Ricky Tomlinson
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 84 |
Date of birth | September 26,1939 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Bispham |
Blackpool | |
United Kingdom | |
Height | 173 (cm) |
Spouse | Rita Cumiskey |
Marlene Tomlinson | |
Children | Clifton Tomlinson |
Job | Actor |
Comedian | |
Author | |
Screenwriter | |
Political activist | |
Books | Football My Arse Signed Edition |
Celebrities My Arse! | |
Ricky | |
Reading My Arse! Searching for the Rock Island Line : a Novel | |
Cheers My Arse! The Funniest Collection of Drinking Anecdotes You'll Ever Read | |
Football My Arse B Signed | |
Ricky B Pbp | |
Ricky B Special | |
Ricky Hb Special | |
Awards | National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Performer |
British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actor | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 430853 |
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Brookside
Raining Stones
Riff-Raff
The 51st State
In the Flesh
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Cracker
Northern Soul
The Brothers Grimsby
Butterfly Kiss
Nice Guy Eddie
Al's Lads
Nativity!
Mike Bassett: Manager
Clocking Off
Preaching to the Perverted
Playing the Field
Gloves Off
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
The Greatest Store in the World
Life is All You Get
Roughnecks
Nasty Neighbours
Flutter
The Last Dragonslayer
The More You Ignore Me
Him Upstairs
Strange Relations
Hillsborough
Lounge Act
Mojo
Dockers
Monkey Trousers
The Royle Family at Christmas
Stepdad
The Fix
Shirts of '66
United Kingdom
Inquest
Ricky Tomlinson Life story
Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson is an English actor, comedian, author and political activist. He is best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker, Mike Bassett in Mike Bassett: England Manager and Jim Royle in The Royle Family.
Gogglebox is a gift Caroline Aherne left me, Craig Cash says
... " He said the much-loved patriarch Jim Royle, who was portrayed by Ricky Tomlinson, was " basically my dad apart from we couldn t make him a big [Manchester] City fan because Ricky was a Scouser"...
Phone hacking authorised at highest levels of publisher, court hears
... The court would then consider other cases from celebrities including the former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, actor Ricky Tomlinson, former Arsenal and England footballer Ian Wright and the estate of late singer-songwriter George Michael...
Prince Harry: Phone hacking trial involving Duke of Sussex begins
... The estate of the late singer George Michael and actor Ricky Tomlinson have also brought claims against MGN, with " test cases" - including Harry s - selected to go to trial from the wider group of claimants...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood go back to the Pleasuredome at Liverpool reunion
... At Sunday s concert, outside Liverpool s St George s Hall, they were on a bill that also included The Lightning Seeds, Jamie Webster, The Real Thing, Ricky Tomlinson and Shirley Ballas...
Eurovision 2023: Ukraine's champions Kalush Orchestra get Liverpool party started
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Royle Family actor Peter Martin dies aged 82
... Ricky Tomlinson, who appeared with Mr Martin in The Royle Family, paid tribute to the actor...
Phone-hacking: Prince Harry key figure in May trial
... Other celebrities involved in the case include the singer and former Girls Aloud star Cheryl, the estate of the late singer George Michael, ex-footballer and TV presenter Ian Wright and actor Ricky Tomlinson...
Denise Welch shares her mental health survival tips
... What is the main role in 2004 s Down to earth with Ricky Tomlinson, Angela Griffin and Ian Kelsey Much as I was scared about writing, because I knew it would trigger, I knew I really had to invest to write a really good book, something that I was proud of you...
Gogglebox is a gift Caroline Aherne left me, Craig Cash says
By Jenny Coleman & Chris LongBBC News
Writer and actor Craig Cash has said he sometimes feels the " presence" of his late friend Caroline Aherne when recording his Gogglebox voiceovers.
The Star , who worked with Aherne on and other comedies, said she asked him to cover for her on The Show After Her cancer diagnosis.
He Said since her death, The Work was like having " A Gift that she left me".
He also revealed that a special celebrating Aherne's life would be aired by The Bbc At Christmas .
Aherne was the Channel 4 programme's first presenter, providing commentary from its beginning in 2013 to shortly before.
Cash told it was during her treatment for cancer that she first turned to him for help.
" She just asked me if I'd do The Show for her if she was poorly and when she had to go for chemo, so of course I said yes just to help out, because I couldn't help in any other way, " He Said .
He Said After Her death, he was asked to continue in The Role , which he had come to see as a present from Aherne.
" It was really lovely, because it feel like A Gift she has left me and I'm very grateful, " He Said .
" It felt like only natural I should keep doing it and I feel like she's with me sometimes.
" When I go in the studio where we used to record it, I can feel her presence sometimes.
" That feels a bit weird but true. "
The pair had worked together on A Number of projects, including BBC hit series The Mrs Merton Show and The Fast Show, after meeting in Manchester in the late 1980s.
However, it was their work both in front of and behind the camera on The Royle Family for which they became best known.
The Stockport-born star said The Bbc comedy, which was first broadcast in 1998, sprang out of an idea Aherne had while still working on The Mrs Merton Show.
" We wanted to write something that we knew and the likes of which we grew up in, as opposed to the posh middle-class families that you got on TV at that time, " He Said .
" The working title was the Wythenshawe Project, because Caroline was from Wythenshawe and we set it in Wythenshawe.
" We just wanted it to be about A Family like Our Family really and that's what it ended up being, just sat there watching telly. "
He Said the much-loved patriarch Jim Royle, who was portrayed by Ricky Tomlinson , was " basically my dad apart from we couldn't make him a big [Manchester] City fan because Ricky was a Scouser".
'Like My House 'The Show has become a TV classic and is often repeated, finding new audiences every time, but Cash said when it was first developed, " nobody wanted to make it, because it was just about people sat around talking drivel".
" We had to convince them [because] they all said 'no, it won't work', " He Said .
" Caroline actually threatened not to do any more Mrs Merton shows if they didn't commission it.
" She meant it as well. "
He Said even when it had been filmed, some executives were still not convinced.
" When we'd made it, they [still] didn't really want to put it out.
" They were looking at and saying, 'people will be climbing The Walls , because it's people just sat round talking. "
He Said he was delighted it had become such a success, but he was still shocked at how the programme had found such a wide audience.
" I thought it would only be popular in Manchester or the North-West, " He Said .
" But I Get In taxis in London and [the drivers] say, 'it's just like My House '.
" It turns out to be a lot of people's real lives. "
He added that he had discussed how he felt Aherne was still with him in a documentary about her, which He Said would be broadcast on Christmas Day .
" I haven't seen The Final cut of it yet, but hopefully, it will be a nice reminder of her genius, " He Said .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com