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Australia
Australia (
/əˈstreɪljə/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent as well as the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups. After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
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Bath, Somerset
Coordinates: 51°23′N 2°22′W / 51.38°N 2.36°W / 51.38; -2.36
Bath ( /ˈbɑːθ/ or /ˈbæθ/) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in the south west of England. It is situated 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol. The population of the city is 83,992. It was granted city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, and was made a county borough in 1889 which gave it administrative independence from its county, Somerset. The city became part of Avon when that county was created in 1974. Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES).
The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") by the Romans in AD 43, although verbal tradition suggests that Bath was known before then. They built baths and a temple on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot springs.Edgar was crowned king of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Much later, it became popular as a spa town during the Georgian era, which led to a major expansion that left a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.
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Birmingham
Birmingham (
i/ˈbɜrmɪŋəm/ BUR-ming-əm, locally /ˈbɜrmɪŋɡəm/ BUR-ming-gəm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 (2010 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
A medium-sized market town during the medieval period, Birmingham grew to international prominence in the 18th century at the heart of the Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw the town at the forefront of worldwide developments in science, technology and economic organisation, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world". Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly-skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided a diverse and resilient economic base for industrial prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. Its resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of broad-based political radicalism, that under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy.
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Bristol
Bristoli/ˈbrɪstəl/ is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007. It is England's sixth and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, one of the group of English Core Cities and the most populous city in South West England.
Historically within Gloucestershire, the city received a Royal Charter in 1155 and was granted County status in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked amongst the top three English cities after London, alongside York and Norwich, on the basis of tax receipts, until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester during the Industrial Revolution in the latter part of the 18th century. It borders the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire, and is also located near the historic cities of Bath to the south east and Gloucester to the north. The city is built around the River Avon, and it also has a short coastline on the Severn Estuary, which flows into the Bristol Channel.
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Cape Town
Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The city is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is also Africa's most popular tourist destination.
Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town was originally developed by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in South Africa.
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Dublin
Dublin ( /ˈdʌblɨn/; locally /ˈdʊbᵊlən/; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath, meaning "town of the hurdled ford", pronounced [blʲaˈklʲiə] or Áth Cliath, [aː klʲiə], occasionally Duibhlinn) is the capital and most populous city of Ireland. The English name for the city is derived from the Irish name Dubhlinn, meaning "black pool". Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and the centre of the Dublin Region.
Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century; it was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire and the fifth largest in Europe. Dublin entered a period of stagnation following the Act of Union of 1800, but it remained the economic centre for most of the island. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, the new parliament, the Oireachtas, was located in Leinster House. Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (i/ˈɛdɪnbʌrə/ ED-in-burr-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and the seat of the Scottish Parliament. It is the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30 square miles (78 km2) rural area. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea.
The city was one of the historical major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, helping to earn it the nickname Athens of the North. The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 in recognition of the unique character of the Medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town. It covers both the Old and New Towns together with the Dean Village and the Calton Hill areas. There are over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. In May 2010, it had a total of 40 conservation areas covering 23% of the building stock and 23% of the population, the highest such ratios of any major city in the UK. In the 2011 mid-year population estimates, Edinburgh had a total resident population of 495,360.
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Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.
The festival organiser Michael Eavis, a farmer in a Somerset valley stated that he decided to host the first festival, then called Pilton Festival, after seeing an open air Led Zeppelin concert at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970. Fourteen people, including John Hoare, invested everything they had to build the stage.
The first festivals in the 1970s were influenced by hippie ethics and the free festival movement. The festival retains vestiges of this tradition such as the Green Fields area which includes the Green Futures and Healing Field. After the 1970s the festival took place almost every year and grew in size, with the number of attendees sometimes being swollen by gate-crashers.
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Hammersmith
Coordinates: 51°29′34″N 0°13′22″W / 51.4928°N 0.2229°W / 51.4928; -0.2229
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles (eight kilometres) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. One of west London's key transport hubs and commercial and employment centres, and home to several multinational company offices, it is focused on the two London Underground stations, bus station and road network node at Hammersmith Broadway.
It is bordered by Shepherds Bush to the north, Kensington to the east, Fulham to the south and Chiswick to the west, and is linked by Hammersmith Bridge to Barnes in the southwest.
It has for some decades been the main centre of London's Polish minority.
See also: List of districts in Hammersmith and Fulham
Acton, Barnes, Chiswick, Fulham, Shepherds Bush, Kensington, West Kensington
House construction and industrial development flourished.[when?] Major industrial sites included the Osram lamp factory at Brook Green, the J. Lyons factory (which at one time employed 30,000 people) and the largest municipal power station in Britain, built near the gasworks in Sands End.
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Indonesia (i/ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ IN-də-NEE-zhə or /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ IN-doh-NEE-zee-ə), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia Indonesian pronunciation: [rɛpʊblɪk ɪndɔnɛsɪa]), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies. The Indonesian economy is the world's 17th largest economy by nominal GDP.
The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Muslim traders brought Islam, and European powers brought Christianity and fought one another to monopolize trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery. Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process, and periods of rapid economic change.
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Keynsham
Coordinates: 51°24′49″N 2°29′48″W / 51.4135°N 2.4968°W / 51.4135; -2.4968
Keynsham ( /ˈkeɪnʃəm/) is a town and civil parish between Bristol and Bath in Somerset, south-west England. It has a population of 15,533. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Cainesham, which is believed to mean the home of Saint Keyne.
The site of the town has been occupied since prehistoric times and is scattered with Roman remains. It became a medieval market town, after Keynsham Abbey was founded around 1170. It is situated at the junction of confluence of the River Chew and River Avon and was subject to serious flooding before the creation of Chew Valley Lake and river level controls at Keynsham Lock. The Great Flood of 1968 inundated large parts of the town. It was home to the Cadbury's chocolate factory, Somerdale, which opened in 1935 as a major employer in the town.
It is home to Memorial Park, which is used for the annual town festival and several nature reserves. The town is served by Keynsham railway station on the London-Bristol and Bristol-Southampton trunk routes and is close to the A4 road which bypassed the town in 1964. There is also a range of schools, religious sporting and cultural clubs and venues.
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Knebworth
Coordinates: 51°51′58″N 0°11′02″W / 51.866°N 0.184°W / 51.866; -0.184
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the small village of Old Knebworth and Knebworth House.
There is evidence of people living in the area as far back as Neolithic times and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is referred to as Chenepeworde (the farm belonging to the Dane, Cnebba) with a population of 150. The original village, now known as Old Knebworth, developed around Knebworth House. Development of the newer Knebworth village started in the late 19th century centred a mile to the east of Old Knebworth on the new railway station and the Great North Road (subsequently the A1, and now the B197 since the opening of the A1(M) motorway in 1962).
Knebworth has, since 1974, been famously associated with numerous major open air rock and pop concerts at Knebworth House.
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Manchester
Coordinates: 53°28′N 2°14′W / 53.467°N 2.233°W / 53.467; -2.233
Manchesteri/ˈmæntʃɛstər/ is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England with an estimated population of 498,800 in 2010. Manchester lies within one of the United Kingdom's largest urban areas; the Greater Manchester Urban Area which has a population of 2.2 million. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian and the local authority is Manchester City Council.
Manchester is situated in the south-central part of North West England, fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south and the Pennines to the north and east. The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium, which was established in c. 79 AD on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically, most of the city was a part of Lancashire, although areas south of the River Mersey were in Cheshire. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but it began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city. An early 19th-century factory building boom transformed Manchester from a township into a major mill town and borough that was granted city status in 1853. In 1894 the Manchester Ship Canal was built, creating the Port of Manchester.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses ‒ that of the North and South Islands ‒ as well as numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans.
During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of both animal and plant life. Most notable are the large number of unique bird species, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and introduced mammals. With a mild maritime climate, the land was mostly covered in forest. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions caused by the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates clashing beneath the earth's surface.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, United Kingdom that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances. The QEH forms part of Southbank Centre arts complex and stands alongside the Royal Festival Hall, which was built for the Festival of Britain of 1951, and the Hayward Gallery. It stands on the former site of a Shot Tower, built as part of a lead works in 1826 and retained for the Festival of Britain.
The QEH has over 900 seats and the Purcell Room in the same building has 360 seats. These two auditoriums were built together by Higgs and Hill and opened in March 1967. They were designed as additions to the Southbank Centre arts complex, with The Hayward (opened in October 1968), by Hubert Bennett, head of the architects department of the Greater London Council, with Jack Whittle, F.G West and Geoffrey Horsefall.
The sculpture Zerman in stainless steel (by William Pye, 1972) stands on the riverside terrace of the QEH.
The QEH is in an example of brutalist architecture. The design was intended to show to a high degree the separate masses and elements of the building, in order to avoid competing with the scale and presence of the Royal Festival Hall. The QEH uses minimal decoration and was designed to allow circulation at multiple levels around the building. The focus is primarily on the internal spaces, which have very limited fenestration except for the (deeply inset) sweep along the river frontage of the foyer building.
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Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset (i/ˈsʌmərsɛt/ or /ˈsʌmərsɨt/) in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the River Severn. Its traditional northern border is the River Avon, but the administrative boundary has crept southwards with the creation and expansion of the City of Bristol, and latterly the county of Avon and its successor unitary authorities to the north. Somerset's county town, Taunton, is in the south.
Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Palaeolithic times, and of subsequent settlement in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion.
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Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings (the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Hayward Gallery), and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually. Nearly a thousand paid performances of music, dance and literature are staged at Southbank Centre each year, as well as over 300 free foyer events and an education programme, in and around the performing arts venues. In addition, three to six major art exhibitions are presented at Hayward Gallery yearly, and National Touring Exhibitions reach over 100 venues across the UK.
Nearby, although not part of Southbank Centre, are the National Theatre and BFI Southbank. This is one of the most popular public spaces in London, part of a pedestrian-friendly stretch of the river extending eastwards from Westminster Bridge, past The London Eye, Southbank Centre, Tate Modern and the new Shakespeare's Globe to the east. :D
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Swansea
Swansea ( /ˈswɒnzi/ SWONZ-ee; Welsh: Abertawe [abɛrˈtauɛ], "mouth of the Tawe") is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands. Swansea had a population of 169,880 in 2001 and is the second most populous city in Wales after Cardiff and the third most populous county in Wales after Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf. During its 19th century industrial heyday, Swansea was one of the key centres of the world copper industry, earning the nickname 'Copperopolis'.
Archaeological finds are mostly confined to the Gower Peninsula, and include items from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. The Romans reached the area, as did the Vikings.
Swansea is thought to have originally developed as a Viking trading post. Some think that its name is derived from Sveinn's island (Old Norse: Sveinsey) – the reference to an island may refer to a bank at the mouth of the river Tawe, or perhaps an area of raised ground in marshes. An alternative explanation is that the name derives from the Norse name 'Sweyn' and 'ey', which can mean inlet. The name is pronounced Swans-y /ˈswɒnzi/), not Swan-sea. The Welsh name first appears in Welsh poems at the beginning of the 13th century, as "Aber Tawy".
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The O2 (Dublin)
The O2 (stylised as The O2) is a 14,000-seat amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland, which opened on 16 December 2008. The venue is jointly owned by Live Nation and Harry Crosbie (Amphitheatre Ireland Limited) with Live Nation in charge of programme booking and operating the venue. Amphitheatre Ireland Limited have owned and operated the venue led by Mike Adamson (Live Nation) CEO of Amphitheatre Ireland Limited since 1989. The venue has played host to many world renowned performers. Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance first premiered at the O2 in 1996 and did a comeback in November 2010 during the European tour.
In 2011, The O2 was the second busiest concert venue in the world, in terms of ticket sales, only behind its counterpart in London. In 2012 in was named as the fifth busiest arena in the world with ticket sales of 670,000 putting in behind London's O2 Arena, The Manchester Arena, Antwerp's Sportpaleis and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena.
The O2 was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller music venue which operated from 1988–2007, retaining only some of the outer facade. Following its closure, the site underwent major redevelopment and was renamed after the telecommunication brand, O2, similar to The O2 in London. O2 paid €25 million (not verified) and, as part of the deal, 10-15 per cent of concert tickets will be made available to their 1.6 million Irish subscribers up to 48 hours in advance of going on general sale and O2 customers will also get fast-track access to the venue on the night of gigs and have exclusive use of two of the 14 bars on site. The mobile phone company also plans to make music content from Live Nation events around the world available to its subscribers.
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University of London
The University of London is a federal university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes. As such, the University of London is the largest university in the UK by number of full-time students, with 135,090 campus-based students and over 50,000 in the University of London International Programmes.
The university was first established by a Royal Charter in 1836, which brought together in federation London University (now University College London) and King's College (now King's College London), to establish today's federally structured University of London.
Graduates of the University of London often use the post-nominal letters 'Lond.' or, more rarely, 'Londin.' (both from Londiniensis) after their degree abbreviations (see post-nominal abbreviations).
Founded in 1836, the University at first comprised just two colleges: University College London, which previously had no official chartered status and did not apply religious tests to its students, and King's College, which had been chartered since 1829 and which admitted only members of the Church of England. Both King's (founded 1829) and University College London (founded 1826) pre-date the University of London, which initially served solely as an examining body for the constituent colleges.
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USA
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Watford
Watfordi/ˈwɒtfərd/ is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.
Watford was created as an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, and became a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922. The borough had 79,726 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 Census. The most recent official estimates put the population of Watford at 79,600 at mid-2006.
The nearby areas of Croxley Green, Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley, Carpenders Park and South Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts, also form part of the Watford postcode area. The Watford subdivision of the Greater London Urban Area, which includes much of the neighbouring districts, had a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census.
Watford stands on a low hill near the point at which the River Colne was forded by travellers between London and the Midlands. This route, originally a pre-Roman trackway, departed from the ancient Roman Watling Street at Stanmore, heading for the Gade valley and thence up the Bulbourne valley to a low and easily traversed section of the Chiltern Hills near Tring. The modern High Street follows the route of this road.
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Wellington
Wellington ( /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. It is home to 393,400 residents.
The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island, and is the seat of the Wellington Region – which in addition to the urban area covers the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa. The urban area includes four cities: Wellington, on the peninsula between Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour, contains the central business district and about half of Wellington's population; Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities; Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast, together known as the Hutt Valley. Wellington also holds the distinction of being the world's southernmost capital city.
In 2008, Wellington was classified as a Gamma World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory by Loughborough University. The 2010 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Wellington 12th in the world. In 2011 Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 named Wellington as fourth in its Top 10 Cities to Visit in 2011, referring to the New Zealand capital as the "coolest little capital in the world".
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West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London.
Total attendances first surpassed 12 million in 2002 and 13 million in 2007, setting a new record for the West End. Since the late 1990s there has been an increase in the number of famous screen actors on the London stage.
The Theatre in London flourished after the English Reformation. The first permanent public playhouse, known simply as The Theatre, was constructed in 1576 in Shoreditch by James Burbage. It was soon joined by The Curtain. Both are known to have been used by William Shakespeare's company. In 1599, the timber from The Theatre was moved to Southwark, where it was used in building the Globe Theatre in a new theatre district formed, beyond the controls of the City corporation. These theatres were closed in 1642 during the interregnum.
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Alan Davies
Alan Roger Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian, writer and actor best known for starring in the TV mystery series Jonathan Creek and as the permanent panellist on the TV panel show QI. He also appeared in the teen comedy film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
Davies was born in Loughton, Essex. His childhood years were spent in Chingford. Davies' mother died when he was six; he was subsequently raised along with an older brother and younger sister by his father, an accountant.[citation needed]
Davies attended Staples Road School in Loughton and was privately educated at the independent Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, where he gained eight O-Levels. He then moved on to Loughton College of Further Education where he gained four more O-Levels and two A-Levels (Communications & Theatre Studies). He graduated in Drama from the University of Kent in 1988 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the university in 2003.
Davies began performing stand-up comedy in 1988 at the Whitstable Labour Club. In 1991, he was named Time Out's Best Young Comic. He continued touring and performing in the UK and Australia, winning the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award for Comedy in 1994. That show was released on video and audio cassette in 1995 as Alan Davies Live at the Lyric recorded at the Lyric Theatre as part of the Perrier Pick of the Fringe season in October 1994.
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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie ( /dʒoʊˈliː/ joh-LEE, born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Special Envoy and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as the world's "most beautiful" woman, a title for which she has received substantial media attention.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in Lookin' to Get Out (1982), but her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in the cyber-thriller Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).
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Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley (born Anne Jennifer Beckingham, 7 May 1956, Chatham, Kent) is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film composer. In 1998, she won an Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for The Full Monty.
Trained as a classical performer, Dudley then moved to the competitive commercial field as a session musician, where her professional relationship with Trevor Horn began. In 1982 Dudley made significant contributions to the Horn produced The Lexicon of Love album by ABC. She went from fleshing-out keyboard parts to scoring the album's orchestrations (her first ever string arrangements according to Horn) and also co-writing some of the songs. Her association with Horn, led on to working with groups such as Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Seal, Marc Almond, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams and more recently with Siphiwo. She has co-written songs with Malcolm McLaren "Buffalo Gals", Cathy Dennis "Too Many Walls", and a 1930's inspired song with Sting called "This Was Never Meant To Be".
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Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1964) is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. However, at about the age of 15 years, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
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Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) – known as Billy Bragg – is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. His music career has lasted more than 30 years.
Bragg was born in 1957 in Barking, Essex, the son of Dennis Frederick Austin Bragg, an assistant sales manager to a Barking cap and hat maker, and his wife, Marie Victoria D'Urso. Bragg was educated at Barking Abbey Secondary School in Barking.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking. Bragg became disillusioned with his music career, and in May 1981 joined the British Army as a recruit destined for the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars of the Royal Armoured Corps. After three months, he bought his way out of the army for £175 and returned home, having attended basic training but having never served in a regiment as a soldier.
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Bobby Davro
Bobby Davro (born Robert Christopher Nankeville on 13 September 1958) is a British actor and comedian. He is mainly known for his work as an impressionist. He made his TV debut in 1981, but it wasn't until 1983 that he made his television breakthrough at Live from Her Majesty's followed by appearances on the television show, Who Do You Do?.
Davro appeared on a variety of television shows, mostly with ITV, throughout the 80s and 90s. Davro's popularity was at its highest during the mid 80s with his own Saturday night ITV shows; Bobby Davro on the Box and Bobby Davro's TV Annual. He also made appearances on the popular comedy impressions sketch show Copy Cats. Davro went on to make two more shows with ITV; Davro's Sketch Pad and Davro in 1990, but by this time, the comedian's brand of humour was proving to be less popular with audiences as ratings for his shows declined.
The 90s saw Davro switching channels to the BBC, appearing on TV shows such as Public Enemy Number One and the talent show The Heat Is On.
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Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins on 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer. She is most notable for having several hits in the 1970s and 80s, including "Lost in France", "It's a Heartache", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out For A Hero" as well as her European 2004 hit "Si demain... (Turn Around)".
With a distinctively husky voice due to damaged vocal cords, Tyler is a three-time Grammy Award nominee and three-time Brit Award nominee, and three-time Goldene Europa award winner. Tyler was also the first Welsh female artist to reach the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 music charts.
Tyler was born in Skewen, Neath, Wales to a family that included three sisters and two brothers. Her father, Glyn Hopkins, worked in a coal mine and her mother, Elsie Hopkins, (an opera lover) shared her love for music with her children, and was known to have been part of the local church choir. Tyler grew up listening to Motown music and female artists like Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. She concluded her education in the sixties and began working in the local grocery shop, then as a supermarket cashier.
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, which became the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s, and became the 'best-selling teen aged artist of all time' before she turned 20, garnering her the honorific title of "Princess of Pop".
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Dandelion Mind
Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1964) is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. However, at about the age of 15 years, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
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Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary (born Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr.) (born 24 May 1973) is a television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2. He is also notable for being the last person to introduce Michael Jackson in public before his death.
O'Leary was born in Colchester, Essex, England to Wexford-born Irish parents Sean and Marie,He is "extremely proud" of his Irish roots and he carries an Irish passport. He attended primary school in Marks Tey and later St Benedict's Catholic College in Colchester, graduating with two General Certificates of Secondary Education, and Colchester Sixth Form College.
O'Leary studied at Middlesex University, achieving a degree in Media and Television with Politics. He achieved a 2:2.[citation needed] Whilst at Middlesex University he developed an interest in comedy and was involved in various gigs in the students' union. He was also a member of the university's chess society.
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Des O'Connor
Des O'Connor, CBE (born Desmond Bernard O'Connor on 12 January 1932) is an English comedian and singer. A former talkshow host, he was the presenter of the long-running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown for two years. He has also recorded thirty-six albums and has had four top-ten singles, including a number one hit with I Pretend.
