David Baddiel
Born	May 28, 1964 (1964-05-28) (age 43) Troy, New York, United States
Nationality	British
Years active	1988 – present
Notable works and roles	The Mary Whitehouse Experience "Newman and Baddiel" (with Rob Newman) Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned

David Baddiel (born May 28, 1964, Troy, New York, U.S.) is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter. After studying at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, an independent school near Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, he read English at King's College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and graduated with a double first. He then followed this up with a PhD in English at University College London, finishing in 1989. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... The Mary Whitehouse Experience was a UK topical comedy show, both on radio and TV, in the late 80s/early 90s. ... There are (at least) two people known as Rob Newman: Robert Newman, British comedian Rob Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000-2003, 2005-) is a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... The Haberdashers Askes Boys School is a British independent school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in Hertfordshire. ... Elstree is a small village in Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5, north of London. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... For the village in Essex, see Boreham. ... For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ... Full name The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College, Oxford Provost Prof. ... Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ...

Career

Newman

Baddiel became a cabaret stand-up comedian after leaving university and also wrote sketches and jokes for various radio series. His first television appearance came in a bit-part on one episode of the showbiz satire Filthy, Rich and Catflap. In 1988, he was introduced to Rob Newman, a comic impressionist, and the two became a writing partnership. They were subsequently paired up with the partnership of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis for a new topical comedy show for BBC Radio 1 called The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and its success led to a transfer to television, shooting Baddiel to fame. Two seasons were made for BBC2, during which time Baddiel also co-hosted a Channel 4 monologue programme, A Stab In The Dark with Michael Gove and Tracey MacLeod. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ... Filthy, Rich and Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1987. ... Rob Newman Robert Rob Newman (born 7 July 1964) is a British stand-up comedian, author and political activist. ... Steve Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, most famous for his long-time partnership with Hugh Dennis. ... Hugh Dennis (left) with Steve Punt on The Now Show. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... The Mary Whitehouse Experience was a UK topical comedy show, both on radio and TV, in the late 80s/early 90s. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... This article is about the British television station. ... A monologue, pronounced monolog, is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience, or character. ... A Stab In The Dark was a British television programme of topical monologues and discussion screened on Channel 4 in 1992. ... Michael Andrew Gove (born August 26, 1967) is a Conservative politician, journalist and author in the United Kingdom. ...

After the two duos chose not to do another series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Baddiel teamed up with Newman again for the Newman and Baddiel in Pieces series, which ran in 1993. The duo subsequently split with some acrimony after becoming the first ever comedians to play (and sell out) Wembley Arena. Newman and Baddiel in Pieces was a sketch show aired on BBC2 in 1993, written by and starring comedians Robert Newman and David Baddiel. ... Wembley Arena at Night (Taken at a live WWE Show). ...

Skinner

Baddiel (left) with Frank Skinner on the sofa in an episode of Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned

Baddiel then took in a lodger at his London apartment - fellow comedian Frank Skinner - and asked his new flatmate to co-present when he was offered the chance to do a programme based on the fantasy football craze in newspapers. The show was Fantasy Football League, and later they took an improvised question-and-answer show to the Edinburgh Festival which then became a TV series, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned. The duo also twice topped the UK singles chart with the football anthem "Three Lions", initially written as the official England for Euro 96, and later re-issued unofficially, with updated lyrics, for the 1998 World Cup. Baddiel and Skinner collaborated on podcasts for Times Online during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Image File history File links Baddielandskinnerunplanned. ... Image File history File links Baddielandskinnerunplanned. ... Christopher Graham Collins, aka Frank Skinner (born 28 January 1957 is an English writer and comedian. ... Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000-2003, 2005-) is a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. ... Lodger is a 1979 album by David Bowie. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Christopher Graham Collins, aka Frank Skinner (born 28 January 1957 is an English writer and comedian. ... Fantasy football can refer to two different types of fantasy sport, depending upon the local meaning of the term football: Fantasy football (American) Fantasy football (soccer) There is also a British television programme called Fantasy Football League, loosely based on the soccer version. ... Fantasy Football League was a British television programme hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. ... There is no one Edinburgh Festival but those using the term are usually referring to the collection of various festivals in August and early September of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000-2003, 2005-) is a free-form talk show hosted by British comedians/personalities David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... “Soccer” redirects here. ... Three Lions was the official song of the England football team for the 1996 European Championships, which were held in England. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... The 1996 European Football Championship (or simply Euro 96) was hosted by England. ... The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France by the FIFA decision in July 1992. ... A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

Solo

In 2001, Baddiel made a sitcom for Sky One, Baddiel's Syndrome. In 2004, he created a show called Heresy for Radio 4, which attempts to challenge received opinion. This has now had four series on Radio 4, the last being in 2007. He also played himself in the BBC animated comedy series Monkey Dust, in a self-lampooning role. He has appeared in the UK comedy Little Britain playing a person dressed up as David Baddiel. He did not speak in the show, only mimed someone else speaking over him. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Monkey Dust is a British animated TV series that satirises the darker side of life in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British TV show Little Britain. ...

He writes a regular Books column for The Times newspaper, appearing every other Saturday. The column is written fortnightly, shared in alternate weeks by the novelist Jeanette Winterson. On 30 October 2005 he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Navin Chowdhry and Saffron Burrows. He has also written three novels: Time For Bed, Whatever Love Means and The Secret Purposes. In 2007 he hosted BBC Four's Book Quiz^[1] and made a documentary for BBC One on the subject of the history of resitution for holocaust victims and their descendants, entitled Baddiel And The Missing Nazi Billions. is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... Amateur astronomy, often called back yard astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy observing celestial objects. ... Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. ... Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who. ... David Warner David Warner (born July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England) is an English actor who often plays sinister or evil characters. ... British actor (b. ... Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 22, 1972 or January 1, 1973[1]) is an English actress. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ...

Family

He has a daughter, Dolly, born in 2001, and a son, Ezra, born in 2004, with his girlfriend, Morwenna Banks. Baddiel is Jewish and his mother was born in Nazi Germany, a swastika appearing on her birth certificate. An episode of the BBC's genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? investigated his heritage in some detail, but failed to disprove his theory that his mother had been secretly adopted from another Jewish family who had no hope of escaping (her parents had been married but childless for a decade before she was born). His book The Secret Purposes is based in part on the internment of his grandfather on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. His father is Welsh and he is the middle son of three boys, his older brother works as a screenwriter and lives in North London and his younger brother works in finance and lives in New York. Morwenna Banks (born 1964 in Flushing, Cornwall, England) is a British actress and comedian. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... This article is about the symbol. ... Mary Elizabeth Winblad (1895-1987) birth certificate A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. ... Genealogy (from Greek: γενεα, genea, family; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ... Who Do You Think You Are? was a ten part television series shown on the UKs BBC2, in 2004, in which various celebrities go on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. ... This article is about the usage and history of the terms concentration camp, internment camp and internment. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

During an appearance on the Channel 4 topical panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats (26 May 2006) he revealed that he had been voted the "World's 6th Sexiest Jew". He appeared in a special episode of What Not to Wear where fashion gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine gave him a makeover.^[2] This article is about the British television station. ... 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the UK version. ... Trinny Woodall (born Sarah-Jane Woodall[2] 1964 in London), is an award-winning English fashion guru, fashion and style advisor, television personality, presenter and author. ... Susannah Constantine, along with Trinny Woodall, is a host of the BBC style series What Not To Wear. ...

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