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Michael Fenton Stevens (born 12 February 1958 in London), added the 'Fenton' (his wife's name) when he became an actor and is sometimes mistakenly credited as Michael Fenton-Stevens. He is a UK actor and comedian, a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song". He also starred in KYTV, and its Radio 4 predecessor, Radio Active.
Fenton Stevens featured in regular roles as Hank in the 1996 series The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, and as Ralph in Andy Hamilton's 2003 television sitcom Trevor's World of Sport, as well as in the Radio 4 version of the latter which was broadcast in 2004. Stevens had previously appeared in a guest role in Drop the Dead Donkey, another television comedy series written by Hamilton, and appears regularly in various roles in Hamilton's Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game. He has also featured in Ian Hislop's sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister as the Home Secretary. He played a guest role in Coronation Street in November 2004. He plays the eponymous Inspector Steine in Lynne Truss' long-running Radio 4 comedy series.
James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born 11 June 1959) (/ˌhjuː ˈlɒri/), is an English actor, writer, director, musician, singer, comedian, and author. He first became known as one-half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he joined in the cast of A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Blackadder, and Jeeves and Wooster in the 1980s and 1990s.
From 2004 to 2012, he played Dr. Gregory House, the protagonist of House, for which he received two Golden Globe awards and two Screen Actors Guild awards. Laurie was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode in House.
Laurie was born in Oxford. The youngest of four children, he has an older brother named Charles Alexander Lyon Mundell Laurie and two older sisters named Susan and Janet. He had a strained relationship with his mother, Patricia (née Laidlaw). He notes that his mother "was Presbyterian by character, by mood" and that he was "a frustration to her... she didn't like me". His father, William George Ranald Mundell Laurie, was a doctor who also won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless pairs (rowing) at the 1948 London Games.
KYTV Series 2, 1993. Kevin Powell (greyman45) on bass. Music director Phillip Pope. Geoffrey Perkins, Phillip Pope, Angus Deayton, Helen ATkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens.
Michael Fenton Stevens introduces you to the story of photographer and Jericho boatyard campaigner, Adrian. His tale is featured in STAND, an inspiring show that tells the tales of courage and conscience from everyday Oxfordians. And Oxford Playhouse and Chris Goode and Company production. Tickets here: http://ow.ly/xbTgz
Rita Rudner - Clip 2, 1990. Michael Fenton Stevens, Musical Director Phillip Pope, Kevin Powell on bass.
John Cleese ... Minister Ingrid Lacey... Sally Sara Stockbridge... Make up girl Dicken Ashworth... Policeman Adrian Edmondson... Dewhurst Alphonsia Emmanuel... Lisa Boon Michael Fenton Stevens... Dr. Jones Dawn French... Clerk Robert Hardy... Judge Sutcliffe Alex Langdon... Frank Chris Langham... Writer Hugh Laurie... Director
...from the KYTV tellython, which was part of Brown nose day from 1992 with Mike Flex. Starring Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Helen Atkinson-Wood,Philip Pope, and Michael Fenton-Stevens.I didn't edit this properly so there's some stuff at the end that you can disregard, including a tiny bit of a comedy quiz called the Brain Drain from around the same time.
Suscríbete al canal: http://www.youtube.com/user/guiadelociotv?sub_confirmation=1 o visita nuestra web: http://www.guiadelocio.com Título: Our Ex Wife Título VO: Our Ex Wife Temporada: Season 1 Cadena: BBC 2 Actores: Hugh Bonneville, Holly Earl, Peter Egan, Michael Fenton Stevens
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. Genre Sketch show Running time 30 minutes Home station BBC Radio 4 TV adaptations KYTV Starring Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Michael Fenton Stevens Helen Atkinson-Wood Philip Pope Writer(s) Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Richard Curtis (first series only) Producer(s) Jimmy Mulville David Tyler Air dates 8 April 1980 to 17 October 1987 No. of series 7 No. of episodes 53 Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. Genre Sketch show Running time 30 minutes Home station BBC Radio 4 TV adaptations KYTV Starring Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Michael Fenton Stevens Helen Atkinson-Wood Philip Pope Writer(s) Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Richard Curtis (first series only) Producer(s) Jimmy Mulville David Tyler Air dates 8 April 1980 to 17 October 1987 No. of series 7 No. of episodes 53 Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. Genre Sketch show Running time 30 minutes Home station BBC Radio 4 TV adaptations KYTV Starring Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Michael Fenton Stevens Helen Atkinson-Wood Philip Pope Writer(s) Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Richard Curtis (first series only) Producer(s) Jimmy Mulville David Tyler Air dates 8 April 1980 to 17 October 1987 No. of series 7 No. of episodes 53 Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as "Britain's first national local radio station") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as ...
A segment from the long running Australian music TV series Countdown, which aired on the ABC from 1974-1987. This particular segment aired during the Countdown episode which originally aired on April 25, 1982, on the ABC. This clip features an interview of British satirical band The HeeBeeGeeBees (under their guise of ‘Status Quid’), featuring band members Angus Deayton, Michael Fenton Stevens, and Phillip Pope, conducted by Countdown Talent Co-Ordinator Molly Meldrum. The interview begins, after their performance of their single 'Boring Song', with a discussion about how the band has so many hits. Molly then presents the band with their Australian gold albums, where they proceed to mention their tour dates. Molly concludes the interview by leading into American band J. Geils Band's ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as "Britain's first national local radio station") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as ...
KYTV Series 2, 1993. Kevin Powell (greyman45) on bass. Music director Phillip Pope. Geoffrey Perkins, Phillip Pope, Angus Deayton, Helen ATkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens.
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as "Britain's first national local radio station") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as "Britain's first national local radio station") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as ...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series.
The show was effectively the TV version of Radio Active, which spoofed local radio stations, and was developed by the same team. It was written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins, produced by Jamie Rix, directed by John Kilby and John Stroud, and with music by Philip Pope. The majority of the programme's scripts had already aired on Radio Active. The five key actors all performed various roles, some multiple, others on a single occasion. Their main characters as presenters were: Angus Deayton as Mike Channel Helen Atkinson-Wood as Anna Daptor Michael Fenton Stevens as Martin Brown Geoffrey Perkins as Mike Flex Philip Pope simply as The Continuity Announcer (not named) The pilot show was broadcast on 12 May 1989, and a series of 6 programmes began on 3 May 1990. A second series of 6 b...
Radio Active was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the 1980s. The series grew out of a 1979 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show presented by The Oxford Revue and starred Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Pope. The first episode was broadcast in 1980, and it ran for seven series. The show was based on a fictional radio station (described as "Britain's first national local radio station") and the programmes that it might transmit. Initially the radio station concept was used simply as a loose framing device for otherwise unlinked sketches and songs, but as the show developed, the episodes became more thematically focused, each one lampooning a different broadcasting genre and sometimes even a specific programme such as ...