Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside...

Manchester family, the Royles, comprising family patriarch Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), his wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), their daughter Denise (Caroline...

character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Ricky Tomlinson. One of the show's original characters, Bobby debuted on-screen during...

Pavlou, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Walters and Meat Loaf. The film...

written out of the series following her divorce from Bobby Grant (Ricky Tomlinson) and remarriage to Billy Corkhill (John McArdle). Since then she has...

television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC. It stars Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne, Ralf Little and Craig Cash. 25 episodes...

Under the Bed, about the trial of the Shrewsbury Two (Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson) which was broadcast on the day that the trial jury retired to consider...

satirical mockumentary comedy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Dean Lennox Kelly and Geoff Bell. The...

Paul Fraser. The film stars Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Shirley Henderson and Andrew Shim. It is set in Nottingham, in the...

Stephen Leslie and directed by Giles Borg. The film stars Joe Anderson, Ricky Tomlinson, Laura Fraser, Billy Zane, Anna Anissimova and Mark Williams. Joe Anderson...

Little, alongside his Royle Family co-star Ricky Tomlinson, presented a six-part travel series titled Ricky & Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip for Gold....

McGovern and starring Annabelle Apsion, Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson. Set between 1989 and 1991, the film is a dramatization of the Hillsborough...

show Through the Keyhole. 2008 saw him go out on tour as part of the Ricky Tomlinson Laughter Show. Norvelle spent the 2009 pantomime season playing Buttons...

activist Ricky Tomlinson in Ragged, a one-off drama for the Sky Arts Presents series, directed by comedian Johnny Vegas. The role dealt with Tomlinson's incarceration...

British drama film directed by Ken Loach, starring Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson (the latter plays, and was in real life, a builder). It won the 1991...

Coogan and Ricky Tomlinson. In 2015, he starred as Hugh Armitage in the BBC series Poldark, alongside Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. In 2018, he...

home disappointed. Amid continuing media attention and the Mayor (Ricky Tomlinson)'s kind offer to allow the play to be performed in the historical ruins...

Sharp, Siobhan Finneran, Emma Cunniffe, Diane Parish, David Morrissey, Ricky Tomlinson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, William Ash, Ben Crompton, Jack Deam, Jack P. Shepherd...

Daniel P. Lewis, Poppie Jae Hughes, Leanne Best, Connor McIntyre and Ricky Tomlinson. The film is about a working-class family, the Reillys, who reside...

talkshow, Sean Connery told Parkinson, and guests Boris Johnson and actor Ricky Tomlinson, that when he was touring as a chorus member in South Pacific, "An...

and Julie Walters. Christopher Eccleston as DCI David Billborough Ricky Tomlinson as DCI Charlie Wise Geraldine Somerville as DS Jane "Panhandle" Penhaligon...

called Headlines Deadlines All My Life, introduced by comedy actor Ricky Tomlinson, Giller tells his life story from his early days in bomb-blitzed East...

experience, James-Collier auditioned for the series Down to Earth. Stars Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch were convinced by his talent, and he got the part...

follow-up to the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager, and stars Ricky Tomlinson, Steve Edge, Amanda Redman and Dan Renton Skinner. The film follows...

Liverpool-based bumbling private detective, Eddie McMullen, played by Ricky Tomlinson, whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of Frank Bennett (Tom...

Christian McKay as Dad Lisa Stansfield as Mum Jack Gordon as Sean Ricky Tomlinson as Grandad John Thomson as Terry youth club DJ Claire Garvey as Betty...

film directed by Ken Loach and starring Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey and Gemma Phoenix. It tells the story of a man who cannot...

Salisbury Rosie Cavaliero as Mrs. Jennings Dan Skinner as Beekeeper Ricky Tomlinson as Crockett The series was commissioned for BBC Two in October 2019...

credits include Heartbeat, Doctors and BBC’s Nice Guy Eddie, alongside Ricky Tomlinson. However, she is best known for her roles as Val Walker in Channel...

was a British construction worker, trade union activist and – with Ricky Tomlinson – one of the Shrewsbury Two, convicted at Shrewsbury Crown Court for...