Angus Deayton

(Trivia)
Line 30: Line 30:
Before doing [[Bognor or Bust]], Deayton recorded an unsuccessful pilot for an ITV sports panel game (seemingly modelled on [[They Think it's All Over]]) called ''Just Like Watching Brazil''.
Before doing [[Bognor or Bust]], Deayton recorded an unsuccessful pilot for an ITV sports panel game (seemingly modelled on [[They Think it's All Over]]) called ''Just Like Watching Brazil''.
-
Among his earliest appearances on TV was at least one of the Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes "the trouble is, they taste too good" adverts. This, among other early (and often embarrassing, for him) appearances were shown on "Before They Were Famous", which he also hosted.   
+
Among Deayton's earliest appearances on TV was at least one of the Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes "the trouble is, they taste too good" adverts. This, among other early (and often embarrassing, for him) appearances were shown on "Before They Were Famous", which he also hosted.   
And remember - it's Dee-ton, not Day-ton.
And remember - it's Dee-ton, not Day-ton.

Revision as of 22:28, 19 December 2010

Contents

Shows

Bognor or Bust

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

Have I Got News for You

Hell's Kitchen

Only Fools On Horses

University Challenge (Comic Relief specials)

Would I Lie To You?

Biography

Comic actor and presenter with a CV as long as your arm. Career highlights include the long-running Radio 4 comedy Radio Active and its TV version, KYTV, reaching number two in Australia as one third of spoof musical troupe The HeeBeeGeeBees with the immortal "Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)", playing Victor Meldrew's neighbour Patrick in One Foot In The Grave, making occasional appearances alongside Rowan Atkinson in "Mr Bean" and of course chairing HIGNFY for twelve years, as well as, more recently, "Before They Were Famous".

Trivia

His partner is Lise Mayer, writer of landmark BBC sitcom The Young Ones.

Before doing Bognor or Bust, Deayton recorded an unsuccessful pilot for an ITV sports panel game (seemingly modelled on They Think it's All Over) called Just Like Watching Brazil.

Among Deayton's earliest appearances on TV was at least one of the Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes "the trouble is, they taste too good" adverts. This, among other early (and often embarrassing, for him) appearances were shown on "Before They Were Famous", which he also hosted.

And remember - it's Dee-ton, not Day-ton.

Contact

Talkback Management, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG.

Web links

Talkback Management Angus Deayton Page

IMDb entry

Wikipedia entry

Feedback

To correct something on this page or post an addition, please complete this form and press "Send":
If you are asking us a question, please read our contact us page and FAQ first.

Name: E-mail:   
A Labyrinth Games site.
Design by Thomas.
Printable version
Editors: Log in