O'Connor was born on 12 January 1932 in Stepney, East London to Maude (née Bassett) and Harry O'Connor. O'Connor has a sister, Patricia, who is one year his junior. He wrote in his autobiography, Bananas Can't Fly!, that he is probably the only O'Connor ever to have had a Bar Mitzvah. He was evacuated to Northampton during World War II and was briefly a professional footballer with Northampton Town. After completing his National Service in the Royal Air Force, he worked as a shoe salesman before entering show business. Before his break in television, his first theatre appearances were in variety, where he appeared in venues throughout the country.
On stage he has starred at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, the Sydney Opera House, The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto and has made over 1,000 solo appearances at the London Palladium.[citation needed]
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Dominic Holland
Dominic Holland (born 1967) is an English comedian, and author. He also performs at corporate functions. He won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in Edinburgh in 1993.
Holland has appeared on television shows such as Have I Got News For You and Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive. He appears as a regular panellist on the daytime debate show The Wright Stuff.
The Small World of Dominic Holland is a radio programme written and presented by Dominic Holland. While it revolves around his stand-up, it also includes sketches. One series of the show was commissioned in 2000. This was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has been repeated on BBC 7.
His second radio series on R4 was called Holland's Shorts - a series of comic monolgues written and performed by Holland.
His most recent appearance on BBC R4 was in Feb 2011 on the News Quiz, hosted by Sandi Toksvig
Holland attended secondary school at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Kensington and met his wife, Nikki, at Leeds University. They have four children.
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Donna McPhail
Donna McPhail is a British journalist, and was formerly a television presenter and stand-up comedian.
McPhail is from London and was noted for her stand-up comedy in the 1990s, most prominently in her nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award in 1993.
McPhail is also well-known for being the host of BBC Two's The Sunday Show (1995–1996), which was a lively studio-based comedy programme which also starred Katie Puckrik, Paul Kaye (in his Dennis Pennis persona) and Paul Tonkinson.
McPhail, who is regarded as an outspoken "laddette" lesbian, now writes a monthly column for Diva, the UK's bestselling magazine for lesbians.
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Edgar Wright
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English film and television director and writer. He is most famous for his work with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the TV series Spaced, and for directing the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and co-writing Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat.
Wright was born in Poole, Dorset, but grew up predominantly in Wells, Somerset, after his family moved there during his childhood. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wright directed many short films, first on a Super-8 camera which was a gift from a family member and later on a Video-8 camcorder won in a competition on the television programme Going Live. These films were mostly comedic pastiches of popular genres, such as the super hero-inspired Carbolic Soap and Dirty Harry tribute Dead Right (the latter of which was eventually featured on the DVD release of Hot Fuzz).
After graduating from Bournemouth Arts College he made a spoof western, A Fistful of Fingers, which was picked up for a limited theatrical release and broadcast on the British satellite TV channel Sky Movies. Despite Wright's dissatisfaction with the finished product, it caught the attention of comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who subsequently chose him as the director of their Paramount Comedy channel productions Mash and Peas and Sir Bernard's Stately Homes. During this time he also worked on BBC programmes such as Is It Bill Bailey? and Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round. In an interview with journalist and author Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life, Wright cites his edgy and comedic style in his love for An American Werewolf in London:
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Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen (born 13 March 1965) is an English comedian and actress.
Allen has appeared in many sketch shows, including Smack the Pony, Goodness Gracious Me and The All Star Comedy Show. She has also appeared in many television dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe and Coronation Street, as well as the sitcom Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse. Subsequently she appeared as Sandra, in the film version of the Viz comic strip The Fat Slags, and as a panelist on one episode of Mock the Week.
Allen appeared in the first episode of the second series of the E4 teenage drama Skins, playing Maxxie's mum Jackie Oliver. Jackie is married to Walter who is played by Bill Bailey. She also appears in BBC drama Waterloo Road as Georgia Stevenson, playing the former lover of Tom Clarkson.
Allen's grandfather was Harry Allen, the last British hangman. Allen is married to the son of TV chat show host Michael Parkinson, also named Michael. Together they have two daughters, Honey and Sofia, and a son, Felix.
In the late 1980s she worked on the reception at the Manchester nightclub The Haçienda, ran The Area (Factory Records' shop) at Afflecks Palace and makes a brief appearance playing herself in the film 24 Hour Party People.
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Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the British sitcom Rising Damp, and as Madame Olympe Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
De la Tour was born in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, to Moyra (née Fessas) and Charles de la Tour. She was educated at London's Lycée Français and the Drama Centre London
She is the sister of actor and screenwriter Andy de la Tour, and was briefly married to playwright Tom Kempinski. She has a son and a daughter.
On leaving drama school she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1965 where she studied with Michel Saint-Denis. Over the next six years, she played many small roles with the RSC in a variety of plays, gradually building up to larger parts such as Hoyden in The Relapse and culminating in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in which she played Helena as a comic "tour de force". In the 1970s, she worked steadily both on the stage and on television. Some of her notable appearances were Rosalind in As You Like It at the Playhouse, Oxford in 1975, Isabella in The White Devil at the Old Vic in 1976. She enjoyed a collaboration with Stepney's Half Moon Theatre, appearing in the London première of Dario Fo's We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay (1978), Eleanor Marx's Landscape of Exile (1979), and in the title role of Hamlet (1980).
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer ( /ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, he is best known today for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London sometime around 1343, though the precise date and location of his birth remain unknown. His father and grandfather were both London vintners; several previous generations had been merchants in Ipswich. (His family name derives from the French chausseur, meaning "shoemaker".) In 1324 John Chaucer, Geoffrey's father, was kidnapped by an aunt in the hope of marrying the twelve-year-old boy to her daughter in an attempt to keep property in Ipswich. The aunt was imprisoned and the £250 fine levied suggests that the family was financially secure—bourgeois, if not elite. John Chaucer married Agnes Copton, who, in 1349, inherited properties including 24 shops in London from her uncle, Hamo de Copton, who is described in a will dated April 3, 1354 and listed in the City Hustings Roll as "moneyer"; he was said to be moneyer at the Tower of London. In the City Hustings Roll 110, 5, Ric II, dated June 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer refers to himself as me Galfridum Chaucer, filium Johannis Chaucer, Vinetarii, Londonie' .
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Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted to film. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1970), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works.
Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing National Service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Antonia Fraser in 1980.
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Jack Dee
James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee (born 24 September 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sarcastic, witty, and deadpan humour. He won Celebrity Big Brother 2001.
Dee was the youngest of three children born to Rosemary A. (née Stamper) and Geoffrey T. Dee, after Joanna Innes Dee & David Simon Innes Dee. Jack Dee was born in Bromley, Kent and grew up in nearby Petts Wood before moving with his family to Winchester when he was young. His father, Geoffrey, was a printer and his mother, Rosemary, was the daughter of two unsuccessful repertory actors, Henry Lionel Pope "Lionel" Stamper (1906–1985) & Edna May Howard Innes (1904–1969) (and the great-niece of Charles William Stamper, motor engineer to King Edward VII).
Dee was educated at both independent and state schools. His first school was The Pilgrims' School, a junior independent school in Winchester, followed by the state Montgomery of Alamein School for his secondary education, for some time he attended Frensham Heights School. He took his A-levels at Peter Symonds' College, and left with a D and an F grade. Following this, he planned to attend drama college, but his plans were scuppered when his mother persuaded him to get a vocation, and so he entered the catering industry and became a waiter.
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Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott OBE (born Robert Norman Davis on 14 March 1945) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter and personality.
Born in Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green (which he would later describe as sounding like the address for "the home of a professional rapist"), Birmingham, Carrott was educated at Acocks Green Primary School and Moseley Grammar School. He then worked as a trainee buyer at a city centre department store called the Beehive with schoolfriend Bev Bevan.
In February 1969 he started his own folk club, "The Boggery", in nearby Solihull with his friend Les Ward. Here, Carrott performed folk songs and MC duties. Before long, his banter with the audience overtook the actual songs; he became known more as a comedian than a singer.
He also worked as a musical agent (in partnership with John Starkey, who became his manager in 1974 until 1992), as Fingimigig, managing (among other acts) Harvey Andrews. He toured the UK, appearing in rugby clubs. He independently recorded an album, financed by himself, called Jasper Carrot – In the Club, which he sold out of the back of his van. It was this album that contained the original "Magic Roundabout". Released in 1973, the LP is quite rare, although it mainly consists of material later used in his first three official LPs (such as "Hare Krishna", "Car Insurance", "Bastity Chelt", and "Hava Nagila") plus the Fred Wedlock song "The Folker".
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Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon (born 3 October 1960) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in critically acclaimed British comedy television shows of the 1990s, notably Fist of Fun, I'm Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. He also appeared as Sgt. Tony Fisher in Hot Fuzz.
Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent, England. He started on the stand-up circuit in the early '90s performing an act in character as the political poet Paul Hamilton, but has also done stand-up as himself on occasions. On the circuit, Eldon formed a friendship with the stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, which would later lead to an invitation to work with Lee on the radio series Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun with Lee's comedy partner Richard Herring. Lee and Herring would usually refer to him as "the actor Kevin Eldon", in reference to his claim to be an actor, rather than a comedian.
Eldon's work sat well with that of Lee & Herring, and he continued to work with them on all their projects, including The Lee & Herring Radio Show, Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy, providing a multitude of characters, most notably: the jelly-obsessed False Rod Hull; and Simon Quinlank, the self-proclaimed "king of hobbies", who would always be accompanied by a flask of "weak lemon drink". He also played a version of himself, as the actor Kevin Eldon. In addition to his Lee & Herring collaborations, he has worked closely with Simon Munnery and Julia Davis.
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Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud (born 8 May 1958) is a British designer, writer and television presenter best known for his work on the Channel 4 series Grand Designs.
He lives in a 15th-century farmhouse in Frome, Somerset, with his wife (childhood sweetheart) Anna-Charlotte McFadyen ("Char", who runs an online interior decoration business) and their two children, Milo (b. 1998) and Elsie (b. 2001), plus Hugo (b. 1988) and Grace (b. 1991) from McCloud's previous relationship.
Born in Bedfordshire, McCloud and his two brothers, Terence and Graham, were raised in a house his parents had built. McCloud attended Dunstable Grammar School, which became Manshead Upper School, and then studied the history of art and architecture at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is conversant in French and Italian.
After graduating, McCloud trained and worked as a theatre designer, then set up his own lighting design practice and manufacturing business 'McCloud Lighting' - at one point employing 26 people. His work includes the carved and painted rococo-style vegetable ceiling in the food halls at Harrods, many projects in conjunction with J.J. Desmond Interiors and lighting installations at Ely Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle, the Savoy Hotel and the Dorchester Hotel. Today he concentrates on television work, journalism and product design, including work for British manufacturers.
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Lenny Henry
Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.
Henry, the son of Jamaican immigrants, was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley in 1958. He was a pupil at St John's Primary School and later The Blue Coat School outside Dudley, before completing his school education at W.R. Tuson College (now Preston College).
His first manager was Robert Luff, who signed him in 1975 and gave him the opportunity to perform as part of the Luff-produced touring stage version of The Black and White Minstrel Show. In July 2009, Lenny Henry stated he was contractually obliged to perform and regretted his part in the show.
Shortly before this, on 17 December 1974, the then 16-year-old Henry had been voted Britain's top non-smoker for his declaration aimed at teenagers that smoking was not fashionable.
His earliest television appearance was on the New Faces talent show, which he won in 1975 with an impersonation of Stevie Wonder. The following year he appeared with Norman Beaton in LWT's sitcom The Fosters, Britain's first comedy series with predominantly black performers. His formative years were spent in working men's clubs, where his act was as a young black man impersonating white characters such as the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em character Frank Spencer (whom he impersonated on New Faces). He also made guest appearances on television programmes including Celebrity Squares, Seaside Special and The Ronnie Corbett Show.
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Mark Lamarr
Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on 7 January 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.
Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon and has three elder sisters. His father is Irish. He passed five O-Levels at Park School (renamed Oakfield School) but dropped out of school at 17 and moved to Harrow, Middlesex, which was the centre of the early 80s British rockabilly revival scene. After his poem Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work was published in 1987, his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He took to performing at The Comedy Store, London in 1985, was spotted on the touring circuit for the launch of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in 1992 and co-presented The Word.
Lamarr first came to the public's attention as a co-presenter of the early 90s late night variety show The Word. The magazine format of the series allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late-night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial. Talking about his TV career to Jo Brown of Cheers Magazine, Lamarr said The Word was:
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Martin Trenaman
Martin Trenaman is an English comedy writer and actor, who has contributed to many modern comedy series. He is known for playing Alan Cooper in The Inbetweeners.
Winner of So You Think You're Funny? in 1994, Martin has gone on to write additional material for shows such as Head on Comedy, Lenny Henry in Pieces and Haywire, and comedians such as Harry Enfield, Johnny Vaughan and Phil Kay. The Lenny Henry special which he contributed to was winner of the Golden Rose of Montreaux in 2001. He had also worked with Lee Evans, in 1995.
Trenaman is good friends with Bill Bailey and has been credited with writing material for Bailey's shows Is It Bill Bailey? and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, he has appeared in two of Bailey's live shows; with Phil Whelans in Bill Bailey's Cosmic Jam (1996) as part of the band "The Stan Ellis Experiment", and in Part Troll (2004) with Kevin Eldon and John Moloney in Kraftwerk spoof, "Das Hokey Kokey". He also appears on Bailey's Bewilderness DVD in the spoof interview Legacy of Dreams: With Martin Trenaman. Along with Bill Bailey, Phil Whelans, and Kevin Eldon, Martin is a member of punk rock cover band Beergut 100.
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Monty Python
Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) was a British surreal comedy group who created Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical as well as launching the members to individual stardom. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.
The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons' creative control allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.
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Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973) is a British surrealist, comedian, actor, artist, DJ and musician. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he co-wrote with comedy partner Julian Barratt, and as a team captain on the music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. His solo comedy sketch show Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy began broadcasting in January 2012 on the UK's E4.
Born in Westminster, London, Fielding performed regularly as a stand-up comedian during the late 1990s, and appeared repeatedly on the television stand-up showcase Lee Mack's Gas. His highly animated stand-up routine included surreal stories, physical comedy, characters, and songs, much like his later work in The Mighty Boosh.
In 2010, Fielding was to perform a solo tour across the country. It was cancelled, however, so he could concentrate on writing The Mighty Boosh film and album with Barratt. Fielding announced via Twitter that he was too busy to do the tour.
In 2010, Fielding took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
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Paul Merton
Paul Merton (born Paul James Martin; 9 July 1957) is a British comedian, writer, actor and television presenter. Known for his improvisation skill, his humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and sometimes dark comedy. Considered by a number of critics, fellow comedians and members of the public to be among Britain's greatest comedians, he is well known for his regular appearances as a team captain on the BBC panel game Have I Got News for You, and as the former host of Room 101. He has also appeared as a regular panellist on Radio 4's Just a Minute and as one of Comedy Store's Comedy Store Players.
Merton was born on 9 July 1957 in Parsons Green, London to an English father (a train guard on the London Underground) and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. When his mother returned to work as a nurse, Merton and his younger sister were looked after by their grandfather, who lived with them in their council flat in Mitcham, South London.[citation needed]
He failed his eleven plus and went on to Wimbledon College, a Jesuit-run secondary school that had just become a comprehensive, where he received A-levels in English and History. His experience of victimisation there as a working-class boy became a frequent subject of his comedy.[citation needed] After leaving school, Merton worked at the Tooting employment office for seven years.
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Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus (born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improvised comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster.
Jupitus has been a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks since its inception in 1996 and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including QI and BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his stepfather Alexander's surname, Jupitus, when he was 16. The shortening of his first name to 'Phill' arose due to his mother's reminders that the name 'Phillip' is spelled with two Ls, something he carried over to the shorter form.
'Jupitus' is an anglicised version of the original surname Šeputis (pronounced [ʃəputis]) ascribed to the Jupitus family by an immigration officer when they migrated to Britain from Lithuania in 1917.
Phill attended Northbury Infants and Junior schools in Barking and later attended Woolverstone Hall School near Ipswich as a boarder on a scholarship.
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Rove McManus
John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the self-titled variety show Rove, and is the owner of the production company Roving Enterprises. He is a three time Gold Logie Award winner.
McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia to John and Coralie McManus. He acquired the nickname "Rove" from his sister.
He married actress and singer Belinda Emmett in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley, a suburb in the east of Sydney. Emmett died of metastatic breast cancer on 11 November 2006 at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton in October 2007. They married on 16 June 2009 in a private ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia.
In 1997 McManus began hosting The Loft Live, which was produced by RMIT University's Student television stationRMITV, on the community television station, Channel 31 where he was given a budget of $50 a week. It was there where he met his now long-time co-host, Peter Helliar.[citation needed] Rove then worked for Foxtel as a roving reporter on a show called In Fashion which was hosted by Hugh Jackman. He then received an offer for ten late night episodes of his own variety show, Rove for the Nine Network in 1999, but Nine cancelled the series at the end of its run. In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten. The resulting Rove Live was almost identical to Nine's Rove. Rove Live became a flagship show for Network Ten, and it was also broadcast on TV3 in New Zealand. The show followed a variety show format and showcased weekly celebrity guests; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; and live bands.
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Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is a British actress.
Sally Phillips was the only woman in the 1990 Oxford Revue THRASH which also starred Ed Smith. She did nine consecutive Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, appearing in shows such as Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Arthur Smith's version of Hamlet (as Ophelia) and Cluub Zarathustra with Simon Munnery, Stewart Lee, Richard Thomas, Julian Barratt and Lori Lixenburg. Her first TV role was in Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun in 1994, shortly after followed by a cameo in Alas Smith and Jones, in which Mel Smith vomited over her. In 1995, Phillips played the role of a reporter in the unbroadcast pilot of Chris Morris's spoof series Brass Eye which at that point was called Torque TV, however she did not appear in the series itself.
Her role as a receptionist in I'm Alan Partridge proved to be her big break and she was nominated for best female newcomer at the British Comedy Awards that year. She had a starring role in the short-lived 1999 British comedy series Hippies (with Simon Pegg and Julian Rhind-Tutt), and also co-created and wrote Smack the Pony, an all-female, double Emmy Award winning comedy show. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. She appeared in Bridget Jones's Diary as "Shazzer", previously auditioning for Bridget. She also featured in the Eddie Izzard written sitcom Cows.
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Sean Lock
Sean Lock (born 22 April 1963) is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian. He won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He is also well known for his appearances on television and radio. He has written material for such comics as Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr and was voted the 55th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007 and again in the updated 2010 list as the 25th greatest stand-up comic.
Lock was born in Chertsey, Surrey.. He attended St. John the Baptist Secondary School, Woking. Prior to becoming a comedian, he was a labourer on building sites. During this time, he developed skin cancer. His first television appearance was in 1993, when he appeared in a supporting role alongside Rob Newman and David Baddiel in their TV show Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. He toured with the duo as their support act, and, as a result, became the first comedian to perform at Wembley Arena. Newman and Baddiel were widely promoted as being the first comedians to have performed at Wembley but, in his capacity as their warm-up, Lock technically takes this honour. However, Lock has conceded the honour to the duo on several occasions, including on the BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends. In 1995, Lock played an escaped murderer in an episode of The World of Lee Evans, alongside Lee Evans and Phil Daniels.
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Simon Amstell
Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979 in Gants Hill, London) is a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter and actor, best known for his roles as former co-host of Popworld, former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and co-writer and star of the sitcom Grandma's House.
Amstell was born in east London in 1979 and was raised in Gants Hill, London, in a Jewish family. He was educated at Beal High School, a state comprehensive school in Ilford, London. When he appeared on Family Catchphrase, his aunt Kim mentioned that he was the eldest of four siblings.
Amstell's first television appearance was in 1993 when he appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 game show GamesMaster. He also appeared on Good Morning with Anne and Nick performing an impression of Dame Edna Everage,. In 1994, he appeared in an episode of Family Catchphrase, describing himself as a budding magician and showing one of his tricks to the show's presenter Andrew O'Connor, himself a magician. Amstell and his family won a television and a video recorder.
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Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and starred in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.
He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film, Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible III and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Thompson in The Adventures of Tintin. Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Wright, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, and Dylan Moran. He also starred in and co-wrote Paul (with Frost) and Run Fatboy Run (with Michael Ian Black).
Pegg was born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, the son of Gillian Rosemary (née Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman. His parents divorced when he was seven and he took on the surname "Pegg" after his mother re-married. He attended many schools, including Castle Hill Primary School;[citation needed]Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School;[citation needed]The King's School, Gloucester; and later Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and Theatre.He studied drama at the University of Bristol and wrote his undergraduate thesis on "A Marxist overview of popular 1970s cinema and hegemonic discourses". At Bristol he appeared in a Drama Society production of Howard Barker's Victory alongside Sarah Kane and David Greig.[citation needed]
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Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club.
