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Charlie Higson (born, 1958 in Frome, Somerset) is an English actor and producer, an author, television writer and a comedian. After graduating from the University of East Anglia, in the early 1980s, he was for some time the lead singer of the band The Higsons, before he turned to performing. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the various rivers and a lake with this name, see Frome (disambiguation) Map sources for Frome at grid reference ST797538 Frome (pronounced ) is a small town in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills, with a population of 24,510 (2001 census). ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi - Water (%) Population...
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An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...
A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Governments New Universities programme in the 1960s. ...
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THE HIGSONS were a funk-punk band popular in the UK during the 1980s. ...
Higson first came to public attention as one of the main writers and performers of the BBC Two sketch show The Fast Show (1994-2000), which was a great success and enabled Higson to pick and choose his following projects. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and Europes first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. ...
The Fast Show was a BBC comedy sketch show programme which ran for four series from 1994 to 2000, starring Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Caroline Aherne (1994-1997). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
He worked as producer, writer, director and occasional guest star on the revival of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from 2000 to 2001. Subsequent television work has included writing and starring in BBC Three's Fast Show spin-off sitcom Swiss Toni. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was a late-1960s British TV show about two private detectives. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
BBC Three, the successor of the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ...
A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ...
Swiss Toni is a fictional used-car dealer played by Charlie Higson, and also the title of a sitcom in which he is the main character. ...
In 2004, it was announced that Higson would pen a series of James Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on the character's schooldays at Eton. The first novel, SilverFin, was released on March 3, 2005 in the UK and 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ...
The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a prestigious and internationally known Public School for boys. ...
SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. ...
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also
Illustration of a young James Bond by Kev Walker Young Bond is a series of novels featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College. ...
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