• Man on Television' award five times. Abbot appeared on the television show The Comedians under his birth name (Russ Roberts). From 1980 onward, he released...
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  • The Russ Abbot Show is a British television sketch comedy series which in 1980 onwards stars Russ Abbot and ran for 17 years on television before moving...
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    work. Later that year Holland appeared alongside Russ Abbot in The Russ Abbot Show and Russ Abbot’s Madhouse. Jimmy Perry and David Croft used three main...
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    category. In 1982, Dennis joined as one of the teams on Russ Abbot's Madhouse and The Russ Abbot Show before forming a comedy partnership with fellow impressionist...
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  • and Jimmy Mulville is the executive producer for Hat Trick Productions. Russ Abbot as John Stephanie Beacham as Maureen Philip Jackson as Alan James Smith...
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    to join Russ Abbot's Madhouse series, where she remained an integral part of his team for over ten years, later appearing in The Russ Abbot Show. Other...
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    and as a regularly appearing cast member in ITV1's production of The Russ Abbot Show (1995–1996). Whilst having performed frequently in comedy, Finneran...
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  • used for the final two instalments of the show. This group consisted of Russ Abbot as Luther Hobdyke, known as Hobbo, a former milkman who fancied himself...
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  • replaced by Cat Deeley in April 2004. An Elvis Presley special hosted by Russ Abbot aired in January 1993, as well as 2003 specials hosted by Davina McCall...
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  • When Rowan Atkinson fell ill in April 2009, Russ Abbot stepped in to play the role temporarily. Abbot had starred in the 1997 Palladium run. In July...
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    appearing in Celebrity MasterChef later that year. Maxwell appeared on The Russ Abbot Show in 1990, which led to her getting her own short-lived TV show, The...
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  • most notably, Stars in Their Eyes (Granada/ITV), which he took over from Russ Abbot, who was brought in as a temporary host after original presenter Leslie...
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  • exposure to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Jim Bowen and Bernard Manning, many of whom went on to enjoy mainstream...
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  • Look up Russ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Russ is a masculine given name, often a short form of Russell, and also a surname. Russ Abbot (born 1947)...
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  • Hill. Her best-known role was in The Russ Abbot Show, where she played superheroine Blunderwoman alongside Abbot's Cooperman character. The show ran from...
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    actors and comedians, including Jonathan Pryce, George Layton, Jim Dale, Russ Abbot, Barry Humphries (who had played Mr Sowerberry in the original 1960 London...
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    Charlatans member Tim Burgess, and Nigel Stonier. Actors from Cheshire include Russ Abbot, Warren Brown, Julia Chan, Ray Coulthard, Daniel Craig, Tim Curry, Wendy...
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    Honour, Profit and Pleasure (1985) Filthy Rich and Catflap, 1986 The Russ Abbot Show, 1986–1989 Little and Large Mr. Bean: Live Action Series Casualty...
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  • Price, Sam Kelly, Duncan Preston, Rodney Bewes, Bobby Ball, Tommy Cannon, Russ Abbot, Jon Culshaw, Freddie Garrity, Miranda Raison and Dave King. Heartbeat...
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  • and impressionists. From April 1980 to July 1985, Gee was a guest on Russ Abbot's Madhouse. Les Dennis became one of the cast in 1982 and Gee and Dennis...
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    (1897–1952) Graham Roberts (1929–2004) John Steiner (1941–2022) Comedians Russ Abbot (born 1947) (birth name Russell Allan Roberts), musician, comedian and...
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  • the part over to Les Dennis. He also starred alongside Eddie Large and Russ Abbot in episode 4 of Horne & Corden. Comic Relief 2011 contained a new parody...
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  • "Atmosphere" (2001), from Singularity by Joe Morris "Atmosphere" (1984), by Russ Abbot Atmosphères (1961), an orchestral piece by György Ligeti Atmosphere (journal)...
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  • Wonders with OJ Borg, Music from Cornershop, Temper Trap and we chat to Russ Abbot". Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021...
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    professional who I worked with on several TV shows R.I.P." Comic actor Russ Abbot parodied Doonican in his TV creation crooner "Val Hooligan". He appears...
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  • was booked to record an Elvis Presley special, which was then hosted by Russ Abbot, and a fourth series, eventually hosted by Matthew Kelly (who would later...
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    1989 Only Fools and Horses Tony Driscoll Episode: "Little Problems" The Russ Abbot Show N/A Episode 4.12 1990, 1995 One Foot in the Grave Plumber McKendrick...
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  • February 2003 on Nick Jr UK. The show is narrated by British comedian Russ Abbot, and was aimed at children aged from 2 to 7. The show features talking...
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    Olivia Newton-John co-presented with Simon Bates 25 September 1980 – Russ Abbot co-presented with Mike Read 30 October 1980 – Colin Berry co-presented...
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  • Celia Imrie, Toyah Willcox, Maureen Lipman, Frances Barber, Andrew Sachs, Russ Abbot, Stephanie Beacham, Honor Blackman and Michelle Collins in cameo roles...
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