After a troubled childhood and adolescence, during which he was expelled from a number of schools and eventually spent three months in prison for credit card fraud, he was able to secure a place at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied English Literature.
He first came to public attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and took the role of Jeeves (with Laurie playing Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster.
As an actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones and appeared as rogue TV host Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller V For Vendetta. He has also written and presented several documentary series including the 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 US states. Since 2003 he has been the host of the quiz show QI.
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Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. His key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation (or sometimes as Bekenstein–Hawking radiation).
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. Subsequently, he became research director at the university's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology.
Hawking has a motor neurone disease related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a condition that has progressed over the years. He is now almost completely paralysed and communicates through a speech generating device. He has been married twice and has three children. Hawking has achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these include A Brief History of Time, which stayed on the British Sunday Times best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.
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Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Margaret M. Greig ( /ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress principally known for her roles in two Channel 4 television comedies: Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing. She currently stars in two sitcoms: as Beverly Lincoln in transatlantic sitcom Episodes, and as Jackie in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other notable roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, and Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma. Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress; she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated again in 2011 for her role in The Little Dog Laughed.
Greig was born in Kent in 1966, the second of three sisters. The family moved to Kilburn when she was three. She went to Malorees Junior School, followed by Camden School for Girls where she passed A-Levels in English, French and Mathematics, and graduated with a first in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham. After graduating, she worked as a temp at the Family Planning Association until 1996; she also spent some time at a secretarial college.
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.
She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning both the Tony and Olivier Awards. On screen, she has starred in more than 80 films; including Mary, Queen of Scots, Isadora, Julia, The Bostonians, Mission: Impossible and Atonement. Redgrave was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as "the greatest living actress of our times," and she remains the only British actress ever to win the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Cannes, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild awards. She was also the recipient of the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship "in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film."
A member of the Redgrave family of actors, she is the daughter of the late Sir Michael Redgrave and Lady Redgrave (the actress Rachel Kempson), the sister of the late Lynn Redgrave and the late Corin Redgrave, the mother of Hollywood actresses Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson, and the aunt of British actress Jemma Redgrave.
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Bailey, Bill Filmography
- Soccer Moms (2012)
- Tits (2012)
- Dallas XXX: A Parody (2012)
- Busty Office Milf's 3 (2012)
- Countdown (2012)
- Office Politics (2012)
- Chicks and Guns (2012)
- Cheerleaders Gone Bad (2012)
- Nylons 9 (2012)
- Next Friday Night (2012)
- More Than You Bargained For (2012)
- Let Me Suck You 4 (2012)
- It Was Always You (2012)
- In Bed with Katsuni (2012)
- The Perfect Partner (2012)
- Teen Ravers (2012)
- I Love a Man in Uniform (2012)
- Dirty Over 30 5 (2012)
- Spin Class Ass (2012)
- Breaking All Ties (2012)
- 10 Things I Hate About Love (2011)
- American Dad XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody (2011)
- Big Breast Nurses 5 (2011)
- Big Tit Soccer Mom Orgy (2011)
- Brand New Faces 31 (2011)
- Bridesmaids: A XXX Parody (2011)
- Bring It (2011)
- Captain America XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody (2011)
- Cougar's Prey 7 (2011)
- Couples Seeking Teens 6 (2011)
- Filthy Family 3 (2011)
- Freak (2011)
- Gangbanged (2011)
- Getting Away from It All (2011)
- Halloween: XXX Porn Parody (2011)
- Heart Strings (2011)
- Horizon (2011)
- In a Glimpse (2011)
- Justice League of Porn Star Heroes (2011)
- Jynx Maze Is a Sex Addict (2011)
- Kung Fu Beauty 2 (2011)
- Laid in Lingerie (2011)
- Let Me Suck You 2 (2011)
- Let Me Suck You 3 (2011)
- Massive Facials 3 (2011)
- Massive Facials 4 (2011)
- Me First! (2011)
- Newlywed Sinners (2011)
- Official Sons of Anarchy Parody (2011)
- Official Vagina Monologues Parody (2011)
- Penthouse Vacation (2011)
- Penthouse Variations: Kinky Sex (2011)
- Portrait of a Call Girl (2011)
- Prison Girls (2011)
- Real Porn Stars of Chatsworth (2011)
- Secretary's Day 5 (2011)
- Sorority Sex Orgy (2011)
- Stripper Firefighters (2011)
- Superstar Showdown 3: Courtney Cummz vs. Bree Olson (2011)
- Superstar Showdown 4: Alexis Texas vs. Sarah Vandella (2011)
- Superstar Showdown 5: Lisa Ann vs. Francesca Lé (2011)
- Superstar Showdown 6: Asa Akira vs. Katsuni (2011)
- Taxi Driver: A XXX Parody (2011)
- Teases & Pleases (2011)
- The Escort (2011)
- The Fate of Love (2011)
- The Honeymoaners (2011)
- The Life of Riley (2011)
- This Isn't 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 1': The XXX Parody (2011)
- Training Day: A XXX Parody (2011)
- TSA: Your Ass Is in Our Hands (2011)
- Unfinished Business (2011)
- Vixens (2011)
- What the Fuck! Big Tits, Bitches & Ass! (2011)
- This Isn't the Biggest Loser: The XXX Parody (2010)
- Naughty Book Worms 21 (2010)
- Speed (2010)
- Latin Adultery 13 (2010)
- Let Me Suck You 1 (2010)
- Alektra Tonight (2010)
- Barely Legal 110 (2010)
- Superstar Showdown 1: Tori Black vs. Alexis Texas (2010)
- Superstar Showdown 2: Asa Akira vs. Kristina Rose (2010)
- Meggan's Big Ass Adventure (2010)
- MILF Legends 3 (2010)
- Barely Legal 106 (2010)
- My Dad's Hot Girlfriend 5 (2010)
- My Friend's Hot Mom 22 (2010)
- Wonder Woman XXX: A Hardcore Parody (2010)
- Barely Legal 102 (2010)
- Not Really.. The Dukes of Hazzard: A Hardcore Parody (2010)
- An Eternal Love 2: Reckless Heart (2010)
- The Mommy X-Perience 3 (2010)
- 5 Filthy Fetishes (2010)
- The Wedding Day (2010)
- Penthouse Variations: Fetish Fucking (2010)
- This Ain't Baywatch XXX (2010)
- Playgirl: Touch Me, Please Me (2010)
- Cougar's Prey 3 (2010)
- Pornstar Athletics 3 (2010)
- Busty House Calls (2010)
- Bossy MILFs 4 (2010)
- F for Francesca (2010)
- Pornstar Superheroes (2010)
- This Ain't Cheaters XXX (2010)
- A Devil in Bed (2010)
- The Cougar Club 2 (2010)
- Gia: Portrait of a Porn Star (2010)
- Grand Theft Auto: XXX Parody (2010)
- Guide to Getting Girls (2010)
- Tru: A XXX Parody (2010)
- Heat on the Street: Sex in Public (2010)
- Hooked (2010)
- Serviced with a Smile (2010)
- I Have a Wife 10 (2010)
- Sex Broker (2010)
- Inside the Booby Hatch (2010)
- Introducing the Russo Twins (2010)
- Barely Legal 112 (2010)
- She's So Cute! (2010)
- Amazing MILF Rack (2010)
- Kung Fu Beauty (2010)
- My Wife's Hot Friend 7 (2010)
- Naughty Country Girls 2 (2009)
- Naughty Rich Girls 2 (2009)
- Blow Me Sandwich 14 (2009)
- Cheating Sports Celebrity Wives (2009)
- Chain Gang 2 (2009)
- Ass the World Turns (2009)
- 2040 (2009)
- Pornstar Athletics 2 (2009)
- Call Girl Coeds (2009)
- Big Boob Orgy 2 (2009)
- Riedality (2009)
- Superstar MILFs (2009)
Bailey, Bill Filmography
- Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012)
- QI Genesis (2011)
- Comic's Choice (2011)
- Comic's Choice (2011)
- Chalet Girl (2011)
- Pythagasaurus (2011)
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
- Channel 4's Comedy Gala (2010)
- The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
- Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind (2010)
- Burke and Hare (2010)
- Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind (2010)
- Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (2009)
- Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (2009)
- Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (2009)
- Bill Bailey: Tinselworm (2008)
- Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)
- The Beatbox Choir (2008)
- Bill Bailey: Tinselworm (2008)
- Bill Bailey: Tinselworm (2008)
- Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)
- 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (2007)
- Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show (2007)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Comic Aid (2005)
- Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Terkel i knibe (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Skip to the End (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004)
- Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001)
- Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001)
- Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- Head on Comedy (2000)
- Full Mountie (2000)
- World Cup Comedy (1999)
- The Stick Up (1999)
- My Wife (1999)
- Bill Bailey Live (1997)
- Bill Bailey Live (1997)
- Bill Bailey Live (1997)
Bailey, Bill Filmography
- Just Visiting (2001)
- April Fool's Day (1997)
- Balto (1995)
- Death Train (1993)
- Notorious (1992)
- Immaculate Conception (1992)
- Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
- Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989)
- Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989)
- Murder Story (1989)
- Murder Story (1989)
- The Nightmare Years (1989)
- Dominion (1988)
- Ishtar (1987)
- Heat and Sunlight (1987)
- Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
- On the Edge (1986)
- Sky Bandits (1986)
- The American Way (1986)
- If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
- Lace II (1985)
- Water (1985)
- Master of the Game (1984)
- Outland (1981)
- Superman II (1980)
- Superman (1978)
- The Groove Tube (1974)
karaoke
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?
She moans the whole night long.
I'll do the cookin', honey, I'll pay the rent
I know that I've done you wrong.
I remember that rainy evenin'
I drove you out with nothin' but a fine tooth comb
I know that I'm to blame, well ain't that a shame,
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home.
Won't you come home Bill Bailey, won't you come home?
She moans the whole day long.
I'm gonna do the cookin' honey, I'm gonna pay the rent
I know that I've done you wrong.
Do you remember that rainy evenin'
That I drove you out, with nothin but a fine tooth comb?
I know I'm to blame, well ain't that a shame
Bill Bailey, won't you please come
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
I'm driving across the wind just to spy you
I never did like that before
my eyes follow you like the tail can wind
they never followed you before
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Underneath the water and so far along below
my eyes will always be there
so deep, deep inside the Marianas Trench
my life will always find you there
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Well, I can answer when you crawl
on your belly in the deep black sand
real life swung and hurt, pale and useless
you're my kind of man
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
You always say that you're crushed by it all
and everybody blames you
you always say that you are losing your dreams
and yes, I do belive you
Bill Bailey
won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
shut up and come back home, tonight
And get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea
get up and come back home, tonight
and get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea
crawl up and go back home, tonight
Won’t you come home, bill bailey, won’t you come home
I’ve moaned the whole night long
I’ll do the cookin’, honey, I’ll pay the rent
I know I done you wrong
You remember that rainy evenin’
I threw you out....with nothin’ but a fine tooth comb
Ya, I know I’m to blame, now... ain’t it a shame
Bill bailey, won’t you please come home
(instrumental break)
Won’t you come home, bill bailey, won’t you come on home
I’ve moaned that whole day long
I’ll do all the cookin’ honey, I’ll even pay the rent
I know, that I have done you, oh so, wrong
You remember that rainy evenin’
I throwed you out, with nothin but a fine tooth comb
I know I’m to blame, now... ain’t it a shame
So baby, won’t you please come
I said now, won’t you please come
Bill bailey, won’t you please.... come on home
(spoken)
(Hey, Bill Bailey, Don't look now but somebody's calling you.
Who? Why, your lady friend, that's who.
If I were you, If I were you, I'd get my little old self home)
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?
She moans the whole day long.
I'll do the cookin', honey, I'll pay the rent
I know I done you wrong.
Do you remember that rainy evenin'
I threw you out with nothin' but a fine tooth co-oo-omb?
Ya, I know I'm to blame, ain't it a shame,
Bailey, won't you please come home.
(A'walk on home, Bill.)
------------
(Ah, like it like that!)
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(Hey, Bailey!, Let's go on home one more time ya'hear?)
Won't cha come home Bill Bailey, won't cha come home?
She moans the whole day loo-oo-ong.
I'll do the cookin' honey, I'll even pay the rent:
I know, I know I done you wroo-oo-ong.
Do you remember that rainy evenin', ah
That I drove you out, with nothin but a fine tooth comb?
(And you are bald!)
I know I'm to blame, well ain't it a shame
Bailey, won't cha please come,
Bailey, won't cha please come,
Bailey, won't cha please come,
Bailey, won't cha please come, ah,
Bailey, won't cha please come,
C'mon,
Baby, won't cha please come,
Yo!,
Baby, won't cha please come,
Baby, won't cha please come,
Baby, won't cha please come,
One - more - time,
Oh, Bailey won't cha please come home.
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ALBUMS
- Insect Nation
- Gwydion & the Druid, Chapter 1
- Richard Clayderman plays Three Blind Mice
- Unisex Chip Shop (tribute to Billy Bragg)
- Scooby Doo
- Sirens
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Hats Off to the Zebras
- Phillip Glass plays Pop Goes the Weasel
- Foxhunting
- Tom Waits plays Three Blind Mice
- Leg of Time
- Classical Cockney
- Chaucer Pubbe Gagge
- Medieval Porn
- Gwydion & The Druid, Chapter 2
- Dr. Qui
- Cockney Medley
- Beautiful Ladies (In Honour of Chris De Burgh)
- Gwydion & The Druid, Chapter 47
- Drum 'n' Bush
- Introduction
- New York
- Indonesia
- Dolphins
- Immigration
- Animals
- Education
- Modern Music & Careers
- Disappointment
- War and Colonies
- Europe
- Beards
- War Against Terrorists & Presidents
- American Winners
- More Education & Hawking
- Encore
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Bill Bailey We Are Most Amused
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:57
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most from Tinselworm.
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Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most from Tinselworm.
Bill Bailey - The ultimate song about loneliness, love and loss
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
The duck bit cracks me up everytime I see it
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Bill Baileys Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:50
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and musical maestro Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers. The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own uniquely hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of the orchestra, with a wide and eclectic range of subjects, including music for 70's cop shows, sci-fi films, horror movies, news themes, plus some of Bill's own songs re-imagined for an orchestra, and including Anne's own specially written new works.
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Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and musical maestro Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers. The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own uniquely hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of the orchestra, with a wide and eclectic range of subjects, including music for 70's cop shows, sci-fi films, horror movies, news themes, plus some of Bill's own songs re-imagined for an orchestra, and including Anne's own specially written new works.
- published: 11 Aug 2012
- views: 47761
- author: MrSchultz86
Bill Bailey's message to Metallica
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Bill recorded this special message to Metallica during his rehearsals for Sonisphere UK at Knebworth!
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Bill recorded this special message to Metallica during his rehearsals for Sonisphere UK at Knebworth!
- published: 01 Jul 2011
- views: 1913731
- author: Kilimanjaro Live
Bill Bailey - Argos - Part Troll
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Argos clip taken from Part Troll DVD. Filmed at Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2004
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Argos clip taken from Part Troll DVD. Filmed at Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2004
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 120644
- author: billbailey
Is It Bill Bailey? Episode 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 29:19
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Second episode of Is It BIll Bailey? Copyright belongs to Bill Bailey, BBC and any other copyright holders
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Second episode of Is It BIll Bailey? Copyright belongs to Bill Bailey, BBC and any other copyright holders
- published: 21 Aug 2011
- views: 14283
- author: agirlnamedmoe
Bill Bailey's Cockney Overture
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey along with the BBC Concert Orchestra demonstrating how cockney music is used in classical music and a preformance of the cockney William Tell Overture in the Royal Albert Hall. Leave a Comment.
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Bill Bailey along with the BBC Concert Orchestra demonstrating how cockney music is used in classical music and a preformance of the cockney William Tell Overture in the Royal Albert Hall. Leave a Comment.
- published: 09 Aug 2010
- views: 247270
- author: Kevin Kelly
QI Series J Episode 1 - Jargon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 28:40
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
With guests Victoria Coren, Bill Bailey and Jimmy Carr.
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With guests Victoria Coren, Bill Bailey and Jimmy Carr.
- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 108953
- author: nick fulham
Bill Bailey at Comic Aid 2005
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:17
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey's complete set at Comic Aid 2005. Enjoy!
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Bill Bailey's complete set at Comic Aid 2005. Enjoy!
- published: 11 Sep 2008
- views: 294029
- author: Kezax
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:58
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
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Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 13022
- author: UKTVReality
Bill Bailey - Sirens - Bewilderness
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Sirens clip taken from Bewilderness DVD. Filmed at Grand Theatre, Swansea in 2000
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Sirens clip taken from Bewilderness DVD. Filmed at Grand Theatre, Swansea in 2000
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 141271
- author: billbailey
Room 101 - Bill Bailey - Part 1, Bras.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:47
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey on bras.
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Bill Bailey - Apocalyptic Rave
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:04
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Using the BBC News theme tune and making it into a rave while talking about the BBC as a religion. Genius.
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Using the BBC News theme tune and making it into a rave while talking about the BBC as a religion. Genius.
- published: 07 Jan 2007
- views: 254114
- author: adrianpblack
Bill Bailey - Scottish people are from the future
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
From his BBC series "Is it Bill Bailey?", Episode 4. I like all the positive comments this video is getting from Scots, even though there's a slightly racist undertone. Cool. Enjoy your more lenient licensing hours.
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From his BBC series "Is it Bill Bailey?", Episode 4. I like all the positive comments this video is getting from Scots, even though there's a slightly racist undertone. Cool. Enjoy your more lenient licensing hours.
- published: 01 May 2010
- views: 276405
- author: MrBrainz
The Best Of Bill Bailey (Never Mind The Buzzcocks)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:32
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
the best off bill bailey, clips from never mind the buzzcocks. hope you enjoy.. I do not own any of the clips, i have no intention of using them to make any kind of profit and just for viewing. all copyrights go to the bbc and dave
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the best off bill bailey, clips from never mind the buzzcocks. hope you enjoy.. I do not own any of the clips, i have no intention of using them to make any kind of profit and just for viewing. all copyrights go to the bbc and dave
- published: 22 Oct 2008
- views: 279672
- author: slipknotarebest
The First Moonwalk - Bill Bailey - The Apollo Theatre - New York - 1955
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
This is one of the first ever moonwalks on film Bill Bailey tapping to a rather quiet instrumental version of the Larks' hit "The World is Waiting for Sunrise" performed by the Paul Williams Quartet. He's the brother of singer Pearl Bailey, but he has nothing to do with her signature song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" which is a very old standard dating back to 1902. Bill's frequently credited with "inventing" the "moonwalk" because of a tapdancing move called "backslide" which he does in this filmed performance.
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This is one of the first ever moonwalks on film Bill Bailey tapping to a rather quiet instrumental version of the Larks' hit "The World is Waiting for Sunrise" performed by the Paul Williams Quartet. He's the brother of singer Pearl Bailey, but he has nothing to do with her signature song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" which is a very old standard dating back to 1902. Bill's frequently credited with "inventing" the "moonwalk" because of a tapdancing move called "backslide" which he does in this filmed performance.
- published: 12 Dec 2010
- views: 228158
- author: Steve White
QI - Unaired Pilot
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 35:45
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
The Unaired Pilot Episode of QI (Quite Interesting) hosted by Stephen Fry with guests Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard and Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
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The Unaired Pilot Episode of QI (Quite Interesting) hosted by Stephen Fry with guests Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard and Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 98880
- author: CastelianTV
QI XL G15 - Green
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 43:44
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
With Jeremy Clarkson, Bill Bailey and Danny Baker.
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With Jeremy Clarkson, Bill Bailey and Danny Baker.
- published: 09 Oct 2011
- views: 186428
- author: BalmafulaLanando
Bill Bailey - Cow Bells - Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:17
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Cow Bells clip taken from Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra DVD. Filmed at The Royal Albert Hall, London in 2008
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Cow Bells clip taken from Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra DVD. Filmed at The Royal Albert Hall, London in 2008
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 56277
- author: billbailey
Bill Bailey - Surrealist Ramble (3 Bloke Joke)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey's ingenious 3 bloke joke from 1997's Cosmic Jam.
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Bill Bailey's ingenious 3 bloke joke from 1997's Cosmic Jam.
