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Clare Grogan as Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf
Clare Grogan as Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf

Clare Grogan (born March 17, 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress (often credited as C. P. Grogan) and singer. Her first film appearance was in the acclaimed film Gregory's Girl. Image File history File links Kochanskigrogan. ... Image File history File links Kochanskigrogan. ... Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom that ran for eight series, from 1988 to 1999. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification... Gregorys Girl is a 1981 movie written and directed by Bill Forsyth. ...


In 1985 she was the receptionist in the BBC televised version of Blott on the Landscape. She had a recurring role playing Dave Lister's would-be love-interest, Kristine Kochanski, on the TV show Red Dwarf, although this was later taken up by ChloĆ« Annett. She has also appeared in EastEnders and Father Ted. The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... Blott on the Landscape is a novel written in 1975 by Tom Sharpe. ... Character descriptions and casting details for the Red Dwarf BBC sitcom and series of novels by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. ... The love interest is a stock character, an object of romantic admiration and attraction for the principal character(s), or heroes. ... Character descriptions and casting details for the Red Dwarf BBC sitcom and series of novels by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. ... Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom that ran for eight series, from 1988 to 1999. ... Chloë Victoria Annett is an English actress, born on 25 July 1971. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[2] and continuing to date. ... Father Ted is a popular 1990s television situation comedy set around the lives of three priests on the fictional extremely remote Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland. ...


She was the lead singer of the band Altered Images with Johnny McElhone of Texas and Stephen Lironi, whom she married in Glasgow in 1994. She was also an ex-girlfriend of Volaro founder David Blackwood. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s including Happy Birthday, Don't Talk To Me About Love, I Could Be Happy and Bring Me Closer. Sadly the group split up after the mixed reception of their third album, Bite. Clare did however attempt a solo career but after her single Love Bomb (the video van be seen here) flopped in 1987, her album, Trash Mad was unfortunately never released.. Altered Images were a popular band who formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1980. ... Johnny McElhone is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter, who was born John Francis McElhone, on 21 April 1963, in Glasgow. ... Sharleen Spiteri on the album cover for Red Book Texas is a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... 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. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...


In recent years, she has been a talk show host in the UK. Altered Images recently reunited for a tour. In 2000, Ms. Grogan contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like A Grand Piano" on the Magnetic Fields side project the 6ths album, Hyacinths and Thistles. Talk Show Host is a song written and performed by Radiohead. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The name Magnetic Fields has been used by: A 1981 album by Jean Michel Jarre; see Magnetic Fields (album) (Les Chants Magnetiques) A computer game developer; see Magnetic Fields (computer game developer) The Magnetic Fields, a band led by Stephin Merritt For magnetic fields in general, see magnetic field. ... In popular music, a side-project is a project undertaken by one (or several) person already known for their involvement in another band. ... The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...


She plays control-freak of an office manager Sandra Reeves in the forthcoming motion picture The Penalty King.


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Clare Grogan as Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf
Clare Grogan (born March 17, 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress and singer.
Grogan contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like A Grand Piano" on the Magnetic Fields side project the 6ths album, Hyacinths and Thistles.
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