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Geoffrey is an English actor in film, radio, stage and television. He was born in Balham, South London and grew up in York. There he attended Archbishop Holgate's School, where he was made Head Boy. He studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was involved in the renowned Footlights society and the Marlowe Society. Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Look up Stage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Balham is: Balham, a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Archbishop Holgates School is a voluntary aided Church of England secondary school in York. ... Head Boy and Head Girl are terms commonly used in the British education system. ... Full name Christs College Motto Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember Named after Christ Previous names Gods-house (1437), Christs College (1505) Established 1505 Sister College(s) Wadham College Master Prof. ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... The ADC Theatre is the home of the Footlights. ...

He is well remembered for playing Ford Prefect in the radio series ( 1978-80 ) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, whose role he reprised for the three new series broadcast on BBC radio 4 between 2004 and 2005. David Dixon as Ford Prefect in Episode One of the TV adaptation of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ... The cover of the booklet included with the Collectors Edition CD set release of the first two Hitchhikers radio series. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British author, comic radio dramatist, and amateur musician. ... The terms Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase describe the radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions for BBC Radio 4. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He has also appeared in TV shows such as Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third, Jonathan Creek and 15 stories high. He can currently be seen playing the Supreme Ruler in BBC2's new Sci-Fi comedy Hyperdrive (2006-). Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ... Chef! is a British sitcom starring Lenny Henry that aired as 20 episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. Henry stars as Gareth Blackstock, the arrogant, tyrannical and driven chef, and later owner, of a gourmet restaurant called Le Chateau Anglais in the English countryside. ... Big Train is a surreal television comedy sketch show written by the creators of the more successful Father Ted, Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan. ... Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off installments. ... Jonathan Creek is a mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... Hyperdrive is a name given to certain methods of traveling faster than light (FTL) in science fiction. ...

External links

• Geoffrey McGivern at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Biography
• BBC Hyperdrive website
• Hitchhicker's fansite