- published: 13 Mar 2010
- views: 74438
- author: foodforthegods
Bill Bailey - U2 Failure - Part Troll
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:10
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
U2 Failure clip taken from Part Troll DVD. Filmed at Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2004
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U2 Failure clip taken from Part Troll DVD. Filmed at Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2004
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 134991
- author: billbailey
Bill Bailey - Insect Nation - Cosmic Jam
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:47
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Insect Nation clip taken from Cosmic Jam DVD. Filmed at Bloomsbury Theatre, London in 1996
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Insect Nation clip taken from Cosmic Jam DVD. Filmed at Bloomsbury Theatre, London in 1996
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 29595
- author: billbailey
Bill Bailey and Robin Williams
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- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey and Robin Williams singing for Prince Charles at the We Are Most Amused event LYRICS Camilla lights a candle, starts to turn around, 'Charles, what is it, baby? You seem kinda down.' He said, it don't seem fair, and it just ain't much fun, When your mama's got two birthdays, And you only got one! You got that Royal Birthday blues, That lack-of-an-official-birthday-blues, Phillip takes a drink o' wine, And tells it like it was, 'This is what you have to do my boy, and here's the thing, because.... One day you're gonna rule the world, but you're gonna have to hang around... 'Coz you're mama's not goin' anywhere, She ain't givin' up that crown!' You got that Royal birthday blues, They gonna creep up on you just like that. Yeah, you really been paying your royal due, Well, in and out and up and down, That's the way the money goes, and whether the pound will finally stop... Nobody really knows! One thing that you don't want, that what really ain't that funny... Is when your...face even ain't on the money! We got badgers and lizards and hedgehogs and squirrels and even Darwin too, They've even got one elegant Scottish Hebrew, But the one thing that ain't on the money, that definitely ain't on the money.... Isn't it strange that you ain't even on the change, It doesn't make sense that your not on the pence, I never found you on the pound! Not even on a lottery ticket or a subway token or anything around there, or anything around there, now. There ain't nothin' on the ...
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Bill Bailey and Robin Williams singing for Prince Charles at the We Are Most Amused event LYRICS Camilla lights a candle, starts to turn around, 'Charles, what is it, baby? You seem kinda down.' He said, it don't seem fair, and it just ain't much fun, When your mama's got two birthdays, And you only got one! You got that Royal Birthday blues, That lack-of-an-official-birthday-blues, Phillip takes a drink o' wine, And tells it like it was, 'This is what you have to do my boy, and here's the thing, because.... One day you're gonna rule the world, but you're gonna have to hang around... 'Coz you're mama's not goin' anywhere, She ain't givin' up that crown!' You got that Royal birthday blues, They gonna creep up on you just like that. Yeah, you really been paying your royal due, Well, in and out and up and down, That's the way the money goes, and whether the pound will finally stop... Nobody really knows! One thing that you don't want, that what really ain't that funny... Is when your...face even ain't on the money! We got badgers and lizards and hedgehogs and squirrels and even Darwin too, They've even got one elegant Scottish Hebrew, But the one thing that ain't on the money, that definitely ain't on the money.... Isn't it strange that you ain't even on the change, It doesn't make sense that your not on the pence, I never found you on the pound! Not even on a lottery ticket or a subway token or anything around there, or anything around there, now. There ain't nothin' on the ...
- published: 23 Sep 2009
- views: 336644
- author: qorize
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Bill Bailey 'Part Troll' Live - Love Song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
This is a short clip I uploaded from Bill Bailey's 'Part Troll' DVD. If you haven't seen it already I highly recommend it. The man is a musical and comedic genius!
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This is a short clip I uploaded from Bill Bailey's 'Part Troll' DVD. If you haven't seen it already I highly recommend it. The man is a musical and comedic genius!
- published: 24 May 2010
- views: 57000
- author: Chris Brown
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
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- Duration: 6:58
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
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Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 13022
- author: UKTVReality
Bill Baileys Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:50
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and musical maestro Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers. The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own uniquely hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of the orchestra, with a wide and eclectic range of subjects, including music for 70's cop shows, sci-fi films, horror movies, news themes, plus some of Bill's own songs re-imagined for an orchestra, and including Anne's own specially written new works.
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Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and musical maestro Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers. The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own uniquely hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of the orchestra, with a wide and eclectic range of subjects, including music for 70's cop shows, sci-fi films, horror movies, news themes, plus some of Bill's own songs re-imagined for an orchestra, and including Anne's own specially written new works.
- published: 11 Aug 2012
- views: 47761
- author: MrSchultz86
Bill Bailey live on the Royal Variety performance 2012 - Match of the day and Ghosbusters themes
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:58
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Bill Baileys fantastic section of the 2012 Royal Variety performance where he plays amongst others, the theme from Eastenders, Ghostbusters, Match of the Day and the 1812 Overture. classic Bill Bailey! This was performed in front of Her Majesty the Queen sat in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
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Bill Baileys fantastic section of the 2012 Royal Variety performance where he plays amongst others, the theme from Eastenders, Ghostbusters, Match of the Day and the 1812 Overture. classic Bill Bailey! This was performed in front of Her Majesty the Queen sat in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 3975
- author: DTG781
Bill Bailey We Are Most Amused
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:57
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most from Tinselworm.
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Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most from Tinselworm.
- published: 20 Sep 2009
- views: 917103
- author: qorize
Bill Bailey - 'Enter Sandman' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 15 Dec 2012
Metallica 'Enter Sandman' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
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Metallica 'Enter Sandman' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 2188
- author: Dean Lord
Patsy Cline LIVE RARE :: Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:58
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Patsy Cline sings "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" live. (Radio Transcription)
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Patsy Cline sings "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" live. (Radio Transcription)
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 11041
- author: seonfox
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook (Dublin's 98 Morning Crew)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:03
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook with, Dermot, Dave & Siobhan, the Dublin's 98 Morning Crew
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Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook with, Dermot, Dave & Siobhan, the Dublin's 98 Morning Crew
- published: 20 Nov 2009
- views: 31636
- author: Dublins98
Bill Bailey live Brisbane 10/7/10
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:05
- Updated: 20 Apr 2012
Bill Bailey live @ qpac in Brisbane.. Saturday 10 July 2010... Sings California dreaming with the audience :)
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Bill Bailey live @ qpac in Brisbane.. Saturday 10 July 2010... Sings California dreaming with the audience :)
- published: 10 Jul 2010
- views: 808
- author: bdrennert
Sarah Vaughan *Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home* Live 1964
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:22
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Sassy Swings in Sweden!
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Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
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Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 28353
- author: James Jackson
Bill Bailey "Live"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
The Lew Dite Skiffle Group featuring Daniel Lemieux at the Oscar Peterson concert Hall Montreal Feb 6, 2004
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The Lew Dite Skiffle Group featuring Daniel Lemieux at the Oscar Peterson concert Hall Montreal Feb 6, 2004
- published: 26 Sep 2007
- views: 1496
- author: lewdite
Radiohead's 'Creep' - Hindie Indie version (Bill Bailey)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:39
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Radiohead - Creep - Hindie Indie version Bill Bailey Tinselworm DVD 2008 Wembley stadium. BAND NAME: Bollywood Pandits
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Radiohead - Creep - Hindie Indie version Bill Bailey Tinselworm DVD 2008 Wembley stadium. BAND NAME: Bollywood Pandits
- published: 23 Jan 2010
- views: 208386
- author: AdultGamingClans
Tom Kubis Big Band Live Bill Bailey ft. Jack Reidling & Police Squad
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:34
- Updated: 24 Sep 2012
Live at Don The Beachcomber
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Bill Bailey live session: How I covered ... Gary Numan's Cars
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Previewing his series of video blogs on the Guardian's website, comedian and musician Bill Bailey and his band perform a rendition of Gary Numan's electro-pop classic Cars. With 'appropriate' instrumentation. In French
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Previewing his series of video blogs on the Guardian's website, comedian and musician Bill Bailey and his band perform a rendition of Gary Numan's electro-pop classic Cars. With 'appropriate' instrumentation. In French
- published: 20 Sep 2011
- views: 7432
- author: TheGuardian
Bill Bailey - 'Cars' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:22
- Updated: 15 Dec 2012
Gary Numan 'Cars' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
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Gary Numan 'Cars' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 3601
- author: Dean Lord
Bill Bailey Performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Bill Bailey represents the world of comedy with a fantastic performance at The Royal Variety Performance 2012, at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Variety Performance is shown in front of Her Majesty the Queen live, seated in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY Enjoy!!
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Bill Bailey represents the world of comedy with a fantastic performance at The Royal Variety Performance 2012, at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Variety Performance is shown in front of Her Majesty the Queen live, seated in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY Enjoy!!
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 8339
- author: TheFilmMaster
Bill (Bailey) and Ben Live At The Manchester Palace Theatre
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 24 Sep 2012
i got to go on stage with bill bailey but not all went to plan haha
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i got to go on stage with bill bailey but not all went to plan haha
- published: 21 Jun 2009
- views: 2150
- author: Proline1410
Bill Bailey - Enter Sandman (horns) (live) Sonisphere 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 28 Oct 2012
Bill Bailey - Enter Sandman (horns) (live) Sonisphere 2011
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Bill Bailey - Enter Sandman (horns) (live) Sonisphere 2011
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 7287
- author: James Jackson
Chris Barbers Jazz band Bill Bailey Won't you please come home (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Monty Sunshine on the clarinet. Chris Barbers Jazz Band.
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Monty Sunshine on the clarinet. Chris Barbers Jazz Band.
- published: 15 Jan 2012
- views: 1163
- author: handycappo
![Della Reese - Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey? [Live]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121223121013im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xEtdNSCNO_w/default.jpg "Della Reese - Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey? [Live]")
Della Reese - Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey? [Live]
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 18 Nov 2012
Live performance from the 1960s. Can be found on the CDs "Angel of the American Stage" and "Best Thing for You".
http://wn.com/Della_Reese_Won't_You_Come_Home,_Bill_Bailey?_Live_
Live performance from the 1960s. Can be found on the CDs "Angel of the American Stage" and "Best Thing for You".
- published: 08 Jan 2010
- views: 1827
- author: MissDellaReese
Bill Bailey Essential Guide to the Orchestra live @ the o2 Dublin The Jellyfish
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 04 Sep 2011
The most beautiful song all night
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Bill Bailey Music
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:29
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
The first 11 & a half minutes of the Music section on Part Troll. Sorry about the noises halfway through!
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The first 11 & a half minutes of the Music section on Part Troll. Sorry about the noises halfway through!
- published: 14 Sep 2010
- views: 30601
- author: Redheadfury
3:56
Bill Bailey 'Part Troll' Live - Love Song
This is a short clip I uploaded from Bill Bailey's 'Part Troll' DVD. If you haven't seen i...
published: 24 May 2010
author: Chris Brown
Bill Bailey 'Part Troll' Live - Love Song
This is a short clip I uploaded from Bill Bailey's 'Part Troll' DVD. If you haven't seen it already I highly recommend it. The man is a musical and comedic genius!
- published: 24 May 2010
- views: 57000
- author: Chris Brown
6:58
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular So...
published: 04 Dec 2012
author: UKTVReality
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
Bill Bailey performs live on the Royal Variety Show 2012 | Match Of The Day and Popular Songs
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 13022
- author: UKTVReality
58:50
Bill Baileys Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly v...
published: 11 Aug 2012
author: MrSchultz86
Bill Baileys Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
Comedian and classically trained musician, Bill Bailey joins forces with the brilliantly versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and musical maestro Anne Dudley, one of the UK's most celebrated composers and arrangers. The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own uniquely hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of the orchestra, with a wide and eclectic range of subjects, including music for 70's cop shows, sci-fi films, horror movies, news themes, plus some of Bill's own songs re-imagined for an orchestra, and including Anne's own specially written new works.
- published: 11 Aug 2012
- views: 47761
- author: MrSchultz86
6:58
Bill Bailey live on the Royal Variety performance 2012 - Match of the day and Ghosbusters themes
Bill Baileys fantastic section of the 2012 Royal Variety performance where he plays amongs...
published: 04 Dec 2012
author: DTG781
Bill Bailey live on the Royal Variety performance 2012 - Match of the day and Ghosbusters themes
Bill Baileys fantastic section of the 2012 Royal Variety performance where he plays amongst others, the theme from Eastenders, Ghostbusters, Match of the Day and the 1812 Overture. classic Bill Bailey! This was performed in front of Her Majesty the Queen sat in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 3975
- author: DTG781
5:57
Bill Bailey We Are Most Amused
Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most...
published: 20 Sep 2009
author: qorize
Bill Bailey We Are Most Amused
Bill Baileys act at the We Are Most Amused event with some old material and some new, most from Tinselworm.
- published: 20 Sep 2009
- views: 917103
- author: qorize
1:02
Bill Bailey - 'Enter Sandman' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
Metallica 'Enter Sandman' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Soni...
published: 12 Jul 2011
author: Dean Lord
Bill Bailey - 'Enter Sandman' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
Metallica 'Enter Sandman' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 2188
- author: Dean Lord
0:58
Patsy Cline LIVE RARE :: Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
Patsy Cline sings "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" live. (Radio Transcription)...
published: 17 Jun 2010
author: seonfox
Patsy Cline LIVE RARE :: Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
Patsy Cline sings "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" live. (Radio Transcription)
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 11041
- author: seonfox
2:03
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook (Dublin's 98 Morning Crew)
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook with, Dermot, Dave & Siobhan, the Dublin's...
published: 20 Nov 2009
author: Dublins98
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook (Dublin's 98 Morning Crew)
Bill Bailey Live Emoticon Song Twitter Facebook with, Dermot, Dave & Siobhan, the Dublin's 98 Morning Crew
- published: 20 Nov 2009
- views: 31636
- author: Dublins98
2:05
Bill Bailey live Brisbane 10/7/10
Bill Bailey live @ qpac in Brisbane.. Saturday 10 July 2010... Sings California dreaming w...
published: 10 Jul 2010
author: bdrennert
Bill Bailey live Brisbane 10/7/10
Bill Bailey live @ qpac in Brisbane.. Saturday 10 July 2010... Sings California dreaming with the audience :)
- published: 10 Jul 2010
- views: 808
- author: bdrennert
5:22
Sarah Vaughan *Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home* Live 1964
Sassy Swings in Sweden!...
published: 28 Aug 2011
author: TheCmeljazzman
Sarah Vaughan *Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home* Live 1964
Sassy Swings in Sweden!
- published: 28 Aug 2011
- views: 15865
- author: TheCmeljazzman
3:34
Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011...
published: 12 Jul 2011
author: James Jackson
Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
Bill Bailey - Scarborough Fair (Rammstein) (live) Sonisphere 2011
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 28353
- author: James Jackson
4:48
Bill Bailey "Live"
The Lew Dite Skiffle Group featuring Daniel Lemieux at the Oscar Peterson concert Hall Mon...
published: 26 Sep 2007
author: lewdite
Bill Bailey "Live"
The Lew Dite Skiffle Group featuring Daniel Lemieux at the Oscar Peterson concert Hall Montreal Feb 6, 2004
- published: 26 Sep 2007
- views: 1496
- author: lewdite
4:39
Radiohead's 'Creep' - Hindie Indie version (Bill Bailey)
Radiohead - Creep - Hindie Indie version Bill Bailey Tinselworm DVD 2008 Wembley stadium. ...
published: 23 Jan 2010
author: AdultGamingClans
Radiohead's 'Creep' - Hindie Indie version (Bill Bailey)
Radiohead - Creep - Hindie Indie version Bill Bailey Tinselworm DVD 2008 Wembley stadium. BAND NAME: Bollywood Pandits
- published: 23 Jan 2010
- views: 208386
- author: AdultGamingClans
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published: 09 Apr 2009
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Feature: Erik Bailey Park Section; by Erik Bill
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Erik Bailey - I Was A Cloud Re-edit
Erik Bill re-edited Bailey's part from I Was A Cloud.
For the classic 2-part section, get...
published: 12 Apr 2010
author: Themgoods
Erik Bailey - I Was A Cloud Re-edit
Erik Bill re-edited Bailey's part from I Was A Cloud.
For the classic 2-part section, get the DVD or Blu-Ray at your favorite shop!
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Erik Bailey - DAYSHAPES
Erik Bailey's part from Dayshapes.
The NDN 2011
Filmed & Edited by Erik Bill.
Pick up t...
published: 13 Oct 2011
author: erik bill
Erik Bailey - DAYSHAPES
Erik Bailey's part from Dayshapes.
The NDN 2011
Filmed & Edited by Erik Bill.
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Erik Bailey WRS 'Uploaded'
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Youtube results:
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Bill Bailey live session: How I covered ... Gary Numan's Cars
Previewing his series of video blogs on the Guardian's website, comedian and musician Bill...
published: 20 Sep 2011
author: TheGuardian
Bill Bailey live session: How I covered ... Gary Numan's Cars
Previewing his series of video blogs on the Guardian's website, comedian and musician Bill Bailey and his band perform a rendition of Gary Numan's electro-pop classic Cars. With 'appropriate' instrumentation. In French
- published: 20 Sep 2011
- views: 7432
- author: TheGuardian
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Bill Bailey - 'Cars' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
Gary Numan 'Cars' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere F...
published: 12 Jul 2011
author: Dean Lord
Bill Bailey - 'Cars' Live at Sonisphere Festival UK 2011
Gary Numan 'Cars' Cover with horns by Bill Bailey Live on the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere Festival 10/07/2011 Panasonic Lumix TZ7 Camera used
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 3601
- author: Dean Lord
7:31
Bill Bailey Performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2012
Bill Bailey represents the world of comedy with a fantastic performance at The Royal Varie...
published: 04 Dec 2012
author: TheFilmMaster
Bill Bailey Performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2012
Bill Bailey represents the world of comedy with a fantastic performance at The Royal Variety Performance 2012, at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Variety Performance is shown in front of Her Majesty the Queen live, seated in the Royal Box. © ITV 2012 First aired on Monday, 3rd December 2012 on ITV1. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY Enjoy!!
- published: 04 Dec 2012
- views: 8339
- author: TheFilmMaster
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Bill (Bailey) and Ben Live At The Manchester Palace Theatre
i got to go on stage with bill bailey but not all went to plan haha...
published: 21 Jun 2009
author: Proline1410
Bill (Bailey) and Ben Live At The Manchester Palace Theatre
i got to go on stage with bill bailey but not all went to plan haha
- published: 21 Jun 2009
- views: 2150
- author: Proline1410
For other uses, see Bill Bailey (disambiguation).
| Bill Bailey | |
|---|---|
 Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008 |
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| Birth name | Mark Bailey[1] |
| Born | (1964-01-13) 13 January 1964 (age 48)[2] Bath, Somerset, England |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Genres | Surreal humour, Musical comedy, Satire |
| Spouse | Kristin Bailey[3] (1998–present) |
| Notable works and roles | Black Books Never Mind the Buzzcocks Hot Fuzz |
| Website | billbailey.co.uk |
Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey;[1] 13 January[2] 1964) is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.[4]
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Personal life[link]
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.[5]
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath[6] where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. However, at about the age of 15 years, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.[5]
He started studies for an English degree at Westfield College of the University of London but left after a year.[7]
He spent his final years listening to Monty Python records, and rehearsing with a band called the "Famous Five",[8] who he confesses were very bad but still much better than him and who actually had six members.[9] However, he is a classically trained musician and received an Associateship Diploma from the London College of Music as well as being made an honorary member of the Society of Crematorium Organists. Despite this, he has said that he always had the temptation to be silly with music, a trait that influences his stand-up shows.
Bailey often mythologises his early years in his stand-up. In his show Bewilderness, he claims to have attended Bovington Gurney School of Performing Arts and Owl Sanctuary. He talks about a succession of jobs he had before becoming a comedian, including lounge pianist, crematorium organist, door-to-door door-salesman and accompanist for a mind-reading dog. A clip of Bailey's appearance in the dog's routine was shown during his Room 101 appearance. He also is self-deprecating about his appearance, suggesting he is so hairy that he is part troll, or that his hair or beard is a small animal named Lionel whom he has trained to sit 'very very still.'
Bailey also talks about his role as a "Disenfranchised Owl" in an experimental Welsh theatre troupe.[10] Other acting roles included a part in a Workers' Revolutionary Party stage production called The Printers, which also featured Vanessa Redgrave and Frances de la Tour. His trivia page on IMDb also claims that he was awarded Best Actor in the 1986 Institut Français awards.
Bailey married Kristin in 1998. An avid Star Trek fan, he named his son (born 2003) not after the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character Dax as is often reported, but after a childhood friend,[3] and often refers to himself as a Klingon (once claiming during his "Part Troll" tour that his ear-mounted microphone made him resemble "a wizard in a call centre" and "a Klingon motivational speaker").
