Who Do You Think You Are? - Seventh Series

[MaryA]

I found a Kim Catterral on freebmd right date right place.

Can't believe everything these biogs tell you!

[Ruskie]

Hello Ruskie,
David Mitchell is one of those Cambridge graduates that end up in comedy, however like so many of the Cambridge graduate comedians there is much more about the person. He is always worth watching on programmes such as QI and is often on Radio 4 topical/quiz programmes.

He teams up frequently with fellow Cambridge graduate Robert Webb.
They have written extensively for television and their credits include The Jack Docherty Show (Channel 5), Yes Sir, I can boogie (Radio 4), Children’s Hour with Armstrong and Miller (Radio 4), Armstrong and Miller (Channel 4), the 11 O’Clock Show (Channel 4), Big Train (BBC2) and TV To Go (BBC1); and as writer/performers for Comedy Nation (BBC2) and Bruiser (BBC2). They also wrote and performed their own sitcom pilot Daydream Believers for Channel 4 and their own sketch show for Choice called The Mitchell and Webb Situation.

Thanks Pat, I'm in Australia but have heard of some of those series. 

'The tall thin one ...' is Stephen Merchant who co-wrote The Office with Ricky Gervais.

Pat ...

Alanb, is this the tall skinny one you meant? (second character down)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/


I think Stephen Merchant was co-writer of The Office but did not star in it, but he both wrote and starred with Ricky Gervaise in Extras. 

[Suffolk Mawther]

Coo blast little ode Ruskie, yew moight be down-under but yew hev got it roight! And Oi got it whully wrong!

Thet wuz Mackenzie Crook the tall thin one in The Office 

Pat ...

[Alan b]

Alanb, is this the tall skinny one you meant? (second character down)

That was who I was thinking off. Still not sure who he is to be honest as I haven't watched anything with him in it.

[Ruskie]

  Pat
(I love English comedies)

He's been in a few things Alanb, but I can't remember any of them at the moment. 

[MarkyP]

Mackenzie Crook has been in all the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films  You might have seem him in those.

[Siamese Girl]

Hello Ruskie,
David Mitchell is one of those Cambridge graduates that end up in comedy, however like so many of the Cambridge graduate comedians there is much more about the person.  He is always worth watching on programmes such as QI and is often on Radio 4 topical/quiz programmes.

He teams up frequently with fellow Cambridge graduate Robert Webb.
They have written extensively for television and their credits include The Jack Docherty Show (Channel 5), Yes Sir, I can boogie (Radio 4), Children’s Hour with Armstrong and Miller (Radio 4), Armstrong and Miller (Channel 4), the 11 O’Clock Show (Channel 4), Big Train (BBC2) and TV To Go (BBC1); and as writer/performers for Comedy Nation (BBC2) and Bruiser (BBC2). They also wrote and performed their own sitcom pilot Daydream Believers for Channel 4 and their own sketch show for Choice called The Mitchell and Webb Situation.

They have won Baftas etc etc - maybe I am getting old, but I find their comedy a bit hit and miss, sometimes excellent, sometimes 

Pat ...

By co-incidence one of the sketches in their show last night was all about how hit and miss their humour can be    but  I really like David Mitchell.


Carole

[lesleyhannah]

I don't like Chris Moyles but at least it might mean a bit of Yorkshire research. Can't be doing with Davina either but the programme might be okay.

In the past I've found some of the most interesting programmes have been ones I haven't expected to like, because I didn't feel much empathy with the celeb. In this case I think I've seen David Mitchell on Have I Got News for You - but I could be mixing him up with someone else - and I've never heard of the others, so I've got no preconceptions. It'll be good to see Liverpool on the map again. Seems like a greater emphasis on English research this time?
Lesley

[jillruss]

I hope there's more emphasis on British research this time round as well. Often the programme is much more relevant and therefore - to me anyway - interesting, when it's set in this country. My all time favourite is still Jeremy Paxman's programme and I also loved Griff Rhys Jones's as well.

Jill