Duncan Preston (born in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a English actor best known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood. His most well remembered roles are Clifford in Acorn Antiques and Stan in dinnerladies. Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Victoria Wood (born May 19, 1953) is a British comedienne, actress, singer and writer. ... Acorn Antiques was a parodic soap opera featured regularly on the sketch show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. ... dinnerladies is a 1990s British television sitcom written by and also featuring Victoria Wood. ...

He has also made many guest appearances in various TV series, including Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Boon, Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders and Dalziel and Pascoe. Secret Army was a BBC television series created by Gerald Glaister that ran for three seasons from September 7, 1977 to December 15, 1979. ... The Professionals has a number of meanings, including the following: The Professionals (TV Series) The Professionals is a 1966 Western movie directed by Richard Brooks. ... All Creatures Great and Small was the title given to a U.S. volume first published in 1972 comprising James Herriots first two novels, If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldnt Happen To A Vet, which were considered too short to publish individually in the U.S... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Rik Mayall as Alan Bstard in The New Statesman The New Statesman was an award-winning British sitcom of the 1980s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ... Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ... Boon may refer to: See also the Wiktionary entry: boon. ... Casualty is a long-running BBC television drama serial, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. ... The heart rate is the number of contractions of the heart in one minute. ... Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is an English crime drama television series which ran from 1996 to 1998 on the BBC. Patricia Routledge played the title character. ... Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. ... Peak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. ... The Midsomer Murders opening title. ... Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (usually known as Andy) and Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill and a BBC television series. ...

He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes in Coronation Street in 2004. Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Duncan Preston at the Internet Movie Database