He currently lives in Hammersmith and supports Queens Park Rangers.[11] In 2010, Bailey endorsed the Labour Party in the upcoming General Election, appearing in the party's fifth party election broadcast of the 2010 campaign.[12] He is also an outspoken feminist and supporter of the Fawcett Society.[13][14] Bailey is a patron of International Animal Rescue and has been instrumental in the organisation's campaign to capture dancing bears.[15][16]
Career[link]
Early stand-up[link]
Bailey began touring the country with other comedians such as Mark Lamarr. In 1984 he formed a double act, the Rubber Bishops, with Toby Longworth (a former fellow pupil at King Edward's, Bath). They achieved a certain amount of success on the club circuit, partly due to their rigorous schedule – sometimes as many as three or four gigs a night. It was here that Bailey began developing his own unique style, mixing in musical parodies with deconstructions of or variations on traditional jokes ("How many amoebas does it take to change a lightbulb? One, no two! No four! No eight..."). According to comedy folklore, after a reviewer once criticised his act for its lack of jokes, Bailey returned the following night, at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, to perform a set composed entirely of punchlines. Longworth left to join the RSC in 1989 and was replaced by Martin Stubbs.
Stubbs later quit to pursue a more serious career, and in 1994 Bailey performed Rock at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Sean Lock, a show about an ageing rockstar and his roadie, script-edited by comedy writer Jim Miller. It was later serialised for the Mark Radcliffe show on BBC Radio 1. However, the show's attendances were not impressive and on one occasion the only person in the audience was comedian Dominic Holland. Bailey almost gave up comedy to take up a telesales job.[17]
He persevered, however, and went solo the next year with the one man show Bill Bailey's Cosmic Jam. The show was very well received and led to a recording at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London which was broadcast in 1997 on Channel 4 as a one-hour special called Bill Bailey Live. It was not until 2005 that this was released in DVD uncut and under its original title. It marked the first time that Bailey had been able to tie together his music and post-modern gags with the whimsical rambling style he is now known for.
After supporting Donna McPhail in 1995 and winning a Time Out award, he returned to Edinburgh in 1996 with a critically acclaimed show that was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. Amongst the other nominees was future Black Books co-star Dylan Moran, who narrowly beat him in the closest vote in the award's history.
Bailey won the Best Live Stand-Up award at the British Comedy Awards, 1999.
Television[link]
Though he didn't win the Perrier in 1996, the nomination was enough to get him noticed, and in 1998 the BBC gave him his own television show, Is It Bill Bailey?
This was not Bailey's first foray into television. His debut was on the children's TV show Motormouth in the late 1980s, playing piano for a mind-reading dog. The trick went hilariously wrong, and Bailey reminisced about the experience on the BBC show Room 101 with Paul Merton in 2000. In 1991, he was appearing in stand-up shows such as The Happening, Packing Them In, The Stand Up Show, and The Comedy Store. He also appeared as captain on two panel games, an ITV music quiz pilot called Pop Dogs, and the poorly received Channel 4 science fiction quiz show, Space Cadets. However Is it Bill Bailey? was the first time he had written and presented his own show.
With his star on the rise and gaining public recognition, over the next few years, Bailey made well received guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You, World Cup Comedy, Room 101, Des O'Connor Tonight, Coast to Coast and three episodes of off-beat Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, in which he played comic-shop manager Bilbo Bagshot.
In 1998, Dylan Moran approached him with the pilot script for Black Books, a Channel 4 sitcom about a grumpy bookshop owner, his put-upon assistant, and their neurotic female friend. It was commissioned in 2000, and Bailey took the part of the assistant Manny Bianco, with Moran playing the owner Bernard, and Tamsin Greig the friend, Fran. Three series of six episodes were made, building up a large cult fanbase, providing the public awareness on which Bailey would build a successful national tour in 2001.
When Sean Hughes left his long-term role as a team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2002, Bailey became his successor. His style quickly blended into the show, possibly helped by his background in music. He soon developed a rapport of sorts with host Mark Lamarr, who continually teased him about his looks and his pre-occupation with woodland animals. It was announced on 18 September 2008 that Bailey would be leaving the series and be replaced by a series of guest captains including Jack Dee and Dermot O'Leary.[18] Whilst touring in 2009, Bailey joked that his main reason for leaving the show was a lack of desire to continue humming Britney Spears' "Toxic" to little known figures in the indie music scene. It was during this time that he also left his position as "curator" of the Museum of Curiosity, and declared his intention to "retire" from panel games, although he has since appeared on QI many more times and hosted Have I Got News For You.
Bailey has appeared frequently on the intellectual panel game QI since it began in 2003, appearing alongside host Stephen Fry and regular panellist Alan Davies. Other television appearances include a cameo role in Alan Davies' drama series Jonathan Creek as failing street magician Kenny Starkiss and obsessed guitar teacher in the "Holiday" episode of Sean Lock's Fifteen Storeys High. He later appeared with Lock again as a guest on his show TV Heaven, Telly Hell. He has also appeared twice on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Bailey also hosted his own show Comic's Choice, which aired in 2011.
Bailey also presented Wild Thing I Love You which began on Channel 4 on 15 October 2006. The series focuses on the protection of Britain's wild animals, and has included rehoming badgers, owls and water voles.
Bailey has most recently appeared in the second series of the E4 teenage "dramedy" Skins playing Maxxie's dad, Walter Oliver. In episode 1, Walter struggles with his son's desire to be a dancer, instead wishing him to become a builder, which is what he himself does for a living. Walter is married to Jackie, played by Fiona Allen.
Bailey appeared on the first episode of Grand Designs Live on 4 May 2008, helping Kevin McCloud build his eco-friendly home. In 2009 Bailey appeared in the BBC show Hustle as the character "Cyclops", a side-line character. In autumn 2009, Bailey presented Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza.[19]
As a continuation of Bailey's recent foray into natural history, he presented ITV1's half-hour wildlife mini-series Baboons With Bill Bailey.[20] The series was filmed in Cape Town and spanned 8 episodes, with exclusive content available on itvWILD.[21]
Bill Bailey played Droxil, a Harvest Ranger from the Planet Androzani Major in the 2011 Christmas Special of Doctor Who, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
International tours[link]
In 2001, Bailey began touring the globe with Bewilderness, which became a huge success. A recording of a performance in Swansea was released on DVD the same year, and the show was broadcast on Channel 4 that Christmas. A modified version of it also proved successful in America, and in 2002 Bailey released a CD of a recording at the WestBeth Theatre in New York. The show contained all his trademarks, popular music parodies (such as Unisex Chip Shop, a Billy Bragg tribute which he actually performed with Billy Bragg at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival), "three men in a pub" jokes (including one in the style of Geoffrey Chaucer) and deconstructions of television themes such as Countdown and The Magic Roundabout. A Bewilderness CD was sold outside gigs, which was actually just a mixture of studio recordings of songs and monologues Bailey had performed in the past – it was later released in shops as Bill Bailey: The Ultimate Collection... Ever!. That same year he also presented a Channel 4 countdown, Top Ten Prog Rock.
Bailey premiered his show Part Troll at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A critical and commercial success, he then transferred it to the West End where tickets sold out in under 24 hours, and new dates had to be added. Since then he has toured it all over the UK as well as in America, Australia and New Zealand. The show marked the first time Bailey had really tackled political material, as he expanded on subjects such as the war on Iraq, which he had only touched upon before in his Bewilderness New York show. He also talks extensively on drugs, at one point asking the audience to name different ways of baking cannabis. A DVD was released in 2004.
2005 finally saw the release of his 1995 show Bill Bailey's Cosmic Jam. The 2-disc set also contained a director's cut of Bewilderness, which featured a routine on Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time not seen in the original version.
Bailey performed at show at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled Steampunk. It looked set to become the fastest selling fringe show ever (beating the record Bailey set with The Odd Couple in 2005). But a ticketing mix-up forced the last 10% of tickets to be purchased in person from the venue rather than pre-booked, meaning the venue filled at a slower overall rate than it should have.
Bailey appeared at the Beautiful Days festival in August 2007. The UK leg of the Tinselworm tour enjoyed 3 sell-out nights at the MEN Arena in Manchester, Europe's largest indoor arena, and culminated with a sell-out performance at Wembley Arena.
Early in 2007, a petition was started to express fans' wishes to see him cast as a dwarf in the 2010 film The Hobbit, after his stand-up routine mentioned auditioning for Gimli in The Lord of the Rings. The petition reached its goal in the early days of January, and was sent to the producers. It was hoped that as the Tinselworm tour took him to Wellington in New Zealand where the film is in pre-production, that he would be able to audition.[22]
Bill Bailey's most recent tour, titled Dandelion Mind, was released on DVD on 22 November 2010.
Other appearances[link]
2000[link]
- A small role in British comedy film Saving Grace
2001[link]
- 19 July: Panelist in Radio 4's show The 99p Challenge
2002[link]
- Voice for a BMW Mini advertising campaign
- Writer and performer for a series of British Airways adverts in which, through the use of music, he took a humorous look at several locations around the world
- Guest panellist on BBC Radio show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
2003[link]
- Juror No. 4 in Twelve Angry Men, directed by Guy Masterson for the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Panelist on Radio 4's show Just a Minute (twice)
- 4 February: Panelist (for a second time) on Radio 4's show The 99p Challenge
- 21 October: Presented Good Vibrations: The History of the Theremin on Radio 4
2004[link]
- 24 October: appeared on Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. He finished with a time of 1:53.4 in the Suzuki Liana.
2005[link]
- Voice of the sperm whale in the 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Co-starred as Oscar in The Odd Couple (alongside Alan Davies), directed by Guy Masterson for the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- One of the acts in the Birmingham show Jasper Carrott's Rock with Laughter, alongside other performers including Bonnie Tyler, Lenny Henry, Bobby Davro and the Lord of the Dance troupe
- Returned to Radio 4's Just a Minute for a third show as a panellist
2006[link]
- 15 March: Interviewed by Lenny Henry for BBC Radio 4 show Chain Reaction
- 22 March: Returned to Chain Reaction to interview Simon Pegg
2007[link]
- A minor part in Simon Pegg's and Edgar Wright's film Hot Fuzz, as a pair of desk sergeant twins. (Bailey had originally meant to also appear in Pegg and Wright's earlier film, Shaun of the Dead. but the commentary included with the DVD of that movie explains that he was busy with other commitments at the time.)
- February: Organised, produced, and starred in West End show Pinter's People, a collection of sketches by playwright Harold Pinter. The show also starred Kevin Eldon, Sally Phillips and Geraldine McNulty
- March: Appeared at the International Human Beatbox Convention at the Southbank Centre in London, introducing Shlomo to the stage for the climax of the concert, as well as showing off his own beatboxing
- 4 May: Guest presenter for an episode of BBC One's Have I Got News for You (a role he returned to on 9 May 2008)
- July: Narrator for Nessy Tales, a series of animated reading books for dyslexic children
2008[link]
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Bill Bailey hosting So You Think You're Funny
- Guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs
- February: Co-host of the first series of BBC Radio 4's panel show The Museum of Curiosity
- 9 May: Guest presenter for an episode of BBC One's Have I Got News for You
- 9 June: Guest on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.[5] Later that day, appeared as Rushton in the first episode of an adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists on the same station
- 7 September: Guest on live Australian TV show Rove.[23] In a questionnaire to win in 20 seconds, host Rove McManus asked his usual question, "Who would you turn gay for?". Bailey replied, "The pope"
- September: One of the hosts of the So You Think You're Funny comedy gala at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[24]
- 11 October: Guest on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends
- 12 November: Performed for We Are Most Amused, a special comedy performance to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prince Charles
2010[link]
- 30 March: took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London.
- 27 June: appeared on Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, while impersonating Angelina Jolie. He finished with a time of 1:50.8 in the Kia Cee'd.
- 28 September: the first guest on new ABC TV conversation program A Quiet Word With ....[25]
Music[link]
Bailey is a talented pianist and guitarist, and has perfect pitch; of this he has said
"Perfect pitch ... occurs entirely at random in about one in every 10,000 of us, and I'm one of them. From as early as I can remember, I was able to pick out the pitch of things, not just instruments but washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dentists' drills."[26]
His stand-up routines often feature music from genres such as jazz, rock (most notably prog rock from the early seventies), drum'n'bass, rave, classical, and even theme songs, usually for comic value. Favourite instruments include the keyboard, guitar, theremin, kazoo and bongos. He also mentioned in an interview that he has achieved Grade 6 Clarinet. He was part of punk band Beergut 100,[27] which he founded in 1995 with comedy writer Jim Miller and also featured Martin Trenaman and Phil Whelans, with Kevin Eldon as lead singer.[28] The band performed at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[29] Trenaman and Welans had previously appeared in Cosmic Jam under the name "The Stan Ellis Experiment", and Trenaman and Eldon later featured with John Moloney in the Kraftwerk homage "Das Hokey Kokey" on the Part Troll tour. Bailey claims that he and the three other performers are a Kraftwerk tribute band called Augenblick. To mark the final gig of the Part Troll tour on 1 January 2005 the band reappeared on stage after the "Das Hokey Kokey" joke to play an hour-long encore of music.
In February 2007, Bailey appeared on two occasions with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Anne Dudley in a show entitled Cosmic Shindig. Performed in the Colosseum in Watford on 24 February and in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 26 February, the show contained orchestrally accompanied versions of many of Bailey's previously performed songs, an exploration of the instruments of the orchestra and a number of new pieces of music. The Queen Elizabeth Hall performance was aired on BBC Radio 3 on 16 March 2007 as a part of Comic Relief 2007.
Bailey had planned to put himself forward as Britain's Eurovision entry in 2008, as a result of several fan petitions encouraging him to do so.[30]
In October 2008 he performed Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anne Dudley.[31]
In 2009, Bailey presented a project about the explorer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, in the form of an Indonesian travelogue.[32] Bailey said in an interview that Wallace had been "airbrushed out of history", and that he feels a "real affinity" with him.
In November 2009 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.[33]
In July 2011, Bailey performed at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, headlining the Saturn Stage.[34] He released an album, In Metal, using songs played at Sonisphere, later that year.
Tours[link]
- Cosmic Jam (1995)
- Bewilderness (2001)
- Part Troll (2004)
- Steampunk (2006) (Edinburgh Festival)
- Tinselworm (2008)
- Bill Bailey Live (2008–09) (Theatre tour with some material from Tinselworm, but mostly new material)
- Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (2009)
- Dandelion Mind (2010)
- Dandelion Mind – Gently Modified (2011)
DVD releases[link]
| Title | Released | Notes |
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| Bill Bailey Live (also known as Cosmic Jam) | 20 October 1997 | Live at London's Bloomsbury Theatre |
| Bewilderness | 12 November 2001 | Live at Swansea's Grand Theatre |
| Part Troll | 22 November 2004 | Live at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo |
| Tinselworm | 10 November 2008 | Live at London's Wembley Arena |
| Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra | 23 November 2009 | Live at London's Royal Albert Hall |
| Dandelion Mind | 22 November 2010 | Live at Dublin's The O2 |
Filmography[link]
- The James Whale Radio Show (TV series) (circa 1990) (Guest)
- Blue Heaven (Channel 4 TV series) (1994)
- Asylum (1996)
- Space Cadets (1997) (Regular team captain)
- Is It Bill Bailey? (1998)
- Spaced (1999–2001)
- Have I Got News for You (guest 1999, 2001, 2005; guest presenter 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- Maid Marian and her Merry Men (1992). Cameo court jester to King John
- Black Books (2000–2004)
- Jonathan Creek
- "Satan's Chimney" (2001)
- "The Tailor's Dummy" (2003)
- Wild West (2002–2004)
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2002–2008) (Regular team captain)
- QI (2003–present) (Frequent guest)
- "15 Storeys High" – "The Holiday" (2004)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (Voice of the Sperm Whale)[35]
- The Libertine (Small cameo role as advisor to Charles II of England).
- Wild Thing I Love You (2006) (Presenter)
- Top Gear (A Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Run Fatboy Run (2007) (Cameo)
- Skins (2008)
- Love Soup (2008)
- We Are Most Amused (2008) (One-off special)
- Hustle (as 'Cyclops')
- "Return of the Prodigal" (2009)
- "Diamond Seeker" (2009)
- "Picasso Finger Painting" (2012)
- Steve's World (2009)
- Burke and Hare (2010)
- Bill Bailey's Bird Watching Bonanza (2010)
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
- Talkin' 'bout Your Generation (2010); one episode
- Jo Brand's Big Splash (2011); one episode
- Chalet Girl (2011)[36]
- Doctor Who – The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)[37]
References[link]
- ^ a b "Bill Bailey". screenonline. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1191391/.
- ^ a b "@BillBailey". Twitter. http://twitter.com/RealBillBailey/status/7701657445. [dead link] "@BillBailey". Twitter. http://twitter.com/RealBillBailey/status/7707832487. [dead link] "@BillBailey". Twitter. http://twitter.com/RealBillBailey/status/9570692935. [dead link]
- ^ a b Philby, Charlotte (5 December 2009). "Stand up guy: Bill Bailey on music, marriage and the moment he refused to sell out". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/stand-up-guy-bill-bailey-on-music-marriage-and-the-moment-he-refused-to-sell-out-1832693.html. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups – Announcements – Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time!". Channel 4. 11 April 2010. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-100-greatest-stand-ups/articles/greatest-stand-ups-of-all-time. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Desert Island Discs featuring Bill Bailey". Desert Island Discs. 8 June 2008. BBC. Radio 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20080608.shtml.
- ^ "Comedy Map of Britain". News Events & Diary. King Edward's School, Bath. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929195711/http://www.kesbath.com/cgi-local/artman/exec/search.cgi?cat=1&fields=art_num&keyword=1553&template=index/newspage.htm. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
- ^ "People are obsessed by how I look", The Independent, 21 November 2008.
- ^ "Episode 1 – West London to the West Country". The Comedy Map of Britain. 27 January 2007. BBC 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap/episode1.shtml.
- ^ "YouTube: Bill Bailey discusses the Famous Five on Room 101". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhbwk3rc0Y.
- ^ Ross, Deborah (7 October 2002). "Bill Bailey: The laid-back stand-up guy". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/bill-bailey-the-laidback-standup-guy-613425.html. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Bill Bailey – Celebrity fans – Interviews". FourFourTwo. 31 July 2009. http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/celebrityfans/49/article.aspx. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Sixty Seconds". YouTube. 3 May 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rro9m9RCLzI&feature=player_embedded. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Bill Bailey". Fawcett Society. http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=447. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ Moore, Suzanne (26 February 2011). "What's the nicest thing a man can do for a woman? Shout at a bigot". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/26/suzanne-moore-feminist-men-shout-at-a-bigot. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Dancing bears 'tradition' to be halted in India". Wildlife Extra. October 2006. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/dancing-bears.html. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "Comic joins animal protest". The Argus. 3 May 2008. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/2243922.comic_joins_animal_protest/. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "Bill Bailey: For whom the Bill toils". The Independent (London). 18 November 2004. http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/features/article20740.ece.
- ^ "Bailey says goodbye to Buzzcocks". BBC News. 18 September 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7623854.stm. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Bird Watching Bonanza on Sky". Tv.sky.com. 6 January 2010. http://tv.sky.com/bill-bailey-bird-watching. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Something hairy’s on the telly tonight! Also features baboons". Bill Bailey. 8 April 2011. http://www.billbailey.co.uk/latestnews/2011/04/something-hairys-on-the-telly-tonight-also-features-baboons/. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "ITV – Baboons with Bill Bailey". itvWILD. http://www.itvwild.com/tvshows/baboons-with-bill-bailey. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "All That Glitters". Wired, Croydon's listings magazine. http://www.wiredmag.co.uk/archive-feature.php?issue_id=50&feature_id=69. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
- ^ Rove Live: Season 9, Episode 22. IMDb.com
- ^ "Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008". Bill Bailey. http://www.billbailey.co.uk/latestnews/2008/06/edinburgh-festival-fringe-2008/. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "A Quiet Word With Bill Bailey". Official site. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/201009/programs/AC0954H001D2010-09-28T220500.htm?program=A%20Quiet%20Word%20With%20Bill%20Bailey. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Bailey, Bill (15 October 2004). "Weird science". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2004/oct/15/4. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ Simon Neville (2006). "Looking back at a week of Fringe madness". The Scotsman. UK. http://living.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1484&id=1247052006. Retrieved 2 January 2007.
- ^ Natbat (2006). "Kevin Eldon Interview". notbbc.co.uk. http://www.notbbc.co.uk/features/15/kevin_eldon_interview.html. Retrieved 2 January 2007.
- ^ "The essential guide to Edinburgh". Special report Edinburgh 2006 (London). 28 July 2006. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh2006/story/0,,1826826,00.html. Retrieved 2 January 2007.
