Neil Burgess (born 1966 in Manchester, England) is an actor best known for his portrayal of the character "Barry Scott" on the United Kingdom and Ireland version of the television advertisements for the Reckitt Benckiser cleaning product Cillit Bang. For the English actor, see Neil Burgess. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Reckitt Benckiser plc is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of cleaning products and a member of the FTSE 100 Index of the largest companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. ... Cillit Bang is the brand name of a range of cleaning products created by consumer products giant Reckitt Benckiser. ...

Burgess grew up in Crowborough, East Sussex and attended Beacon Community College.

Cillit Bang advertisements

Like Jenny Logan (Shake N Vac) and Rula Lenska (Alberto VO5), Neil Burgess/Barry Scott has found minor celebrity status by selling household products. Some of these commercials have cult followings in the UK. The Cillit Bang advertisements include several famous shouted catchphrases including "Hi, I'm Barry Scott!", "Look what it does to this penny! ... Good as new!" and "Bang, and the dirt is gone!". Jenny Logan is a British actress. ... Glade Shake n Vac is a powdered carpet freshener. ... Rula Lenska (born Roza-Marie Leopoldyna Lubienska on 30 September 1947) is an English-born actress of Polish extraction who is best known for her television work and for her marriage to Dennis Waterman. ... Alberto VO5 is a brand of Alberto-Culver that markets hair and skin beauty care products. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... Cillit Bang is the brand name of a range of cleaning products created by consumer products giant Reckitt Benckiser. ...

Other appearances

Burgess has also appeared in the music video for Real to Me by Brian McFadden along side Oh come on this is rediculous!. He appeared on The Bill as an axe murderer and starred in an episode of Weebl and Bob [Stains] (weebls-stuff.com). He also appeared in a minor role in the hit film Donnie Darko, and is shown during the last few sequences of the film. He appeared as a paramedic in the last series of Waking the Dead (episode entitled Cold Fusion - source www.tv.com) and was (briefly) in the Stella Street movie (IMDB source). ^{[citation needed]} He reprised his Barry Scott character to advertise for Reckitt Benckiser's U.S. subsidiary EasyOff's new multipurpose Bam cleanser. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Real to Me was the first solo single by Irish pop star and former Westlife member Brian McFadden from his debut album Irish Son. ... Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... This article is about the Flash Cartoon series. ... Reckitt Benckiser plc is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of cleaning products and a member of the FTSE 100 Index of the largest companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. ...

A remix of the Barry Scott television advertisements was produced and posted on the internet in 2005 by JAKAZiD, sampling extensively from Barry Scott's dialogue. A commercial release of the remix was released on 22 January 2007. is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

External links

• The life story of Barry Scott on Oohnasty.com
• Grant Stott. "I just can't stop myself banging on about Cillit"", Scotsman, 11 March 2005.  about the Cillit Bang advertisements
• Neil Burgess at the Internet Movie Database
• Music video of Jakazid featuring Barry Scott
• Easy-Off commercial featuring Barry Scott
• Weebl and Bob Episode with Barry Scott