Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show whose popular theme tune was by an English pop singer born on what date?
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Smack the Pony Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's popular theme tune was Dusty Springfield's song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. As well as the three principal cast members, the show was written by a large number of writers, the core of which went on to write "Green Wing" and "Campus". In Germany, the first transmission of the show aired on ProSieben, where the theme tune was changed to Texas' 2001 version of "I Don't Want a Lover", and featured a different title sequence.
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Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive sensual mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important blue-eyed soul singer and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and sixteen on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989. She is a member of the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls of Fame. International polls have named Springfield among the best female rock artists of all time. Her image, supported by a peroxide blonde bouffant hairstyle, evening gowns, and heavy make-up, as well as her flamboyant performances made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.
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Paul O'Grady Paul James O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey. He achieved fame using his comedic drag queen character, "Lily Savage", and later became well known for presenting TV programmes as himself, such as "The Paul O'Grady Show".
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Big George George Webley (29 May 1957 – 7 May 2011), better known by the stage name Big George, was a British musician, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster who has been described as one of Britain's most successful theme music writers.
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Cathy Dennis discography Catherine Roseanne "Cathy" Dennis (born 25 March 1968), is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis later received great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring eight UK number ones and winning five Ivor Novello Awards.
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Ange Hardy Ange Hardy (born December 1983) is an English singer, songwriter and recording artist.
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Jo Harman Jo Harman (born 21 September 1987) is a British singer and songwriter.
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Freddie Starr Freddie Starr (born Frederick Leslie Fowell, 9 January 1943) is an English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. Starr was the lead singer of Merseybeat pop group the Midniters during the early 1960s, and came to prominence in the early 1970s after appearing on "Opportunity Knocks" and the Royal Variety Performance.
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Richard Stilgoe Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances. His output includes collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Peter Skellern.
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Rocky Shades Robert K. Barklay (born January 22, 1960), professionally known as Rocky Shades, is an English singer.
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Anita Dobson Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". In 1986, she reached number four in the UK Singles Chart with "Anyone Can Fall in Love", a song based on the theme music of "EastEnders".
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Kate Robbins Kate Robbins (born 21 August 1958 in Margate, Kent) is an English actress, comedian, singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a No.2 hit on the UK Charts with the song "More Than in Love", while she was appearing in the TV soap opera "Crossroads". She went on to become a prolific voice actress, most notably for nine years with the satirical show "Spitting Image".
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Adrian Baker Adrian Baker (born 18 January 1951, London) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English stage, film and television actress, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–2012).
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Mark Wynter Mark Wynter (born Terence Sidney Lewis; 29 January 1943) is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays.
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Peter Cox (musician) Peter John Cox (born 17 November 1955) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the British pop duo Go West.
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Mpho Mpho Skeef (pronounced "Mmm'po"), known by her stage name of Mpho, is a South African-born British singer-songwriter based in London.
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Twiggy Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model in swinging sixties London.
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Marion Ryan Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s.
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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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Cheryl (entertainer) Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, dancer and television personality. Born and raised in Tyneside, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in girl group Girls Aloud after participating in ITV's "". While still in the group, she began a solo career in April 2009, and between then and 2014, she released four studio albums – "3 Words" (2009), "Messy Little Raindrops" (2010), "A Million Lights" (2012) and "Only Human" (2014) – which collectively produced ten singles, including five number ones ("Fight for This Love, "Promise This", "Call My Name", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "I Don't Care"). Together with Jess Glynne, Cheryl holds the record for the British female artist with the most number one singles at five.
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Ruby Murray Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was one of the most popular singers in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1950s. In 1955 she secured seven Top 10 UK hit singles.