- ^ "Eurovision". Bill Bailey. http://www.billbailey.co.uk/latestnews/2007/07/eurovision/. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Logan, Brian (17 October 2008). "Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/oct/17/comedy. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "Comedian Bill Bailey's new show about Alfred Russel Wallace". The Alfred Russel Wallace Website. http://wallacefund.info/comedian-bill-baileys-new-show-about-alfred-russel-wallace. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ 2 days left. "BBC Radio 3". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/privatepassions/. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ Bhamra, Satvir. "Bill Bailey to headline Sonisphere". Amplified.tv. http://amplified.tv/2011/03/28/bill-bailey-to-headline-sonisphere/. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy", IMDB
- ^ "Chalet Girl", IMDB
- ^ Christmas Guest Stars Revealed. Doctor Who News. Retrieved on 2012-04-20.
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| Name | Bailey, Bill |
| Alternative names | Bailey, Mark |
| Short description | English comedian, actor and musician |
| Date of birth | 24 February 1964 |
| Place of birth | Bath, Somerset, England |
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 The Orchestra 2008, performing at the Sweden Rock Festival. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Rock music, Pop music |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Associated acts | Electric Light Orchestra ELO Part II Styx |
| Website | theorchestra.net |
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| Louis Clark Eric Troyer Mik Kaminski Gordon Townsend Phil Bates Glen Burtnik |
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| Kelly Groucutt Parthenon Huxley |
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The Orchestra is a rock band formed by former members of the Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II. It is the continuation of ELO Part II following Bev Bevan's departure and selling of the rights to Jeff Lynne.
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History[link]
By 2000 Bev Bevan had sold his fifty per cent share of the Electric Light Orchestra name as well as the rights to the ELO Part II name to Jeff Lynne. Lynne, now the full owner of the ELO name, took legal action to prevent the band from continuing to call themselves “ELO Part II”. They initially tried to alter their name to “ELO2”, but they eventually submitted and changed their name to The Orchestra.
In 2001 The Orchestra released a limited number of their CD No Rewind which was produced and released without involvement from a major record label (but was subsequently released in Argentina by Art Music in 2005 and reissued worldwide in 2006). The album contains The Orchestra's best known non-ELO song, Over London Skies, a loving homage to the classic ELO sound in Jewel & Johnny and a cover of Twist and Shout which begins in a slow, plaintive minor key with arpeggiated chords before building to the familiar, rocking major progression. With the release of No Rewind, The Orchestra worked more original material into their set, with Jewel & Johnny and the album's title song becoming staples. The band continues to tour and regularly sells out shows in Chile, Argentina, the UK, Eastern Europe and elsewhere around the world.
In late 2004, a legal dispute almost erupted between The Orchestra and a Florida-based rock band called theOrchestra, but the issue was settled out-of-court.
The Orchestra toured the UK extensively in 2006 following the re-issue of No Rewind. The band were promoted using the descriptive phrase "Electric Light Orchestra Part II Former Members". Lynne sued The Orchestra, claiming copyright infringement. The matter went to litigation and in August 2006, a Los Angeles judge ruled in favour of the members of The Orchestra.[1]
During The Orchestra's 2006 UK tour, Phil Bates, formerly a member of Trickster, ELO Part II and Bev Bevan's Move, stood in for Parthenon Huxley at a couple of gigs when Huxley had to return unexpectedly to the States to attend the funeral of his father. In July 2007 Huxley left the band to spend more time with his family and was replaced by Bates.
In 2008 The Orchestra participated in the Sweden Rock Festival.
On February 18, 2009 the group returned from a sell out concert in Berlin. But a few hours after returning home, Kelly Groucutt collapsed of a massive heart attack and died the following day. The band decided to carry on and brought in former Styx man Glen Burtnik on bass (Glen had filled in for Kelly previously during a 1998 ELO Part II tour when the latter had taken ill). On July 17, 2009 they opened for the Alan Parsons Live Project at DTE Theater in Clarkston, Michigan. Also in 2009 German bassist Ralf Vornberger played with the band in Israel when Glen was unavailable due to other work commitments booked before he joined the band.
In November 2011 guitarist Phil Bates left The Orchestra again, and Parthenon Huxley reclaimed his position as guitarist/singer. With Huxley on board The Orchestra ended 2011 with a 17-city tour of Eastern Europe, including stops in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
Members[link]
Current members[link]
- Louis Clark - keyboards, orchestral arranger and conductor (2000–present) (from ELO and ELO Part II)
- Eric Troyer - keyboards, vocals, guitar (2000–present) (from ELO Part II)
- Mik Kaminski - violin (2000–present) (from ELO and ELO Part II)
- Gordon Townsend - drums (2000–present)
- Parthenon Huxley - guitar, vocals (2000–2007 and 2011 to present) (from ELO Part II)
- Glen Burtnik - bass guitar, vocals (2009–present)
Former Members[link]
- Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, vocals (2000–2009) (from ELO and ELO Part II)
- Phil Bates - guitar, vocals (2007-2011) (from ELO Part II)
Discography[link]
- No Rewind (2001)
Live albums[link]
- The Orchestra Live (2008)
Videos[link]
- Live in Reno (DVD), (2006)
Live Lineup History[link]
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References[link]
External links[link]
- [1] The Orchestra on Facebook
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"Scot" redirects here. For other uses, see Scot (disambiguation).
"Scotsman" redirects here. For the newspaper, see The Scotsman.
This article is about the Scottish people as an ethnic group. For residents or nationals of Scotland, see Demographics of Scotland.
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The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse. Later the Normans also had some influence.
In modern use, "Scottish people" or "Scots" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from within Scotland. The Latin word Scotti[15] originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Goidelic tribe that inhabited Ireland.[16] Though sometimes considered archaic or pejorative,[17] the term Scotch has also been used for the Scottish people, though this usage is current primarily outside Scotland.[18][19]
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish participation in the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. There is a Scottish presence at a particularly high rate in Canada, which has the second largest population of descended Scots ancestry, after the United States. They took with them their Scottish languages and culture.[20]
Scotland has seen migration and settlement of peoples at different periods in its history. The Dalriadans, the Picts and the Britons had respective origin myths, like most Middle Ages European peoples.[21] Germanic people such as Angles and Saxons arrived beginning in the 7th century while the Norse settled many regions of Scotland from the 8th century onwards. In the High Middle Ages, from the reign of David I of Scotland, there was some emigration from France, England and the Low Countries to Scotland. Many famous Scottish family names, including those bearing the names which became Bruce, Balliol, Murray and Stewart came to Scotland at this time. Today Scotland is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and the majority of people living in Scotland are British citizens.
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The ethnic groups of Scotland[link]
Further information: Genetic history of the British Isles and Prehistoric settlement of Great Britain and Ireland
In the Early Middle Ages, Scotland had several ethnic or cultural groups labelled as such in contemporary sources, namely the Picts, the Gaels, the Britons, with the Angles settling in the southeast of the country. Culturally, these peoples are grouped according to language. Most of Scotland until the 13th century spoke Celtic languages and these included, at least initially, the Britons, as well as the Gaels and the Picts.[22] Germanic peoples included the Angles of Northumbria, who settled in south-eastern Scotland in the region between the Firth of Forth to the north and the River Tweed to the south. They also occupied the south-west of Scotland up to and including the Plain of Kyle and their language, Old English, was the earliest form of the language which eventually became known as Scots. Later the Norse arrived from Norway, Ireland and Denmark etc. in the north and west in quite significant numbers, recently discovered to have left about thirty percent of men in the Outer Hebrides with a distinct, Norse marker in their DNA. The evidence in the Northern Isles is higher.[citation needed]
Use of the Gaelic language spread throughout nearly the whole of Scotland by the 9th century,[23][24] reaching a peak in the 11th to 13th centuries, but was never the language of the south-east of the country.[24][25]
After the division of Northumbria between Scotland and England by King Edgar (or after the later Battle of Carham; it is uncertain, but most medieval historians now accept the earlier 'gift' by Edgar) the Scottish kingdom encompassed a great number of English people, with larger numbers quite possibly arriving after the Norman invasion of England (Contemporary populations cannot be estimated so we cannot tell which population thenceforth formed the majority). South-east of the Firth of Forth then in Lothian and the Borders (OE: Loðene), a northern variety of Old English, also known as Early Scots, was spoken.
The Northern Isles and some parts of Caithness were Norn-speaking (the west of Caithness was Gaelic-speaking into the 20th Century, as were some small communities in parts of the Central Highlands). From 1200 to 1500 the Early Scots language spread across the lowland parts of Scotland between Galloway and the Highland line, being used by Barbour in his historical epic, 'The Brus' in the late 1300s in Aberdeen.
From 1500 until recent years, Scotland was commonly divided by language into two groups of people, Gaelic-speaking (formerly called Scottis by English speakers and known by many Lowlanders in the eighteenth century as 'Irish') "Highlanders" and the Inglis-speaking, later to be called, Scots-speaking, and later still, English-speaking "Lowlanders". Today, immigrants have brought other languages, but almost every adult throughout Scotland is fluent in the English language.
Scottish ancestry abroad[link]
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Today, Scotland has a population of just over five million people,[26] the majority of whom consider themselves Scottish.[27][28] In addition, there are many more people with Scots ancestry living abroad than the total population of Scotland. In the 2000 Census, 4.8 million Americans reported Scottish ancestry,[29] 1.7% of the total U.S. population. Given Scotland's population (just over 5 million), there are almost as many Scottish Americans as there are native Scots living in their home country. Between 1717 and 1775 some 250,000 Ulster Scots emigrated to the American colonies.[30] In Canada, according to the 2001 Census of Canada data, the Scottish-Canadian community accounts for 4,719,850 people.[4] Scottish-Canadians are the 3rd biggest ethnic group in Canada. Scottish culture has particularly thrived in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"). There, in Cape Breton, where both Lowland and Highland Scots settled in large numbers, Canadian Gaelic is still spoken by a small number of residents. Cape Breton is the home of the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts.
Large numbers of Scottish people reside in other parts of the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland, particularly Ulster where they form the Ulster-Scots community. The number of people of Scottish descent in England and Wales is impossible to quantify due to the ancient and complex pattern of migration within Great Britain. Of the present generation alone, some 800,000 people born in Scotland now reside in either England, Wales or Northern Ireland.[31]
Other European countries have had their share of Scots immigrants. The Scots have been emigrating to mainland Europe for centuries as merchants and soldiers.[32] Many emigrated to France, Poland,[33] Italy, Germany, Scandinavia,[34] and the Netherlands.[35] Recently some scholars suggested that up to 250,000 Russians may have Scottish blood.[36]
Significant numbers of Scottish people also settled in Australia and New Zealand. Approximately 20 percent of the original European settler population of New Zealand came from Scotland, and Scottish influence is still visible around the country.[37] The South Island city of Dunedin, in particular, is known for its Scottish heritage and was named as a tribute to Edinburgh by the city's Scottish founders. In Australia, the Scottish population was fairly evenly distributed around the country.
In Latin America there are notable Scottish populations in Brazil, Argentina,[38] Chile[39] and Mexico.
The Scots and Continental Europe[link]
The Netherlands[link]
It is said that the first people from the Low Countries to settle in Scotland came in the wake of Maud's marriage to the Scottish king, David I, during the Middle Ages. Craftsmen and tradesmen followed courtiers and in later centuries a brisk trade grew up between the two nations: Scotland's primary goods (wool, hides, salmon and then coal) in exchange for the luxuries obtainable in the Netherlands, one of the major hubs of European trade.
By 1600, trading colonies had grown up on either side of the well-travelled shipping routes: the Dutch settling along the eastern seaboard of Scotland; the Scots congregating first in Campvere – where they were allowed to land their goods duty free and run their own affairs – and then Rotterdam, where Scottish and Dutch Calvinism coexisted comfortably. Besides the thousands (or the estimated over 1 million) of local descendants with Scots ancestry, both ports still show signs of these early alliances. Now a museum, 'The Scots House' in the town of Veere was the only place outwith Scotland where Scots Law was practised. In Rotterdam, meanwhile, the doors of the Scots International Church have remained open ever since 1643.[40]
Poland[link]
From as far back as the mid-15th century there were Scots trading and settling in Poland. A Scot's Pedlar Pack in Poland, which became a proverbial expression, usually consisted of cloths, woollen goods and linen handkerchiefs. Itinerants also sold tin and ironware such as scissors and knives. Along with the protection offered by King Stephen in the Royal Grant of 1576 a district in Krakow was assigned to Scots immigrants.
Records from 1592 reveal Scots settlers being granted citizenship of Krakow giving their employment as trader or merchant. Payment for being granted citizenship ranged from 12 Polish florins to a musket and gunpowder or an undertaking to marry within a year and a day of acquiring a holding.
By the 17th century there were an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Scots living in Poland.[34] Many came from Dundee and Aberdeen and could be found in Polish towns from Krakow to Lublin. Settlers from Aberdeenshire were mainly Episcopalians or Catholics, but there were also large numbers of Calvinists. As well as Scottish traders, there were also many Scottish soldiers in Poland. In 1656 a number of Scottish Highlanders who were disenchanted with Oliver Cromwell's rule went to Poland in the service of the King of Sweden.
The Scots integrated well and many acquired great wealth. They contributed to many charitable institutions in the host country, but did not forget their homeland; for example, in 1701 when collections were made for the restoration fund of the Marischal College, Aberdeen, the Scottish settlers in Poland gave generously.
Many Royal Grants and privileges were granted to Scottish merchants until the 18th century at which time the settlers began to merge more and more into the native population. Bonnie Prince Charlie was half Polish, being the son of James Edward Stewart and Clementina Sobieska, granddaughter of Jan Sobieski, King of Poland.[41][42][43] The City of Warsaw elected a Scottish immigrant Aleksander Czamer (Alexander Chalmers) as the mayor.[44]
Italy[link]
See also: Italian Scots
By 1592 the Scottish community in Rome was big enough to merit the building of Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi (English: St Andrew of the Scots). It was constructed for the Scottish expatriate community in Rome especially for those intended for priesthood. The adjoining hospice was a shelter for Catholic Scots who fled their country because of religious persecution. In 1615 Pope Paul V gave the hospice and the nearby Scottish Seminar to the Jesuits. It was rebuilt in 1645. The church and facilities became more important when James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender set his residence in Rome in 1717, but were abandoned during the French occupation of Rome in the late 18th century. In 1820, although religious activity was resumed, it was no longer led by the Jesuits. Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi was reconstructed in 1869 by Luigi Poletti. The church was deconsecrated in 1962 and incorporated into a bank (Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde). The Scottish Seminar also moved away. The Feast of St Andrew is still celebrated there on 30 November.
Gurro in Italy is said to be populated by the descendants of Scottish soldiers. According to local legend, Scottish soldiers fleeing the Battle of Pavia who arrived in the area were stopped by severe blizzards that forced many, if not all, to give up their travels and settle in the town. To this day, the town of Gurro is still proud of its Scottish links. Many of the residents claim that their surnames are Italian translations of Scottish surnames. The town also has a Scottish museum.[45][46]
Culture[link]
Language[link]
See also: Language in Scotland
Historically, Scottish people have spoken many different languages and dialects. The Pictish language, Norse, Norman-French and Brythonic languages have been spoken by forebears of Scottish people. However, none of these are in use today. The remaining three major languages of the Scottish people are English, Lowland Scots (various dialects) and Gaelic. Of these three, English is the most common form as a first language. There are some other minority languages of the Scottish people, such as Spanish, used by the population of Scots in Argentina.
The Norn language was spoken in the Northern Isles into the early modern period — the current dialects of Shetlandic and Orcadian are heavily influenced by it, to this day.
There is still debate whether Scots is a dialect or a language in its own right, as there is no clear line to define the two. Scots is usually regarded as a mid way between the two , as it is highly mutually intelligible with English, particularly the dialects spoken in the North of England as well as those spoken in Scotland, but is treated as a language in some laws.
Scottish English[link]
Main article: Scottish English
After the Union of Crowns in 1603, the Scottish Court moved with James VI & I to London and English vocabulary began to be used by the Scottish upper classes.[47] With the introduction of the printing press, spellings became standardised. Scottish English, a Scottish variation of southern English English, began to replace the Scots Language. Scottish English soon became the dominant language. By the end of the 17th century, Scots Language had practically ceased to exist, at least in literary form.[48] While Scots remained a common spoken language, the southern Scottish English dialect was the preferred language for publications from the 18th century to the present day. Today most Scottish people speak Scottish English, which has some distinctive vocabulary and may be influenced to varying degrees by Scots language.
Scots Language[link]
Main article: Scots language
See also: Ulster Scots dialects
Lowland Scots, also known as Lallans or Doric, is a language of Germanic origin. It has its roots in Northern Middle English. After the wars of independence, the English used by Lowland Scots speakers evolved in a different direction from that of Modern English. Since 1424, this language, known to its speakers as Inglis, was used by the Scottish Parliament in its statutes.[47] By the middle of the 15th century, the language's name had changed from Inglis to Scottis. The reformation, from 1560 onwards, saw the beginning of a decline in the use of Scots forms. With the establishment of the Protestant Presbyterian religion, and lacking a Scots translation of the Bible, they used the Geneva Edition.[49] From that point on; God spoke English, not Scots.[50] Scots continued to be used in official legal and court documents throughout the 18th century. However, due to the adoption of the southern standard by officialdom and the Education system the use of written Scots declined. Lowland Scots is still a popular spoken language with over 1.5 million Scots speakers in Scotland.[51] The Scots language is used by about 30,000 Ulster Scots[52] and is known in official circles as Ullans. In 1993, Ulster Scots was recognised, along with Scots, as a variety of the Scots language by the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages.[53]
Scottish Gaelic[link]
Main article: Scottish Gaelic
See also: Canadian Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language with similarities to Irish. Scottish Gaelic comes from Old Irish. It was originally spoken by the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Rhinns of Galloway, later being adopted by the Pictish people of central and eastern Scotland. Gaelic (lingua Scottica, Scottis) became the de facto language of the whole Kingdom of Alba, giving its name to the country (Scotia, "Scotland"). Meanwhile, Gaelic independently spread from Galloway into Dumfriesshire (it is unclear if the Gaelic of 12th century Clydesdale and Selkirkshire came from Galloway or Scotland-proper). The predominance of Gaelic began to decline in the 13th century, and by the end of the Middle Ages Scotland was divided into two linguistic zones, the English/Scots-speaking Lowlands and the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Galloway. Gaelic continued to be spoken widely throughout the Highlands until the 19th century. The Highland clearances and the Education Act of 1872, which actively discouraged the use of Gaelic in schools, caused the numbers of Gaelic speakers to fall.[54] Many Gaelic speakers emigrated to counties such as Canada or moved to the industrial cities of lowland Scotland. Communities where the language is still spoken natively are restricted to the west coast of Scotland; and especially the Hebrides. However, large proportions of Gaelic speakers also live in the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. A report in 2005 by the Registrar General for Scotland based on the 2001 UK Census showed about 92,400 people or 1.9% of the population can speak Gaelic while the number of people able to read and write rose by 7.5% and 10% respectively.[55] Outwith Scotland, there are communities of Scottish Gaelic speakers such as the Canadian Gaelic community; though their numbers have also been declining rapidly. The Gaelic language is recognised as a Minority Language by the European Union. The Scottish parliament is also seeking to increase the use of Gaelic in Scotland through the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. Gaelic is now used as a first language in some Schools and is prominently seen in use on dual language road signs throughout the Gaelic speaking parts of Scotland. It is recognised as an official language of Scotland with "equal respect" to English.[citation needed]
Religion[link]
See also: Religion in Scotland
The modern people of Scotland remain a mix of different religions. The Protestant and Catholic divisions still remain in the society. In Scotland the main Protestant body is the Church of Scotland which is Presbyterian. The high kirk for Presbyterians is St Giles' Cathedral. In the United States, people of Scottish and Scots-Irish descent are chiefly Protestant, with many belonging to the Baptist or Methodist churches, or various Presbyterian denominations.
Literature[link]
See also: Scottish literature
Folklore[link]
Main article: Scottish folklore
Science and Engineering[link]
Main article: List of Scottish scientists
Music[link]
Main article: Music of Scotland
Sport[link]
See also: Sport in Scotland
The Modern game of Golf originated in Scotland.
Cuisine[link]
See also: Scottish cuisine
Clans[link]
Main article: Scottish clan
Anglicisation[link]
Main article: Anglicisation
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Many Scottish surnames have become Anglicised over the centuries. This reflected the gradual spread of English, also known as Early Scots, from around the 13th century onwards, through Scotland beyond its traditional area in the Lothians. It also reflected some deliberate political attempts to promote the English language in the outlying regions of Scotland, including following the Union of the Crowns under King James VI of Scotland and I of England in 1603, and then the Act of Union of 1707 and the subsequent defeat of rebellions.
