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Richard Digance

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Richard Digance (pronounced DYE-jance; born 24 February 1949) is an English comedian and folk singer. [1]

58 relations: Adrian Hedley, Autobiography, BBC Radio 2, Billy Connolly, Brian May, Brighton, British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, Cambridge Folk Festival, Carol Barnes, Channel 4, Chief executive officer, Chris Barrie, Cilla Black, Comedian, Countdown (game show), Crosswits, East Ham, East London, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Elkie Brooks, Entertainment Rights, Essex, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Folk music, Gillian Reynolds, Glasgow, Greg Dyke, Her Majesty's Theatre, ITV (TV network), ITV Tyne Tees, Jack O'Legs, Jim Davidson, Langdon Academy, London Palladium, London Weekend Television, Magpie (TV series), Marc Cohn, Matthew Kelly, Mechanical engineering, Mike Harding, Novel, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Pebble Mill at One, Plaistow, Newham, Red Dwarf, Reid Kerr College, Sky UK, Sound TV, Status quo, Steve Martin, ..., Surprise Surprise (TV series), Television South, Thames Television, The Comedians (1971 TV series), The Des O'Connor Show, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Tom Jones (singer), Variety show. Expand index (8 more) »

Adrian Hedley

Adrian John Hedley (born 8 December 1978) is a former English cricketer.

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor from Glasgow.

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Brian May

Brian Harold May, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors

The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors (BASCA) is one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe and exists to support, protect and campaign for the interests of songwriters, lyricists and composers.

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Cambridge Folk Festival

The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival, established in 1965, held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England.

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Carol Barnes

Carol Lesley Barnes (13 September 1944 – 8 March 2008) was a British television newsreader and broadcaster.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Chris Barrie

Christopher Jonathan Brown, known professionally as Chris Barrie (born 28 March 1960), is a British actor, comedian and impressionist.

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Cilla Black

Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), known by her stage name Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress and author.

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Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Countdown (game show)

Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles.

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Crosswits

Crosswits is a British game show produced by Tyne Tees in association with Cove Productions and Action Time and filmed from their City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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East Ham

East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.

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East London

East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom, lying east of the ancient City and north of the River Thames.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues.

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Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder, 25 February 1945) is an English singer, a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist.

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Entertainment Rights

Entertainment Rights was a media company with international business in the production and sales of Children's television series.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Fairport's Cropredy Convention

Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Gillian Reynolds

Gillian Reynolds (née Morton; born 15 November 1935) is a British radio critic, journalist and broadcaster.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Greg Dyke

Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster.

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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ITV Tyne Tees

ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire.

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Jack O'Legs

In folklore, Jack O'Legs is a giant from Hertfordshire, England.

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Jim Davidson

James Cameron Davidson, OBE (born 13 December 1953) is an English comedian and presenter.

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Langdon Academy

Langdon Academy (formerly Langdon School) is a mixed all-through school with academy status, located on Sussex Road, in the London Borough of Newham, England.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a 2,286-seat Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street in the City of Westminster.

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London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00 am.

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Magpie (TV series)

Magpie was a British children's television programme shown on ITV from 30 July 1968 to 6 June 1980.

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Marc Cohn

Marc Craig Cohn (born July 5, 1959) is a Grammy Award-winning American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician best known for his song "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album.

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Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly (born David Allan Kelly, 9 May 1950) is an English actor and presenter.

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Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.

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Mike Harding

Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet, broadcaster and multi-instrumentalist.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Paisley, Renfrewshire

Paisley (Pàislig, Paisley) is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area.

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Pebble Mill at One

Pebble Mill at One was a British television magazine programme that was broadcast live weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1, from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986 and again from 20 October 1991 to 25 May 1996.

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Plaistow, Newham

Plaistow is a district in the West Ham area of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England.

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Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following.

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Reid Kerr College

Reid Kerr College was a further education college in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

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Sky UK

Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

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Sound TV

Sound TV was a free-to-air television channel following the tradition of the variety show, which has not been popular in Britain since the 1980s.

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Status quo

Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

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Surprise Surprise (TV series)

Surprise Surprise is a British light entertainment television programme for ITV that originally ran from 6 May 1984 to 26 December 2001 with Cilla Black as the host.

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Television South

Television South (TVS) was the ITV franchise holder in the south and south east of England between 1 January 1982 at 9.25 am and 31 December 1992 at 11.59 pm.

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Thames Television

Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding area on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.

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The Comedians (1971 TV series)

The Comedians was a British television show of the 1970s (later reprised in the mid-1980s and early 1990s) produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television.

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The Des O'Connor Show

The Des O'Connor Show is a British variety and chat show hosted by Des O'Connor.

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The Old Grey Whistle Test

The Old Grey Whistle Test (usually abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) was a British television music show.

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Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward (born 7 June 1940), also known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.

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Variety show

Variety shows, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Digance

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