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- From: u920381@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Alexander Lum)
- Subject: Re: Chris Barrie
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.215916.2350@newsroom.utas.edu.au>
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- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia
- References: <1993Jan25.095420.14020@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <GROVE.93Jan26172834@paddy.uk.tele.nokia.fi>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:59:16 GMT
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- In article <GROVE.93Jan26172834@paddy.uk.tele.nokia.fi>, grove@uk.tele.nokia.fi (Paddy Grove) writes:
- >
- > >>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:54:20 GMT, brom@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (David Bromage) said:
- > -> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
- >
- >
- > -> Following the recent discussions of The Brittas Empire, it might me
- > -> worthwhile discussing other TV appearances of Chris Barrie.
- >
- > -> His 'big break' was at The Comedy Store in London where most of this
- > -> generation of alternative comedians began. He appeared in a series called
- > -> The Entertainers on Channel 4 about 1983 in the episode 'Inner City Fairy
- > -> Tales' also starring The Oblivion Boys and Debbie Bishop.
- >
- > -> He appeared in Stomping On The Cat on Channel 4 in January 1984 in which
- > -> he did 'barbed impressions' of Ronnie Corbett and Kenneth Williams amongst
- > -> others.
- >
- > -> He was in the pilot episode of Saturday Live on Channel 4 which screened
- > -> on 12 January 1985.
- >
- > -> Before and between series of Red Dwarf he lent his voice to Spitting Image
- > -> doing people such as Ronnie Corbett, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Prince Andrew.
- >
- > -> Then more recently, The Brittas Empire.
- >
- > -> If anyone can add to this list, please do.
- >
- > -> Cheers
- > -> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > -> David Bromage brom@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au :
- > -> Monash University : "I think thinking is
- > -> Clayton, Victoria : so important"
- > -> Australia : -Baldrick
- > -> :
- > -> May the source be with you :
- > -> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > -> All views expressed are my own except those which conflict with
- > -> my personal opinions.
- >
- > I'm sure he's done loads of other things, but he appeared in an episode of
- > The Young Ones. Can't remember which, but it was the bit where they cut into
- > a scene which had some British convicts being packed off to Australia - he
- > was the captain looking for a ship's concubine ("A small spiky mammal")
- >
- > Was he also in "Al Fresco"? Does anyone remember this - it was a series of
- > shows on ITV about 10 yrs ago, with lots of sketches by the likes of Stephen
- > Fry, Hugh Laurie, possibly John Sessions etc. Can't remember much about it
- > now.
- >
- > Paddy
- > --
-
- Chris Barrie also appeared in an episode of "Blackadder The Third" called
- "Nob And Nobility". He played the French Revolutionary who imprisons
- Blackadder, Baldrick and the French nobleman when they attend the French
- embassy.
-