt and Philip Haydn-Slater promoting creative independence and ownership of artists’ material and musical talent.

In November 2010 the movie White Other, which Tom played the main character, Ray Marsden, was released. Tom's character Ray is a troubled youth in the "ends" of England and Imelda Staunton, who played Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, also makes an appearance as one of the other main roles in the movie.^[33]

Felton had a cameo role in Get Him to the Greek, released on 4 June 2010.^[34] In February 2010, he was cast in the thriller film The Apparition.^[35] Felton portrays the human character Dodge Landon in the 2011 science-fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes.^[7]

On 18 March 2011, Felton appeared in a comedy sketch on Red Nose Day 2011 alongside James Corden, Rupert Grint, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Gordon Brown MP, Professor Robert Winston and Keira Knightley.^[36]

In August 2011 Tom did a photo shoot with his friend and Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint in Los Angeles for the fall/winter collection of the fashion label Band of Outsiders.^[37]

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In 2003, Felton and his brother Chris worked with Joe Babbitt, the St. Lawrence County Angler's Association, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 6, the Chamber of Commerce, and a diverse group of other organisations to form the World Junior Carp Tournament,^[30][38] which involves competitive fishing for ages eleven to eighteen in a family-friendly environment.^[39]

Felton's favourite hobby was fishing and he once said that he planned to pursue some qualification in fishery management at Sparsholt College in Winchester, where his brother had gone years before. Felton now intends to pursue his acting career.^[30][40] Apart from fishing, Felton also enjoys other sports, such as cricket, basketball, football, roller skating, golf, horse riding and tennis.^[20] He said during an interview, "I am generally more and more in my comfort zone in the wild. The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside."^[30] His ideal place for a holiday is the United States.^[40] More specifically, in an interview, he said he liked to go to the St. Lawrence River in New York.^[30] His favourite villain in movies is Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,^[40] who stars in the Harry Potter film series as Severus Snape. He said during an interview that his favourite characters in Harry Potter are Gilderoy Lockhart^[13] and Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father.^[30] Felton said that if he could play another character in the film, he would play Lucius Malfoy, or even Voldemort. When asked which house in Hogwarts he would like to stay in, Felton said it would definitely be Slytherin.^[41]

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• List of Harry Potter films cast members

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tom Felton

Official Sites

• Official website
• Six String Productions
• Tom Felton at the Internet Movie Database
• Tom Felton's channel on YouTube

Fan Sites

• Tom Felton EU
• Feltbeats

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