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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on 6 January, 1955, in Consett, Co. Durham, UK, to Ella May (Bainbridge) and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees in electrical engineering. During that time, he met screenwriter Richard Curtis, with whom he wrote and performed comedy revues.
Later, he co-wrote and appeared in Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979), which was a huge success and spawned several best-selling books. It won an International Emmy Award and the British Academy Award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme of 1980." He won the "British Academy Award" and was named "BBC Personality of the Year" for his performance in Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979).
Atkinson also appeared in several movies, including Dead on Time (1983), Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976) (aka "Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe"), Never Say Never Again (1983), and The Tall Guy (1989). He played "Mr. Bean" in the TV series, Mr. Bean (1990) but, apart from that and Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979), he also appeared in several other series like Blackadder (1982) and Funny Business (1992), etc.
Atkinson enjoys nothing more than fast cars. He has two children, named Benjamin and Lily, with ex-wife Sunetra Sastry.- Actress
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Susan Maughan was born on 1 July 1942 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Junior Showtime (1969), What a Crazy World (1963) and Two Left Feet (1965).- Composer
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Keith has worked extensively in theatre and television as director, musical director, arranger and composer.
His theatre credits, as director, include Elvis The Musical (West End and National Tour), Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens. (West End), Four Steps To Heaven (West End and National Tour), Rock & Roll Heaven (National Tour), The Blues Brothers Meet The Soul Sisters (National Tour), Thank You For The Music (National Tour), Dancing In The Streets (National Tour), Only The Lonely (National Tour), The Sound Of Fury (National Tour), No Trams To Lime Street (Liverpool Playhouse), The Signalman (Windsor Theatre Royal), The Lodger (Windsor & Bromley), The Pit And The Pendulum (Windsor & Bromley), Appointment With Death (Palace Theatre, Westcliff), Harry's Web (Windsor Theatre Royal) and The Lady Or The Tiger (The Orange Tree Theatre).
His work as musical director and arranger in the West End includes LET The Good Stones Roll, Grease, Good Rockin' Tonite, In The Midnight Hour, Ferry Cross The Mersey and All You Need Is Love.
In 1980 Keith formed the singing group Wall Street Crash and was their artistic and musical director through three Royal Command Performances and extensive live and television work at home and abroad. He left the group in 1984 to further his career in theatre and television but they continue to work, mainly in Europe.
In the late eighties Keith worked in television, as a musical director and arranger on shows such as Live from Her Majesty's (1982), New Faces (1973), Spitting Image (1984) and The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978). He continues to work in television but principally as a composer. His credits include Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1998), Winning Lines (2000), How Do They Do That? (1994), The Detectives (1993), Talking Telephone Numbers (1994), The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (1993) and Auntie's Bloomers (1991). Keith devised the John Lennon musical 'Imagine' with Ian Kellgren in 1992 and he co-wrote the musical 'Baby Love' with Richard Harris in 1995.
He was also the composer of the Christmas musical, The Little Match Girl (1986) based on Hans Christian Anderson's short story. This was filmed for television in 1986 starring Twiggy and Roger Daltrey and was nominated for an International Emmy Award. The musical includes the song "Mistletoe and Wine" which was recorded in 1988 by Cliff Richard. Sales of the record exceeded one million, and Keith received the Ivor Novello Award for the best selling 'A' side of 1988.- Actor
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Chris Coxon was born on 25 April 1987 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Invasion of the Not Quite Dead (2022), Sherlock Holmes (2010) and Pumpkin Heroes (2017).- Jade Ashleigh Slavin was born on 11 December 1992 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK.
- John Herdman was born on 19 July 1975 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK. He is married to Claire Herdman. They have two children.
- Graeme Danby was born in 1962 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Semele (1999), English National Opera: Carmen (2015) and The Mikado (2019).
- Freddie Fingers Lee was born on 24 November 1937 in Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Play for Today (1970), Let's Rock (1981) and Blue Suede Shoes (1980). He died on 13 January 2014 in the UK.
- Chantelle Readman was born on 6 September 1992 in Consett, County Durham, England, UK.
- Barry Venison was born on 16 August 1964 in Consett, Durham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), On the Ball (1998) and The Goal Rush (2001).