Keith Philip George Allen (born 2 June 1953) is a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer. is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tamzin Malleson (born 1973 in Manchester, England [1]) is a British actress. ... Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is a British singer-songwriter best known for songs such as Smile and LDN. She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

TV and film career

He appeared in a number of films made by The Comic Strip Presents... (notably The Bullshitters, a parody of The Professionals) on Channel 4 in the early 1980s after becoming one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store in 1979. The brother of comedian and film director Kevin Allen, Keith Allen has done both straight and comedy acting, once playing Brian Dennehy. The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, best known collectively for their television series The Comic Strip Presents. ... From Left : Martin Shaw as Ray Doyle, Gordon Jackson as George Cowley, and Lewis Collins as William Bodie. ... This article is about the British television station. ... The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England that was opened in 1979 by Peter Rosengard. ... Kevin Allen (born September 15, 1962) is an actor, director and film producer. ...

During the brief period of BSB as an alternative satellite broadcaster to Sky, he had a regular comedy show of his own I Love Keith Allen on the Galaxy channel, a mix of stand-up and sketches. BSB logo British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

He appeared in the black comedy, Twin Town, the Channel 4 adaptation of A Very British Coup and played the lodger who dies at the beginning of Danny Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave (1994). In the same year, he turned in a critically acclaimed performance in a BBC adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit. He was used again by Boyle to play a drug dealer in Trainspotting (1996). He also appeared disguised as a fictional hip-hop star 'Keithski' to present Top of the Pops on 19th July 1996. ^[1] It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Black comedy and List of black comedies, accessible from a disambiguation page. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by Chris Mullin, and a 1988 British television adaptation of the novel, adapted by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally. ... Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... Movie Poster Shallow Grave is a 1994 British thriller film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels, which was written and serialized in 1843-1844. ... Trainspotting is a 1996 Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning cult classic film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

He also appeared in the hard-hitting hospital drama, Bodies, as Dr. Tony Whitman. In 2005 he appeared in the Endemol-produced BBC2 television programme Art School alongside Ulrika Jonsson, John Humphrys and Clarissa Dickson Wright where he discovered a passion for painting. In 2006-2007, Allen co-starred in the BBC's Robin Hood drama series, as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Bodies is a 2004 medical drama from BBC3 based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio. ... Endemol (Euronext: EML) is a television production company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Lebanon, Morocco and Australia among others. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967)) is a Swedish television presenter whose most famous work has been on British television. ... Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster and journalist. ... Clarissa Dickson-Wright (born Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson-Wright in London on June 28, 1947) is a Scottish celebrity chef best known from her appearances with the late Jennifer Paterson in the BBC series Two Fat Ladies. ... Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ... The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice. ...

TV presenter

He presented TV documentaries for Victor Lewis-Smith's Associated-Rediffusion Television Productions: Little Lady Fauntleroy (2004), You're Fayed (2005) and on Michael Carroll - King of Chavs (2006). In 2007 his documentary Tourette De France appeared on Channel Four, in which he travelled with a group of Scottish people with Tourette syndrome on a Routemaster bus from London to the Parisian hospital where this condition was described by Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1884. Victor Lewis-Smith is a British satirist, producer, critic and prankster. ... Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for London, on weekdays between 1954 (transmissions started on September 22, 1955) and July 29, 1968. ... Type www. ... Michael Carroll (born on March 29, 1983) is a former binman and £9. ... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... “Tourette” redirects here. ... First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 towards Ladbroke Grove tube station, April 2002. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // Parisian is a moderate to upscale U.S. chain of department stores, based in Birmingham, Alabama known for its superior level of personalized service and limited distribution of specialty brands such as Juicy Couture, Karen Kane, BCBG Max Azria, Garfield & Marks, Tahari, Jig Saw, 7 For All Mankind, Diesel, Paper... Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857-1904) was a French neurologist who first described the symptoms of Tourette syndrome. ...

His most recent documentary, Keith Allen Will Burn In Hell, appeared on Channel Four in June 2007, and showed Allen profiling the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, led by Fred Phelps, and speaking to various members of the church and Phelps' family. Allen made no secret of his opposition to the Church's anti-homosexuality views, and repeatedly called a member of the Phelps family a fool, and labeled certain punishing passages of the Bible, "utterly, utterly fucking vile." He additionally referred to a member of the Church as a "redneck". The same church and family were filmed as part of a Louis Theroux documentary just a matter of months earlier. WBC member Jael Phelps (right) and an unidentified WBC child protesting in Tulsa, Oklahoma Westboro Baptist Church is a U.S. religious organization headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka, Kansas. ... Fred Waldron Phelps, Sr. ... This article is about a stereotypical description. ... Louis Theroux Louis Sebastian Theroux (born 20 May 1970) is a British broadcaster holding both British and US citizenship, best known for his television series Louis Therouxs Weird Weekends and When Louis Met… // Theroux was born in Singapore,[1] the younger son of the American travel writer and novelist...