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Campbell of Argyle. A romanticised Victorian-era illustration of a Clansman by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845.
However, many Scottish surnames have remained predominantly Gaelic albeit written according to English orthographic practice (as with Irish surnames). Thus MacAoidh in Gaelic is Mackay in English, and MacGill-Eain in Gaelic is MacLean and so on. Mac (sometimes Mc) is common as, effectively, it means "son of". MacDonald, MacAulay, Balliol, Gilmore, Gilmour, MacKinley, Macintosh, MacKenzie, MacNeill, MacPherson, MacLear, MacAra, Craig, Lauder, Menzies, Galloway and Duncan are just a few of many examples of traditional Scottish surnames. There are, of course, also the many surnames, like Wallace and Morton, stemming from parts of Scotland which were settled by peoples other than the (Gaelic) Scots. The most common surnames in Scotland are Smith and Brown,[56] which come from several origins each - e.g. Smith can be a translation of Mac a' Ghobhainn (thence also e.g. MacGowan), and Brown can refer to the colour, or be akin to MacBrayne.[citation needed]
Anglicisation is not restricted to language. In his Socialism: critical and constructive, published in 1921, future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald wrote: "The Anglification of Scotland has been proceeding apace to the damage of its education, its music, its literature, its genius, and the generation that is growing up under this influence is uprooted from its past."[57]
Etymology[link]
The word Scotia was used by the Romans, as early as the 1st century CE, as the name of one of the tribes in what is now Scotland.[citation needed] The Romans also used Scotia to refer to the Gaels living in Ireland.[58] The Venerable Bede (c. 672 or 673 – 27 May, 735) uses the word Scottorum for the nation from Ireland who settled part of the Pictish lands: "Scottorum nationem in Pictorum parte recipit." This we can infer to mean the arrival of the people, also known as the Gaels, in the Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the western edge of Scotland. It is of note that Bede used the word natio (nation) for the Scots, where he often refers to other peoples, such as the Picts, with the word gens (race).[59] In the 10th century Anglo Saxon Chronicle, the word Scot is mentioned as a reference to the "Land of the Gaels". The word Scottorum was again used by an Irish king in 1005: Imperator Scottorum was the title given to Brian Bóruma by his notary, Mael Suthain, in the Book of Armagh.[60] This style was subsequently copied by the Scottish kings. Basileus Scottorum appears on the great seal of King Edgar (1074–1107).[61] Alexander I (c. 1078–1124) used the words Rex Scottorum on his great seal, as did many of his successors up to and including James II.[62]
In modern times the words Scot and Scottish are applied mainly to inhabitants of Scotland. The possible ancient Irish connotations are largely forgotten. The language known as Ulster Scots, spoken in parts of northeastern Ireland, is the result of 17th and 18th century immigration to Ireland from Scotland.
In the English language, the word Scotch is a term to describe a thing from Scotland, such as Scotch whisky. However, when referring to people, the preferred term is Scots. Many Scottish people find the term Scotch to be offensive when applied to people.[63] The Oxford Dictionary describes Scotch as an old-fashioned term for "Scottish".[64]
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Notes[link]
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- ^ The Scottish Diaspora
- ^ The Scottish Diaspora and Diaspora Strategy
- ^ Table 1.1: Scottish population by ethnic group - All People
- ^ a b c [1] American Community Survey 2008 by the US Census Bureau estimates 5,827,046 people claiming Scottish ancestry and 3,538,444 people claiming Scotch-Irish ancestry.
- ^ Who are the Scots-Irish?
- ^ Scottish ancestry2006 Australian Census
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- ^ Friends Of Scotland
- ^ The Ancestral Scotland website states the following: "Scotland is a land of 5.1 million people. A proud people, passionate about their country and her rich, noble heritage. For every single Scot in their native land, there are thought to be at least five more overseas who can claim Scottish ancestry; that's many millions spread throughout the globe."
- ^ History, Tradition and roots, ancestry
- ^ Visit Scotland.org
- ^ Bede used a Latin form of the word Scots as the name of the Gaels of Dál Riata. Roger Collins, Judith McClure; Beda el Venerable, Bede ({1999}). The Ecclesiastical History of the English People: The Greater Chronicle ; Bede's Letter to Egbert. Oxford University Press. pp. 386. ISBN.
- ^ Anthony Richard (TRN) Birley, Cornelius Tacitus; Cayo Cornelio Tácito. Agricola and Germany. Oxford University Press. ISBN.
- ^ Scotch | Define Scotch at Dictionary.com
- ^ "Scotch is still in occasional contemporary use outwith Scotland"
- ^ John Kenneth Galbraith in his book The Scotch (Toronto: MacMillan, 1964) documents how the descendants of 19th century pioneers from Scotland who settled in Southwestern Ontario affectionately referred to themselves as Scotch. He states the book was meant to give a true picture of life in the Scotch-Canadian community in the early decades of the 20th century.
- ^ Landsman, Ned C. (1 October 2001). Nation and Province in the First British Empire: Scotland and the Americas,. Bucknell University Press. ISBN.
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- ^ Jackson, "The Language of the Picts", discussed by Forsyth, Language in Pictland.
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- ^ David McCrone, Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh. "Scottish Affairs, No. 24, Summer 1998; Opinion Polls in Scotland: July 1997 - June 1998". http://www.scottishaffairs.org/onlinepub/sa/mccrone_1997-98polls.html. During 1997-1998 two polls were undertaken. During the first when asked about their national identity 59 percent of the people polled stated they were Scottish or more Scottish than British, 28 percent stated they were equally Scottish and British, while 10 percent stated they were British or more British than Scottish. In the second poll 59 percent of the people polled stated they were Scottish or more Scottish than British, 26 percent stated they were equally Scottish and British, while 12 percent stated they were British or more British than Scottish.
- ^ The Scottish Government. "One Scotland Many Cultures 2005/06 - Waves 6 and 7 Campaign Evaluation". http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/14141401/4. When asked what ethnic group they belonged over five surveys, in the 2005/2006 period, people reporting that they were Scottish rose from 75 percent to 84 percent, while those reporting that they were British dropped from 39 percent to 22 percent. "a number of respondents selected more than one option, usually both Scottish and British, hence percentages adding to more than 100% ... This indicates a continued erosion of perceived Britishness among respondents..."
- ^ United States - QT-P13. Ancestry: 2000. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices PCT15 and PCT18.
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- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Born Abroad | Scotland
- ^ See David Armitage, "The Scottish Diaspora", particularly pp. 272–278, in Jenny Wormald (ed.), Scotland: A History. Oxford UP, Oxford, 2005. ISBN
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- ^ a b Eric Richards (2004). "Britannia's children: emigration from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland". Continuum International Publishing Group. p.53. ISBN 1-85285-441-3
- ^ BBC - History - Scottish History
- ^ Scotland on Sunday
- ^ Linguistic Archaeology: The Scottish Input to New Zealand English Phonology Trudgill et al. Journal of English Linguistics.2003; 31: 103-124
- ^ Scots in Argentina and Patagonia Austral
- ^ Archibald Cochrane
- ^ "Scotland and The Netherlands, Trade, Business & Economy - Official Online Gateway to Scotland". Scotland.org. http://www.scotland.org/about/innovation-and-creativity/features/culture/netherlands.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tb0u8ZzaiRYC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=scots+in+poland&source=web&ots=fHsrGMRMSk&sig=cworuBiXGorBkBqoSL0eXdNtrJw&hl=en#PPA68,M1
- ^ "Scotland and Poland". Scotland.org. http://www.scotland.org/about/history-tradition-and-roots/features/culture/1576.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Legacies - Immigration and Emigration - Scotland - North-East Scotland - Aberdeen's Baltic Adventure - Article Page 1". BBC. 2003-10-05. http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/scotland/s_ne/article_1.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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- ^ "strathspey Archive". Strathspey.org. http://www.strathspey.org/archive/msg?m=11944. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Scottish Celts in Italy - Bonnie Prince Charlie in Bologna". Delicious Italy. http://www.deliciousitaly.com/visualizza.php?Id=451®ione_id=5. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ a b Crystal, David (25 August 2003). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. ISBN.
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- ^ MacMahon, April M. S.; McMahon (13 April 2000). Lexical Phonology and the History of English. Cambridge University Press. p. 142. ISBN.
- ^ Murphy, Michael (EDT); Harry White (1 October 2001). Musical Constructions of Nationalism. Cork University Press. p. 216. ISBN.
- ^ The General Register Office for Scotland (1996)
- ^ Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1999
- ^ Wolff, Stefan; Jorg (EDT) Neuheiser (1 January 2002). Peace at Last?: The Impact of the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland. Berghahn Books. ISBN.
- ^ Pagoeta, Mikel Morris (2001). Europe Phrasebook. Lonely Planet. p. 416. ISBN -X.
- ^ BBC News: Mixed report on Gaelic language
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- ^ MacDonald, James Ramsay (1921). Socialism: critical and constructive. Cassell's social economics series. Cassell and Company Ltd.
- ^ Lehane, Brendan (26 Januaryth, 2000). The Quest of Three Abbots: the golden age of Celtic Christianity. SteinerBooks. p. 121. ISBN.
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- Ritchie, A. & Breeze, D.J. Invaders of Scotland HMSO. (?1991) ISBN-X
- David Armitage, "The Scottish Diaspora" in Jenny Wormald (ed.), Scotland: A History. Oxford UP, Oxford, 2005. ISBN
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- The Scots In New Zealand Exhibition Minisite from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- "We're nearly all Celts under the skin" by Ian Johnston for The Scotsman Online
- Top 100 Scottish People
- Biographies of Famous Scots at www.Scottish-people.info, part of the Gazetteer for Scotland project
- Discover your Scottish family history at the official government resource for Scottish Genealogy
- Scottish Emigration Database of the University of Aberdeen
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| Origin | Bolton, England |
| Genres | Punk rock, pop punk,[1] New Wave[2][3][4] |
| Years active | 1976–1981 1989–present |
| Labels | United Artists, I.R.S., Cooking Vinyl, ROIR, EMI |
| Associated acts | Flag of Convenience Magazine |
| Website | www.buzzcocks.com |
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Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Diggle.[5]
They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, described by critic Ned Raggett as a "punk masterpiece".[6] The widely covered "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" remains one of their best-known songs, along with "Harmony in my Head".
The name "Buzzcocks" was chosen by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley after reading the headline "it's the buzz, cocks!" in a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazine. The "buzz" is the excitement of playing on stage; "cock" is Manchester slang meaning "mate" (as in friend/buddy). They thought it captured the excitement of the Sex Pistols and nascent punk scene.[7]
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Howard Trafford, a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton), placed a notice in the college looking for musicians sharing a liking for The Velvet Underground's song "Sister Ray".[8] Peter McNeish,[9] a fellow student at the Institute, responded to the notice. Trafford played electronic music[9] and McNeish had played rock.
McNeish assumed the stage name Pete Shelley, and Trafford named himself Howard Devoto, after a bus driver in Cambridge. In late 1975, Shelley and Devoto recruited a drummer and formed an embryonic version of Buzzcocks that did not perform in front of an audience and which dissolved after a number of rehearsals.[citation needed] The band formed as Buzzcocks in February 1976 and performed live for the first time on 1 April 1976 at their college. Garth Davies played bass guitar and Mick Singleton played drums. Singleton also played in local band Black Cat Bone.[10]
After reading an NME review of the Sex Pistols' first performance, Shelley and Devoto travelled to London together to see the Sex Pistols in February 1976. Shelley and Devoto were impressed by what they saw and arranged for the Sex Pistols to come and perform at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, in June 1976. Buzzcocks intended to play at this concert, but the other musicians dropped out, and Shelley and Devoto were unable to recruit other musicians in time for the gig. Once they had recruited bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher, they made their debut opening for the Sex Pistols' second Manchester concert in July 1976. A brief clip of Devoto-era Buzzcocks performing The Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself" appears in the Punk: Attitude documentary directed by Don Letts. In September 1976 the band travelled to London to perform at the two-day 100 Club Punk Festival, organised by Malcolm McLaren. Other performers included: the Sex Pistols, Subway Sect, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, The Vibrators, The Damned and the French band Stinky Toys.
By the end of the year, Buzzcocks had recorded and released a four-track EP, Spiral Scratch, on their own New Hormones label, making them one of the first punk groups to establish an independent record label, trailing only The Saints' "(I'm) Stranded". Produced by Martin Hannett, the music was roughly recorded, insistently repetitive, and energetic. "Boredom" announced punk's rebellion against the status quo while templating a strident musical minimalism (the guitar solo consisting of two repeated notes). The demos recorded while Devoto was in the band were later issued officially as Time's Up. Long available as a bootleg, this album includes the alternative takes of all the tracks from the Spiral Scratch EP as well as early version of tracks that later appeared on the official debut Another Music in a Different Kitchen.
After a few months, Devoto left the group; he returned to college for a year, then formed Magazine. Pete Shelley continued as vocalist; his high-pitched, melodic singing stood in stark contrast to the gruff pub rock vocal stylings of many punk contemporaries. Diggle switched from bass to guitar, and Garth Davies rejoined on bass as Garth Smith or Garth. Garth appeared on the band’s first Radio 1 Peel Session, in September 1977, but due to his alcoholism he was quickly replaced with Steve Garvey, joining Dirty Looks in New York. This new line-up signed with United Artists Records.
Signing to United Artists[link]
Their first UA Buzzcocks single, "Orgasm Addict", was a playful examination of compulsive sexuality that was (and remains) uncommonly bold. The BBC refused to play the song, but the single sold well. Later, more ambiguous songs staked out a territory defined by Shelley's bisexuality and punk's aversion to serious examination of human sexuality. The next single, "What Do I Get?" reached the UK top 40 charts.[11] "Lipstick", the B-side to "Promises," shared the same ascending progression of notes in its chorus as Magazine's first single, "Shot By Both Sides," also released in 1978.
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Their original career produced three LPs: Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, and A Different Kind of Tension, each supported by extensive touring in Europe and the U.S. Their trademark sound was a marriage of catchy pop melodies with punk guitar energy, backed by an unusually tight and skilled rhythm section. They advanced drastically in musical and lyrical sophistication: by the end they were quoting American writer William S. Burroughs ("A Different Kind of Tension"), declaiming their catechism in the anthem "I Believe", and tuning in to a fantasy radio station on which their songs could be heard ("Radio Nine"). In 1980, Liberty Records signed the band, and three singles were released. However, only one of these, the double 'A' side "Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore/Are Everything" made the Top 75.
In parallel with Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley formed a more experimental and post-punk band, The Tiller Boys, along with Eric Random and Francis Cookson, while Steve Garvey joined The Teardrops in 1978, along with The Fall's Tony Friel and Karl Burns; both bands were releasing material in late 1970s and broke up at the same time as Buzzcocks.
Break-up and reunions[link]
After recording demos for a fourth album the group disbanded in 1981, when Shelley took up a solo career. Diggle and Maher formed Flag of Convenience, who released several singles between 1982 and 1989. Garvey formed Motivation and joined Blue Orchids, moving to New York, shortly afterwards, to continue with the first band. Maher had joined Wah! by the time Buzzcocks broke up. Shelley and Devoto teamed up in 2002 for the first time since 1976, producing the album Buzzkunst, 'Kunst' being the German word for 'Art'. The album was a mix of electronic music and punk.
John Maher now owns and runs John Maher Racing, a vintage Volkswagen performance tuning workshop located on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.[12] He has built and raced several Volkswagen Beetles. In 2005, Shelley re-recorded "Ever Fallen In Love" with an all-star group, including Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Peter Hook, Elton John, Robert Plant and several contemporary bands, as a tribute to John Peel. Proceeds went to Amnesty International. Shelley also performed the song live, with Plant, Daltrey, Gilmour, Hook and Jeff Beck at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame.[13]
Buzzcocks have reformed several times since 1989, featuring Shelley and Diggle with other musicians; initially with Maher and Garvey for a world tour, then briefly replacing Maher with Smiths drummer Mike Joyce. In 1992, Tony Barber joined on bass and Phil Barker on drums. This line-up toured on one of Nirvana's last-ever tours in 1994. Buzzcocks toured as the opener for Pearl Jam in 2003. In April 2006, Barker left and was replaced by Danny Farrant. In March 2006, the band released their eighth studio album, Flat-Pack Philosophy, on Cooking Vinyl Records, the supporting tour found them playing on a leg of the mid-2006 Vans Warped Tour.
They made an appearance for Maxïmo Park's homecoming gig in Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 December 2007.
In April 2008, Barber left and was replaced by Chris Remmington.
In January 2009 the band embarked on a UK and European tour, the "Another Bites Tour", in which they played their first two albums in full, as well as an encore of their other hits.[14]
In July 2009, Buzzcocks played in Serbia for the second time, at the EXIT festival in Novi Sad. Their song, "Why Can't I Touch It" was played in the second episode of the sixth season of TV series Entourage.
On 9 November 2009, Buzzcocks gave a very rare performance on a small balcony overlooking Dame Street in Dublin, for the music viral show BalconyTV.[15]
In December 2009 they played as the main support act for The Courteeners.[16]
In August 2011 they headlined the first night of The Rhythm Festival in Bedfordshire.
In November 2011 it was announced they would be playing two shows in 2012 that will feature the original line-up as well as the classic line-up of the band reunited for the first time in many years; these shows will take place on 25 May 2012 in Manchester at the O2 Apollo and on 26 May in Brixton at the O2 Academy. It was announced on the 26th of May 2012 that they'll will for the first time ever headline Thursday night in the Empress Ballroom at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool sharing the stage with the likes of Rancid, Public Image Limited and Social Distortion.[17]
TV show title[link]
Buzzcocks' name was combined with the title of the Sex Pistols' album Never Mind the Bollocks to create the title of the long-running UK comedy panel game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Diggle claimed in his autobiography that he and Shelley had only granted the BBC use of their name under the impression that it would be a one-off, probably unsuccessful pilot, and that they are now mildly disgruntled that the name is more readily associated in Britain with the TV series than with their band.[18] Shelley himself appeared on the programme in 2000, where host Mark Lamarr introduced Shelley by saying that without Buzzcocks "there'd be no Smiths or Radiohead, and this show would be called Never Mind Joan Armatrading!"
Members[link]
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Discography[link]
Main article: Buzzcocks discography
- Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
- Love Bites (1978)
- A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
- Trade Test Transmissions (1993)
- All Set (1996)
- Modern (1999)
- Buzzcocks (2003)
- Flat-Pack Philosophy (2006)
Notes[link]
- ^ Buzzcocks: Biography : Rolling Stone
- ^ "Buzzcocks Get Philosophical On New Album". Chart. 14 February 2006. http://www.chartattack.com/news/40420/buzzcocks-get-philosophical-on-new-album. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ phillyBurbs.com | The Must-Have Music Guide
- ^ John Cooper Clarke – New Musical Express Review 1978 Review
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Allmusic.com profile of Buzzcocks; URl accessed 6 Jan 2007
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Singles Going Steady (review)". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r3051. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ Gimarc, George (2005) Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970–1982, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-848-6, p. 27
- ^ "Pitchfork: Buzzcocks interview". Pitchfork Media. 29 January 2009. http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7583-buzzcocks/. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ^ a b Aidan O'Rourke (12 August). "Event Review: An Evening with Buzzcocks". Urbis Manchester. http://www.aidan.co.uk/article_urbis_buzzcocks.htm. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Discography" (TXT). buzzcocks.com. 24 February 2004. http://www.buzzcocks.com/buzzcocksdiscography.txt. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Buzzcocks". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=2903. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- ^ John Maher Racing: VW Performance
- ^ Dickson, Andrew; agencies (23 September 2005). "Music legends unite for Peel tribute single". guardian.co.uk (London: Guardian News and Media). http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1577076,00.html.
