Wight Cable 2005 Ltd is the only provider of commercial and residential cable television services on the Isle of Wight. They also provide telephone and broadband internet services. Along with Kingston Communications and others, it is one of the last few remaining cable companies in the UK not owned by Virgin Media who, from March 2006, operate more than 95% of cable services in the UK. The Isle of Wight Cable and Telephone Company (IOWCTC) and Omne Communications were taken over by CLS Holdings in the early years of the 21st century. It ran two mostly separate operations, WightCable on the Isle of Wight (former IOWCTC), and WightCable (North) in south west Scotland and North West England. CLS Holdings have now sold both of the original two companies to separate private investors who intend to operate them separately taking full advantage of the advances in technology that have occurred in the intervening years..

Modernisation - 2005 onwards[link]

WightCable Ltd was sold in the last part of 2005, now going under the name Wight Cable 2005 Ltd. Many changes have been introduced for the end user not only new graphics on the website and letterheads but also more usefully increased broadband speeds and low cost inclusive call package unlimited broadband connection and digital television. Making it a one stop shop for all media needs. It is speculated that these change were brought about to build on the existing customer base by improving the quality of service that the old company had provided and pave the way for the new island wide WightWireless wireless telephone and broadband service and the new connect service via BT lines. However attempts to expand the network have been beset by difficulties. "WightWireless" has proved to be unreliable with poor quality of voice services. Wightcable have also, so far, been unable to penetrate into other areas of the Island, it is hoped that the Connect range of packages will give them an additional customer base and transform the business into profitability.

External links[link]

• WightCable

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Andy Hamilton
Hamilton in 2007.
Birth name	Andrew Neil Hamilton
Born	(1954-05-28) 28 May 1954 (age 58) Fulham, London
Medium	Radio, television
Nationality	British
Years active	1972-present
Genres	Political satire
Subject(s)	Politics
Spouse	Libby Asher
Notable works and roles	Old Harry's Game

Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter and radio dramatist.^[1]

Early life[link]

Hamilton was born in Fulham, south-west London. He has only four fingers and no thumb on his right hand.^[2][3] Hamilton is 5 ft 3ins tall.^[4] He was educated at a grammar school, and later read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES).

Career[link]

Hamilton first came to notice while performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1970s.

His early radio work, mostly on BBC Radio 4 included Week Ending, The News Huddlines and The Million Pound Radio Show (with Nick Revell). He has since appeared regularly in Chelmsford 123, Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, QI, and If I Ruled the World. Hamilton is frequently invited as a panellist on The News Quiz and as a guest panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. His voice is very similar to that of Jeremy Hardy, another regular on these two shows.

He is the voice of Dr Elephant, the dentist in the children's show Peppa Pig. He was also the original voice of Bob Fish, who is also a dentist, in the cartoon Bob and Margaret.

On 16 March 2007, he co-presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme alongside usual presenter Martha Kearney as part of that day's Comic Relief fundraising activities after defeating Richard Hammond and Kelvin Mackenzie in a poll.

Since 1995, Hamilton has written and played the lead role of Satan in the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game. He toured with his UK stand-up show Hat of Doom in 2008 in which he famously wore a large shiny top hat for portions of the show which he pretended to believe rendered him invisible.

In 2009, Hamilton presented the BBC Four series It's Only a Theory with Reginald D. Hunter.

Personal life[link]

He is married to Libby Asher, with whom he has three children – Pip, Slobbie, and Isobel – and lives in Wimbledon, London.^[3]

On The News Quiz 25th Anniversary Special, he remarked many had noticed the likeness between him and a certain Italian opera singer: "I've often been compared to Pavarotti. But Pavarotti after a tree fell on him."

He supports Chelsea FC and regularly plays Sunday League football at Chelsea Sports Centre.^[5]

Scripts[link]

Hamilton has written scripts for:

Television[link]

• Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
• Shelley (1979)
• Scotch and Wry (1980)
• Who Dares Wins (1983)
• Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
• Scotch & Wry (1986)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990; co-creator with Guy Jenkin)
• Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
• Never Mind the Horrocks (1996)
• Bedtime (2001–2003)
• Peppa Pig (2005; as Dr Elephant the Dentist)
• The Exam (2002; for the National Theatre Connections Anthology)
• Trevor's World of Sport (2003)
• The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007)
• Outnumbered (2007–present; co-written with Guy Jenkin)
• The Two Ronnies
• It's Only a Theory (2009)

Radio[link]

• The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984; with Guy Jenkin)
• The Million Pound Radio Show (with Nick Revell)
• The News Huddlines
• Old Harry's Game (creator, in which he also stars as Satan)
• Trevor's World of Sport (radio version broadcast years: 2004, 2005 and 2007)
• Revolting People (co-creator with Jay Tarses), in which he also stars as Sergeant McGurk)
• Week Ending

References[link]

External links[link]

• Andy Hamilton at the Internet Movie Database
• Andy Hamilton Biography bbc.co.uk