What is the name of the English comedian and actor that created a single for children in need that sold over 452,000 copies in the UK?
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The Official BBC Children in Need Medley "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" is a single by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band. It is the official Children in Need Single for 2009, and was released on 21 November 2009. The song was shown for the first time on Children in Need 2009. The cover art is a parody of the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles. The single has sold over 452,000 copies in the UK, earning it Gold status from the BPI.
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Peter Kay Peter John Kay Hon. D.A. (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian and actor. His 2010-11 stand-up comedy tour was officially inaugurated into the "Guinness World Records" as the most successful of all time, playing to over 1.2 million people. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Kay was named the 46th most influential person in British culture.
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2point4 Children 2point4 Children is a BBC television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly average family whose world is frequently turned upside-down by bad luck and bizarre occurrences.
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Gary Delaney Gary Justin Delaney (born 16 April 1973, in Solihull) is an English writer and stand-up comedian.
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Daniel Rigby Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) is an English actor and comedian.
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Ade Edmondson Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and was part of the alternative comedy boom. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series "The Young Ones" (1982–84) and "Bottom" (1991–95), which he wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson also appeared in "The Comic Strip Presents..." series of films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. For one episode of this he created the spoof heavy metal band Bad News, and for another he played his nihilistic alter-ego Eddie Monsoon, an offensive South African television star.
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Tommy Trinder Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 – 10 July 1989) known as Tommy Trinder, was an English stage, screen and radio comedian of the pre- and post-war years whose catchphrase was 'You lucky people'.
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Children in Need 2009 Children in Need 2009 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One which began on the evening of Friday 20 November and ran through to the morning of Saturday 21 November. The broadcast was hosted by Terry Wogan, Tess Daly and Alesha Dixon. Alan Dedicoat read out the running totals and Peter André reported from the BT Tower. The show was broadcast from BBC Television Centre in London. Dancing Pudseys were projected on to the building. The 2009 event raised £20,309,747 by the end of the broadcast, slightly under the previous year's total of £20,991,216.
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Tommy Cannon Thomas Derbyshire, known professionally as Tommy Cannon (born 27 June 1938), is an English comedian and singer. He is best knows as the straight man of comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Bobby Ball. He is most well known for the show "The Cannon and Ball Show".
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Andrew McGibbon Andrew McGibbon (a.k.a. Andrew Paresi; born 1961 in Chiswick), is an English comedian, actor, writer, musician and composer. He has also produced and directed extensively, chiefly for radio.
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Peter Butterworth Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth (4 February 1919 – 16 January 1979) was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the "Carry On" series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio. He was married to the actress and impressionist Janet Brown. He was also known for playing the Meddling Monk in "Doctor Who".
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Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter.
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Ian Abercrombie Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor.and Comedian
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Guy Pratt Guy Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian and actor.
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Galton and Simpson Ray Galton OBE (born 17 July 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017), were an English comedy scriptwriting partnership. They met in 1948 whilst recuperating from tuberculosis at the Milford sanatorium, near Godalming in Surrey. The sitcom "Get Well Soon" (co-written by Galton) concerns their shared experiences at the facility. They are best known for their work with comedian Tony Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961, and their long-running television situation comedy, "Steptoe and Son", eight series of which were aired between 1962 and 1974.
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James Bachman James Hamilton Bachman (born 24 February 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He has written for and acted in many British television and radio programmes, including "That Mitchell and Webb Look", "Saxondale", "Bleak Expectations" and "Sorry, I've Got No Head". In 2014 he co-starred in the film . He also played Dad 'Tony' in Millie Inbetween. Series 1 2014-2015
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A Year of Songs A Year of Songs is the debut studio album by English comedian and actor Alexander Armstrong. The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Rhino and East West. It debuted at six on the UK Albums Chart, and at one on the Official Classical Artist Albums Chart.
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Mike Yarwood Michael Edward "Mike" Yarwood, OBE (born 14 June 1941) is an English actor, comedian and impressionist. He was one of Britain's top-rated entertainers, regularly appearing on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Tom Meeten Tom Meeten (born 30 April 1974) is an English comedian, actor and writer.
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Ian Smith (comedian) Ian Smith (born 13 September 1988) is an English stand-up comedian and actor, best known for his role on the BBC's The Ark and co-presenter on Dave's "The Magic Sponge".
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Children in Need 2005 Children in Need 2005 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One on the evening of Friday 18 November and was hosted by Terry Wogan, Fearne Cotton, Natasha Kaplinsky and, from RAF Brize Norton, Matt Allwright. The voice over was Alan Dedicoat. A total of £17,235,256 was raised by the closing minute.
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Bobby Ball Robert Harper, known professionally as Bobby Ball (born 28 January 1944), is an English comedian, actor and singer. He is best known as one half of the double act Cannon and Ball, with Tommy Cannon. They hosted their own ITV show "The Cannon and Ball Show" for nine years between 1979 and 1988. Ball has since gone on to star in various sitcoms and dramas including "Last of the Summer Wine", "Heartbeat" and "Not Going Out".