Allen presented the Manchester Passion, a contemporary retelling of the last few hours in the life of Jesus on Good Friday, April 14, 2006. The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of contemporary Manchester music. ... Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Music

He was a member of Fat Les, a band which also contained Britpop artists Damien Hirst and Blur bassist Alex James. Allen was also closely associated with the band New Order. He co-wrote their only UK number one single, World In Motion, and occasionally performed with them live. He also appeared in the band's DVD New Order Story, where he played the host to a fictional New Order game show. He has also been involved in several other football-related records, including England's Irie by Black Grape and Vindaloo by his own group, Fat Les. He also contributed the song On Me Head, Son to the film Mike Bassett: England Manager, credited on the soundtrack album to Sporting Les. He also once danced onstage with the Happy Mondays in New York City. Fat Les is a British band consisting of Alex James, the bassist from Blur; actor Keith Allen; and artist Damien Hirst. ... Britpop was a mid-1990s British alternative rock genre and movement. ... The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst (1991) Damien Hirst (born June 7, 1965) is an English artist and the most prominent of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... Alex James (born Steven Alexander James, 21 November 1968, in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ... Black Grape were a rock and roll band from England, formed in 1993 by former members of Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder and Bez. ... Fat Les is a British band consisting of Alex James, the bassist from Blur; actor Keith Allen; and artist Damien Hirst. ... Mike Basset:England Manager Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) is a satirical comedy, following the fortunes of the manager of Division One football club Norwich City F.C., Mike Bassett, who having led his side to the Mr Clutch Cup, is appointed England manager. ... Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Vindaloo sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC who commissioned the official UK Music Chart, the band were deliberately walking the ghost of the incident a few years earlier on the BBC's arts & culture programme The Late Show when Keith Allen as a guest on the show got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen - a veteran of the early 1980s wave of UK "alternative" comedians that had shocked many - had stormed at an Asian member of the panel that was for tighter controls that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a f**king vindaloo!" Allen later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Indian cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices. Vindaloo was a single from 1998, recorded for the 1998 FIFA World Cup by Fat Les. ... The Best Bits of The Late Show: Champagne Edition (DVD) The Late Show was a popular Australian comedy show, which ran for two seasons on the ABC from 18 July 1992 to 30 October 1993. ...

Football

Although born in Swansea, Allen is a fan of Fulham F.C., the oldest professional football club in London. He has produced a number of official songs for the club with his band Colin and the Cottagers singing with the club's chairman, and owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed. These include We're Not Real Madrid and Back Home, a reference to the club's return in 2004 to its historic home Craven Cottage on the banks of the River Thames. Fulham Football Club are an English football team based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Harrods storefront Harrods in 1909 The opulent Egyptian-style clothing department at Harrods, London Harrods in Buenos Aires Harrods is a department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, UK. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods... Mohamed Al-Fayed (b. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... Craven Cottage is the name of a sports stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the 6. ... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...

Personal life

Allen was born in Gorseinon, near Swansea, Wales, the son of Edward Charles Owen, a petty officer in the Royal Navy.^[2] He has eight children. These include pop singer Lily Allen, actor Alfie Owen-Allen and their sister Sarah Allen with his ex-wife Alison Owen. He was also married to Nira Park and was intimate with Julia Sawalha. He now lives with actress Tamzin Malleson. Their daughter, Teddie, was born in 2006. ^[3] Gorseinon is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a town in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is a British singer-songwriter best known for songs such as Smile and LDN. She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. ... Alfie Evan Owen-Allen (born 12 September 1986) is a British actor. ... Alison Owen is a British film producer and mother of pop singer Lily Allen with her ex-husband, comedian Keith Allen. ... Nira Park has produced such British comedies as: The Glam Metal Detectives in 1995 Sitcom Weekend Spoofs in 1997 You Are Here in 1998 Spaced in 1999 Black Books in 2000 Captain V in 2002 ... Julia Sawalha (born 9th September 1968) is a British actress best known for her roles of Lynda Day (editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang), Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice. ... Tamzin Malleson (born 1973 in Manchester, England [1]) is a British actress. ...

Books

• Allen, Keith (June 2007). Grow Up. Ebury Press. ISBN 9780091910709. 

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References

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External links

• Keith Allen at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview from Alternatives to Valium
• Guardian Unlimited profile
• portobello panto 2006