- ^ "Live Dates". buzzcocks.com. http://www.buzzcocks.com/site/livedates.html. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "BUZZCOCKS – Video Archive – BALCONYTV – Over 20 million video views – Music with a View". Balconytv. http://www.balconytv.com/v/buzzcocks--2. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8520432&id=30118565360. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Announcement of Back To Front tour". ents24.com. http://www.ents24.com/web/news/Buzzcocks_are_back_00178165.html. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ Diggle, S and Rawlings, T, Harmony In My Head (Helter Skelter, 2003, ISBN 1-900924-37-4 )
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| Birth name | Robin McLaurin Williams |
| Born | (1951-07-21) July 21, 1951 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Medium | Stand-up, film, television |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Genres | Character comedy, physical comedy, improvisational comedy, satire/political satire, observational comedy, blue comedy |
| Influences | Peter Sellers, Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Chuck Jones |
| Influenced | Conan O'Brien, Frank Caliendo,[1] Dat Phan, Jo Koy |
| Spouse | Valerie Velardi (1978–1988; 1 child) Marsha Garces Williams (1989–2008; 2 children) Susan Schneider (2011–present) |
| Website | RobinWilliams.com |
| Academy Awards | |
| Best Supporting Actor 1997 Good Will Hunting – Sean Maguire |
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Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 1988 ABC Presents A Royal Gala |
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Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1997 Good Will Hunting – Sean Maguire |
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| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) 1994 Mrs. Doubtfire – Daniel Hillard ("Euphegenia Doubtfire") |
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Robin McLaurin Williams[2][3] (born July 21, 1951[4]) is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. He has also won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.[5][6]
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Early life[link]
Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Laura McLaurin (née Smith, 1922–2001), was a former model from New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987), was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. His maternal great-great-grandfather was senator and Mississippi governor Anselm J. McLaurin.[8] Williams is of English, Welsh, Irish, and French ancestry.[9] He was raised in the Episcopal Church (his mother practiced Christian Science).[10][11] He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School,[12] and later moved to Woodacre, Marin County, California, where he attended the public Redwood High School. Williams studied at Claremont McKenna College (then called Claremont Men's College) for four years.[13] He has two half-brothers: Todd (who died August 14, 2007) and McLaurin.[14]
Williams has described himself as a quiet child whose first imitation was of his grandmother to his mother. He did not overcome his shyness until he became involved with his high-school drama department.[15]
In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at the Juilliard School, and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year, the other being Christopher Reeve.[16] In his dialects class, Williams had no trouble mastering all dialects quickly. Williams left Juilliard in 1976.
Television career[link]
After appearing in the cast of the short-lived The Richard Pryor Show on NBC, Williams was cast by Garry Marshall as the alien Mork in the hit TV series Happy Days.[17] As Mork, Williams improvised much of his dialogue and physical comedy, speaking in a high, nasal voice. Mork's appearance was so popular with viewers that it led to a spin-off hit television sitcom, Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982; the show was written to accommodate Williams' improvisations. Although he played the same character as in his appearance in Happy Days, the show was set in the present day, in Boulder, Colorado, instead of the late '50s in Milwaukee. Mork was an extremely popular character, featured on posters, coloring books, lunchboxes, and other merchandise.
Starting in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Williams began to reach a wider audience with his standup comedy, including three HBO comedy specials, Off The Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1982), and Robin Williams: Live at the Met (1986). Also in 1986, Williams reached an ever wider audience to exhibit his style at the 58th Academy Awards show.[citation needed]
His stand-up work has been a consistent thread through his career, as is seen by the success of his one-man show (and subsequent DVD) Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002). He was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" in 2004.[18]
After some encouragement from his friend Whoopi Goldberg, he was set to make a guest appearance in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "A Matter of Time", but he had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict;[19] Matt Frewer took his place as a time-traveling con man, Professor Berlingoff Rasmussen. Williams, along with Billy Crystal, appeared in a cameo together at the beginning of an episode of the third season of Friends. Both Williams and Crystal's parts weren't originally in the script. They were apparently in the building where the show was shooting and were asked to improvise their lines.[20]
Williams appeared on an episode of the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Season 3, Episode 9: November 16, 2000). During a game of "Scenes from a Hat", the scene "What Robin Williams is thinking right now" was drawn, and Williams stated "I have a career. What the hell am I doing here?"[21] On December 4, 2010, he appeared with Robert De Niro on SNL in the sketch What Up with That.
Movie roles[link]
Most of Williams' acting career has been in film, although he has given some performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot with Steve Martin). His performance in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) resulted in Williams being nominated for an Academy Award.[17] Many of his roles have been comedies tinged with pathos.
His role as the Genie in the animated film Aladdin (1992) was instrumental in establishing the importance of star power in voice actor casting. Williams also used his voice talents in Fern Gully, as the holographic Dr. Know in the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, in the 2005 animated film Robots, the 2006 Academy Award-winning Happy Feet, and an uncredited vocal performance in the film Everyone's Hero. Furthermore, he was the voice of The Timekeeper, a former attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort about a time-traveling robot who encounters Jules Verne and brings him to the future.
In 1998, he won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his role as a psychologist in Good Will Hunting.[17] Williams has also starred in dramatic films, which earned him two subsequent Academy Award nominations: First for playing an English teacher in Dead Poets Society (1989), and later for playing a troubled homeless man in The Fisher King (1991);[17] that same year, he played an adult Peter Pan in the movie Hook. Other acclaimed dramatic films include Awakenings (1990) and What Dreams May Come (1998). In the 2002 film Insomnia, Williams portrays a writer/killer on the run from a sleep-deprived Los Angeles policeman (played by Al Pacino) in rural Alaska. And also in 2002, in the psychological thriller One Hour Photo, Williams played an emotionally disturbed photo development technician who becomes obsessed with a family for whom he has developed pictures for a long time. In 2006 Williams starred in The Night Listener, a thriller about a radio show host who realizes he has developed a friendship with a child who may or may not exist.
He is known for his improvisational skills and impersonations. His performances frequently involve impromptu humor designed and delivered in rapid-fire succession while on stage. According to the Aladdin DVD commentary, most of his dialogue as the Genie was improvised.
In 2006, he starred in five movies including Man of the Year and was the Surprise Guest at the 2006 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. He appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that aired on January 30, 2006.
At one point, he was in the running to play the Riddler in Batman Forever until director Tim Burton dropped the project. Earlier, Williams had been a strong contender to play the Joker in Batman. He had expressed interest in assuming the role in The Dark Knight, the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins,[22] although the part of the Joker was played by Heath Ledger, who went on to win, posthumously, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He was portrayed by Chris Diamantopoulos in the made-for-TV biopic Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (2005), documenting the actor's arrival in Hollywood as a struggling comedian.
Disputes with Disney[link]
In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film "Good Morning, Vietnam", Williams voiced the Genie in the Disney animated film Aladdin for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. The studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. Disney's Hyperion book, Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film, listed both of Williams' characters, "The Peddler" and "The Genie", ahead of main characters but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie".[23]
Williams and Disney had a bitter falling-out, resulting in Dan Castellaneta voicing the Genie role in "The Return of Jafar" and the "Aladdin" animated television series. Castellaneta was also recorded as the original voice for the feature "Aladdin and the King of Thieves". When Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired from Disney and replaced by former 20th Century Fox production head Joe Roth (whose last act for Fox was greenlighting Williams' film "Mrs. Doubtfire"), Roth arranged for a public apology to Williams by Disney. Williams agreed to perform in Hollywood Pictures' "Jack", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and even agreed to voice the Genie again for the "King of Thieves" sequel (for considerably more than scale), replacing all of Castellaneta's dialogue.[24]
When Williams re-teamed with "Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus for 1999's "Bicentennial Man", Disney asked that the budget be cut by approximately $20 million, and when the film was released on Christmas Day, it flopped at the box office. Williams blamed Disney's marketing and the loss of content the film had suffered due to the budget cuts. As a result, Williams was again on bad terms with Disney, and Castellaneta was once again recruited to replace him as Genie in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series and the "House of Mouse" TV series. The DVD release for "Aladdin" has no involvement whatsoever from Williams in the bonus materials, although some of his original recording sessions can be seen.
Robin Williams has recently made peace with The Walt Disney Company and in 2009 agreed to be inducted into the Disney Hall of Fame, designated as a Disney Legend.[25]
Stand-up career[link]
Williams has done a number of stand-up comedy tours since the early 1970s. Some of his most notable tours include An Evening With Robin Williams (1982), Robin Williams: At The Met (1986) and Robin Williams LIVE on Broadway (2002). The latter broke many long-held records for a comedy show. In some cases, tickets were sold out within thirty minutes of going on sale.
After a six year break, in August 2008 Williams announced a brand new 26-city tour titled "Weapons of Self Destruction". He was quoted as saying that this was his last chance to make cracks at the expense of the current Bush Administration, but by the time the show was staged only a few minutes covered that subject. The tour started at the end of September 2009, finishing in New York on December 3, and was the subject of an HBO special on December 8, 2009.[26]
Accusations of plagiarism[link]
Williams was accused of stealing material from other comics to the extent that David Brenner claims that he confronted Williams personally and threatened him with bodily harm if he heard Williams utter another one of his jokes.[27]
Theatre career[link]
In theatre, Williams has headed his own one-man show, Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, that played at The Broadway Theatre in July 2002.[28] He made his Broadway acting debut in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 31, 2011.[29][30][31] He previously appeared opposite Steve Martin at Lincoln Center in an Off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot.[32]
Personal life[link]
Marriages and children[link]
Robin Williams' first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on June 4, 1978. They have one child, Zachary Pym (Zak) (born April 11, 1983). During Williams' first marriage, he was involved in an extramarital relationship with Michelle Tish Carter, a cocktail waitress whom he met in 1984. She sued him in 1986, claiming that he did not tell her he was infected with the herpes simplex virus before he embarked on a sexual relationship with her in the mid-1980s, during which, she said, he transmitted the virus to her. The case was settled out of court. Williams and Velardi divorced in 1988.[33]
On April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces, his son's nanny who was already several months pregnant with his child. They have two children, Zelda Rae (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan (born November 25, 1991). However, in March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences.[34]
Williams married his third wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, on October 23, 2011, in St. Helena, California.[35]
Family and friends[link]
While studying at Juilliard, Williams befriended Christopher Reeve. They had several classes together in which they were the only students, and they remained good friends for the rest of Reeve's life. Williams visited Reeve after the horse riding accident that rendered him a quadriplegic, and cheered him up by pretending to be an eccentric Russian doctor (similar to his role in Nine Months). Williams claimed that he was there to perform a colonoscopy. Reeve stated that he laughed for the first time since the accident and knew that life was going to be okay.[16]
On August 20, 2007, Williams' elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed a month earlier.[36]
Addiction and health problems[link]
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had an addiction to cocaine; he has stated that he has since quit. Williams was a close friend of and frequent partier alongside John Belushi. He says the death of his friend and the birth of his son prompted him to quit drugs: "Was it a wake-up call? Oh yeah, on a huge level. The grand jury helped too."[17]
On August 9, 2006, Williams checked himself in to a substance-abuse rehabilitation center (located in Newberg, Oregon), later admitting that he was an alcoholic.[37] His publicist delivered the announcement:
After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family.
Williams was hospitalized in March 2009 due to heart problems. He postponed his one-man tour in order to undergo surgery to replace his aortic valve.[38][39] The surgery was successfully completed on March 13, 2009, at the Cleveland Clinic.[40][41]
Other interests[link]
Williams is a member of the Episcopal Church. He has described his denomination in a comedy routine as "Catholic Lite—same rituals, half the guilt."[42]
Williams is an avid enthusiast of games, even naming two of his children after game characters. He named his daughter after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda action-adventure game series.[43][44][45] They both have even been featured in an ad for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.[46] On this note, his son may have been named after Cody from the beat 'em up game Final Fight.[47] He also enjoys pen-and-paper role-playing games and online video games, recently playing Warcraft 3, Day of Defeat, Half-Life,[48] and the first-person shooter Battlefield 2 as a sniper.[49] He was also previously a fan of the Wizardry series of role-playing video games.[50]
On January 6, 2006, he performed live at Consumer Electronics Show during Google's keynote.[51] In the 2006 E3, on the invitation of Will Wright, he demonstrated the creature editor of Spore while simultaneously commenting on the creature's look: "This will actually make a platypus look good."[52] He also complimented the game's versatility, comparing it to Populous and Black & White. Later that year, he was one of several celebrities to participate in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day.[53]
A fan of professional road cycling, he was a regular on the US Postal and Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team bus and hotels during the years Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France.[54] He owns over 50 bicycles.[55]
He also enjoys rugby union and is a big fan of former All Black, Jonah Lomu.[56]
Williams is a supporter of eco-friendly vehicles. He currently drives a Toyota Prius,[57] and is on the waiting list for an Aptera 2 Series electric vehicle.[58]
Williams has recently announced that he would love to play The Riddler in the next installment to the Batman films by director Christopher Nolan, though Nolan has stated that The Riddler will not be featured in the film.[59]
Charity work[link]
Williams and his former wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many different charities. Williams devotes much of his energy to charity work, including the Comic Relief fundraising efforts (the program is hosted by himself, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg).[17] In December 1999, he sang in French on the BBC-inspired music video of international celebrities doing a cover of the Rolling Stones' "It's Only Rock & Roll" for the charity Children's Promise.[60]
In response to the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake, Williams donated all proceeds of his "Weapons of Self Destruction" Christchurch performance to helping rebuild the New Zealand city. Half the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross and half to the mayoral building fund with the words "I hope this donation will go some way to helping the extensive rebuilding effort in the city."[61] Williams has performed with the USO for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.[62]
Filmography[link]
Film[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? | Himself | |
| 1980 | Popeye | Popeye | |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | T.S. Garp | |
| 1983 | The Survivors | Donald Quinelle | |
| 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | Vladimir Ivanov | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1986 | Seize the Day | Tommy Wilhelm | |
| Club Paradise | Jack Moniker | ||
| The Best of Times | Jack Dundee | ||
| 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Adrian Cronauer | |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | King of the Moon |
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| Portrait of a White Marriage | Air Conditioning Salesman | Uncredited | |
| Rabbit Ears: Pecos Bill | Narrator | Voice only | |
| 1989 | Dead Poets Society | John Keating | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| I'm from Hollywood | Himself | ||
| 1990 | Cadillac Man | Joey O'Brien | |
| Awakenings | Dr. Malcolm Sayer | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Robert DeNiro for Awakenings) |
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| Back to Neverland | Himself | ||
| 1991 | Dead Again | Doctor Cozy Carlisle | |
| The Fisher King | Parry | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor |
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| Hook | Peter Banning | ||
| Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship | Narrator | Voice only | |
| 1992 | Toys | Leslie Zevo | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| Aladdin | Genie | Voice only Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Special Golden Globe Award MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance |
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| The Timekeeper | The Timekeeper | ||
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Batty Koda | Voice only | |
| Shakes the Clown | Mime class instructor | ||
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Daniel Hillard/Mrs. Doubtfire | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance |
| Being Human | Hector | ||
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | Father | |
| 1995 | Jumanji | Alan Parrish | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt | ||
| Nine Months | Dr. Kosevich | Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | |
| 1996 | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Genie | Voice only |
| Hamlet | Osric | ||
| The Secret Agent | The Professor | ||
| Jack | Jack Powell | Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor | |
| The Birdcage | Armand Goldman | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Nathan Lane) |
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| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Sean Maguire | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| Flubber | Professor Philip Brainard | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor/Actress – Family Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor |
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| Deconstructing Harry | Mel | ||
| Fathers' Day | Dale Putley | ||
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Hunter "Patch" Adams | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| Junket Whore | Himself | ||
| What Dreams May Come | Chris Nielsen | ||
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Andrew Martin | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor |
| Jakob the Liar | Jakob Heym/Narrator | ||
| Get Bruce | Himself | ||
| 2000 | Model Behavior | Faremain | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Dr. Know | Voice only |
| 2002 | The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch | Hans Hänkie | |
| Insomnia | Walter Finch | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Death to Smoochy | 'Rainbow' Randolph Smiley | ||
| One Hour Photo | Seymour 'Sy' Parrish | Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
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| 2004 | Noel | Charlie Boyd | |
| House of D | Pappass | ||
| The Final Cut | Alan W. Hakman | ||
| 2005 | The Big White | Paul Barnell | |
| Robots | Fender | Voice only Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature |
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| The Aristocrats | Himself | ||
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Tom Dobbs | |
| Night at the Museum | Theodore Roosevelt | ||
| Happy Feet | Ramon/Lovelace | Voice only | |
| Everyone's Hero | Napoleon Cross | ||
| RV | Bob Munro | ||
| The Night Listener | Gabriel Noone | ||
| 2007 | License to Wed | Reverend Frank | |
| August Rush | Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace | ||
| 2009 | Shrink | Holden | |
| World's Greatest Dad | Lance Clayton | ||
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Theodore Roosevelt | ||
| Old Dogs | Dan Rayburn | ||
| 2011 | Happy Feet 2 | Ramon/Lovelace | Voice only |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show | Man with bad arm John Brownstein Defense attorney Archeologist Shopper Titanic survivor Voice of gun |
Writer |
| Laugh-In | |||
| Eight is Enough | Episode: "The Return of Auntie V" | ||
| 1978 | Happy Days | Mork | Episode: "My Favorite Orkan" |
| America 2-Night | Jason Shine | Episodes: "Jason Shine" and "Olfactory Distosis Telethon" | |
| 1978–1982 | Mork & Mindy | Mork | 92 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won in 1979, nominated in 1980) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series |
| 1979 | Happy Days | Episode: "Mork Returns" | |
| Out of the Blue | Episode: "Random's Arrival" | ||
| 1981 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host/various characters |
| 1982 | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Episode: #1.1 | |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Frog/Prince Robin | Episode: "Tale of the Frog Prince" | |
| SCTV Network 90 | Various characters | Episode: "Jane Eyrehead" | |
| 1984 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host/various characters |
| Pryor's Place | Gaby | Episode: "Sax Education" | |
| 1986 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host/various characters |
| The Max Headroom Show | Episode: "Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey" | ||
| 1988 | Saturday Night Live | Host/various characters | |
| Wogan | |||
| 1991 | Wogan | ||
| A Wish For Wings That Work | The Kiwi | Voice only (credited as Sudy Nim) | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Hank's Contract" |
| 1994 | Homicide: Life on the Streets | Robert Ellison | Episode: "Bop Gun" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series |
| Live & Kicking | Himself | ||
| The Larry Sanders Show | Episode: "Montana" | ||
| Nyhetsmorgon | Episode: "Filmen 'Mrs. Doubtfire' svensk premiär" | ||
| In the Wild | Episode: "In the Wild: Dolphins with Robin Williams" | ||
| 1995 | Primer Plano | ||
| 1996 | American Masters | Episode: "Take Two: Mike Nichols and Elaine May" | |
| Primer Plano | |||
| HBO First Look | Himself | Episode: "Fathers Day" | |
| 1997 | Friends | Tomas | Uncredited |
| 1998 | Nyhetsmorgon | Himself/Sean Maguire | Episode: "Filmen Good Will Hunting" |
| Hollywood Squares | Himself | Guest appearance | |
| Noel's House Party | Episode: #8.10 | ||
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors | Hugo Kinsley | Episode: "Just Duet" |
| 2000 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Himself | Episode: #3.9 |
| 2002 | Comedy Central Canned Ham | Episode: "Death to Smoochy" | |
| Leute heute | |||
| Supermarket Sweep | |||
| 2003 | Player$ | Episodes: "E3 03, Playa", "Players Halloweenie Televizzie" | |
| Freedoom: A History of Us | Josiah Quincy Ulysses S. Grant Missouri farmer Wilbur Wright Orville Wright |
Episodes: "Wake Up America", "A War to End Slavery", "Liberty for All", and "Safe for Democracy" | |
| Life With Bonnie | Kevin Powalski | Episode: "Psychic" | |
| 2004 | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Himself | |
| 2005 | Just For Laughs | ||
| 2006 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | ||
| Mind of Mencia | Episode: "That's F**king Historical" | ||
| Getaway | Episode: #15.15 | ||
| 2008 | American Idol: The Search for a New Superstar | Ivan "Bob" Poppanoff the "Russian Idol"/Himself | Episodes: "Idol Gives Back" and "Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Merrit Rook | Episode: "Authority" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series |
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| 2009 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Himself | Episode: "Truth or Square" |
| 2009 | TV Land Moguls | Episode: "The 80s" | |
| 2010 | Alan Carr Chatty Man | ||
| Pentagon Channel commercial | |||
| 2011 | Curiosity | Episode: "Your Body on Drugs" |
Discography[link]
- Reality...What a Concept (1979)
- Throbbing Python of Love (1983)
- A Night at The Met (1986)
- Pecos Bill (1988)
- Live 2002 (2002)
- Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)
Williams appeared in the music video of Bobby McFerrin's hit 1988 song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".[63] He teamed with McFerrin again to record a cover of The Beatles' "Come Together" for the 1998 George Martin album In My life.
He made a cameo in Cobra Starship's video "You Make Me Feel..." along with his daughter, Zelda Williams.[64]
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- Jay David (1999). The Life and Humor of Robin Williams: A Biography. New York: Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-15245-1.
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| Name | Williams, Robin |
| Alternative names | Williams, Robin McLaurin |
| Short description | Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian |
| Date of birth | 1951-7-21 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1964) is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. However, at about the age of 15 years, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
