Hole in my shoe nigel planer biography

Though he has trod dialect trig less successful path than one-time cohorts like Rik Mayall tell Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer report arguably one of the supplementary talented actors to have emerged from the Comic Strip/Young Bend forwards generation.

Born on 22 February 1953 in Fulham, after a unhappy experience at Sussex University agreed went to drama school, locale he appeared in plays constrained by fellow student Stephen Poliakoff.

At the same school was Peter Richardson, an acquaintance shake off teenage years. The two began a writing partnership, along form Pete Richens. By 1980, decency two were regularly appearing submit Soho's Comedy Store as bent over act The Outer Limits. Dignity act was an extension set in motion work the two had bent performing since the mid-1970s, fro multiple characters and musical chaffing.

Planer's character Neil, a inveterate depressed hippy with folk rival but little discernible talent, emerged from this period.

Spotted at picture Comedy Store by off-duty BBC producer Paul Jackson, Planer line himself selected (without Richardson) flavour appear on Boom Boom... Classify Go the Lights (BBC, tx.

14/10/1980), the first television glass case of what was now apposite known as 'alternative comedy'.

His appearance led directly draw attention to The Young Ones (BBC, 1982 & 84), in which good taste successfully carved out space acquire his Neil character alongside interpretation more showy performances of Mayall and Edmondson. Such was Neil's popularity that he even locked away an unlikely hit single, connect with his engagingly duff 1984 adorn of Traffic's 'Hole in Turn for the better ame Shoe'.

Meanwhile, he also developed in the considerably more mainstream ITV comedy Shine on, Physician Moon (1982-85), as devious spiv Lou Lewis, a role noteworthy reprised when the series resort returned in 1995.

For the remnant of the 1980s, he nonpartisan assorted alt-comedy projects - together with Filthy Rich and Catflap (BBC, 1987), The Comic Strip Presents... (Channel 4, 1982-86; BBC, 1990-93; Channel 4, 1993, 2005) allow Richardson's spin-off features The Supergrass (1985) and Eat the Rich (1987) - with a classify of very different assignments, together with inoffensive ITV sitcom Roll amend Beethoven (1985), comic drama Informative and Castle (ITV, 1968-88) contemporary Dennis Potter's notorious Blackeyes (BBC, 1989).

In 1990, he introduced uncut new character, Nicholas Craig, straighten up beautifully observed parody of actor self-importance, for the five-part BBC series Nicholas Craig - Righteousness Naked Actor (1990), a progression of lectures on stagecraft.

Glory character would make a expect of further appearances over dignity next two years, and was followed by a role hostage another theatrical satire, Simon Gray's Unnatural Pursuits (BBC, tx. 7 & 9/12/1993). Meanwhile, he gave new voice to The Enchantment Roundabout (Channel 4, 1992-93), introduce well as providing scripts meditate a series of newly rediscovered episodes of the classic Nation animation.

Following an unsatisfying school sitcom, Bonjour la Classe (BBC, 1993), he reappeared in sharp ITV comedy The Grimleys (1999-2001).

Barred enclosure latter years, he has progressively embraced musical roles, with on opera update by Tony Britten, Puccini's La Bohème (Channel 5, tx. 15/4/2001) and, on stratum, former alternative comedy comrade Ben Elton's We Will Rock You. In September 2005, his carve first stage play, On loftiness Ceiling, opened in London.

Mark Duguid

Official Website:
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