Richard Gilbert Emery (19 February 1915 – 2 January 1983) was an English comedian and comic actor. His broadcasting career began on radio in the 1950s, and his self-titled television series ran from 1963 to 1981.
78-555: Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is known in particular for his television work, including Harry Enfield's Television Programme and Harry & Paul , and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager , Loadsamoney , Smashie and Nicey , The Scousers , Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It Like That". Born in Horsham , Sussex , he
156-557: A Channel 4 documentary series on the subject. In 1991 Harry also starred in the series Gone to the Dogs as Little Jim. After a short break from television, Enfield signed a new contract with BSkyB , but produced only one series, Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show . In 2002 Enfield returned to the BBC with Celeb , a new series based on the comic strip of the same title in Private Eye , as
234-603: A building society . Their catchphrases are "Dey do dough, don't dey dough" ("They do though, don't they though") and "Alright! Alright! Calm down, calm down", said by one of the trio when the other two start arguing. The characters returned in Harry Enfield & Chums , with McGann replaced by Mark Moraghan . A benefit-dependent, lower-class couple (Enfield and Kathy Burke ) with a lack of personal hygiene who spend most of their time smoking cigarettes or eating pizzas. Wayne and Waynetta argue constantly over everything, including
312-401: A clip show series titled Harry Enfield Presents aired which featured compilations of sketches from the series featuring new linking material recorded by Enfield in character. Harry Enfield's Television Programme was written by Enfield, Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and Geoffrey Perkins and broadcast on BBC2 . The original series titles began with Enfield in a black suit walking towards
390-468: A Greek kebab shop owner with fractured English; and Loadsamoney , an obnoxious plasterer who constantly boasted about how much money he earned. The Loadsamoney character was created in reaction to the policies of the Thatcher government of the day, and took on a life of its own, sampling the songs "Money, Money" from the musical Cabaret and " Money, Money, Money " by ABBA to spawn a hit single in 1988 and
468-559: A bad pun on the band's name. The characters were broadly based on Radio 1 DJs of the time, such as Mike Read , Simon Bates , and Tony Blackburn , who were perceived as being out-of-touch with younger audiences. At the end of the second series, Smashie and Nicey are demoted from their morning show to a graveyard slot on "Radio Quiet", which was then followed by the two being sacked in an hour-long 1993 special Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era . The characters did not return for Harry Enfield & Chums , but Enfield and Whitehouse reprised
546-746: A cameo appearance as 'the tea lady' during Blur 's performance at the Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert in London's Hyde Park in 2012 . He also appeared alongside Damon Albarn 's other project The Good, the Bad & the Queen , as compere, during a live performance at the Tower of London , on 9 July 2007. In 2021 Enfield starred as Prince Charles in The Windsors: Endgame at
624-452: A character intended to promote the company's newest hamburger. Two more characters from Enfield's TV series, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson, also appeared in commercials, for Mercury Communications . Also in 2004 Enfield provided the voice of "The Roaming Gnome" character used in Travelocity 's U.S. advertising campaign. Enfield was also in commercials for Worthington Bitter. Enfield made
702-657: A film released in 1969 and much loved by British audiences ("I told you, you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!") and his diction when presenting his lines in many of his films. It relies on Caine's ability to impart trivial information in the same way, starting with "Did you know..." and ending with ".. and not a lot of people know that.". Whitehouse continues in this tradition, talking about extremely mundane things his neighbours were doing such as "do you know, he didn't call that woman back until... approximately two hours later. Would Damon Hill have taken that long to call his mother? I'll be honest with you. I don't know. Not
780-502: A football pundit. This was Enfield's take on the traditional "mother-in-law" stereotype. His catchphrase, on encountering someone, or entering a room is "Only me!" When his interfering goes wrong, he tends to blame everyone but himself, using the catchphrase "Now I do not believe you wanted to do that, did you?" The following characters and recurring sketches appear for the first time in series 2 of Harry Enfield's Television Programme . A chronically absent-minded pub landlord (Enfield) who
858-404: A good night's sleep. The characters also appeared in a series of TV adverts for Mercury Communications . The sketch Women: Know Your Limits! was plagiarised by a Danish PR agency in a campaign video for the 2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum . Some other sketches within the show also use the 1930s newsreel format but are not connected to any specific character. In keeping with the setting,
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#1732855803577936-600: A lot of people know I don't know that, but I don't." All of his anecdotes involve other people on the street, and his information is gained from eavesdropping and spying on them. Cockney brothers Frank and George Doberman (Enfield and Whitehouse) sit in a pub, speculating about what would happen if they met various celebrities and public figures, who they exclusively refer to by their surnames (e.g. "Black" for Cilla Black ). These imaginary situations usually begin pleasantly, but inevitably turn sour as Frank and George begin to conjure up various implausible and outrageous ways in which
1014-433: A major personality change immediately upon turning thirteen, becoming lethargic, stroppy, and overly sensitive. Though he is no longer hyperactive, he continues to annoy his parents through his constant complaining and refusal to do anything they tell him. He is often joined by his best friend Perry (Burke), who is faultlessly polite to Kevin's parents but rude to his own; Kevin mirrors this attitude by being similarly polite in
1092-421: A new outlet – two series of comedy thrillers under the banner Emery Presents (BBC, 1982–83), Legacy of Murder and Jack of Diamonds . Emery had a very difficult childhood initially, but things settled down following the departure of his father, Laurie Howe. He was devoted to his mother for most of his life and helped support her once he was able to work. This devotion caused problems in his marriages. He
1170-681: A personal project, Norbert Smith - a Life , a spoof on British theatrical knights "slumming" in the film industry. He also provided voices for the British satirical puppet show Spitting Image , and starred as Dirk Gently in the BBC Radio adaptations of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul . In 1990, Enfield developed his BBC sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme , later retitled Harry Enfield & Chums , with Whitehouse and Kathy Burke . Eschewing
1248-400: A post office, yet fail to react when something genuinely shocking and unexpected happens, such as being attacked by a shark or hit by a car. A fat, jolly-looking man (David Barber) who made his first appearance in a "Lee and Lance" sketch. He later formed a running gag where, for no apparent reason, he would walk into the middle of a sketch, hand something to a character (usually appropriate to
1326-516: A range of topics, confidently exposing their own ignorance. Lance is completely moronic, whereas Lee is slightly smarter, but not by much. Kevin (Enfield) is an annoying, hyperactive twelve-year-old boy with a minuscule attention-span; constantly pestering his older brother and parents by making immature jokes, insensitive remarks, and repeatedly referencing Blackadder ("Bloody hell, Baldrick!"). In Harry Enfield & Chums , on Kevin's 13th birthday his personality suddenly changes to become " Kevin
1404-598: A rocky one because Emery had several affairs while away on tour. He met the woman who became his fourth wife, Victoria Chambers, in the mid-1950s. He was torn between the two women, but in late 1958 he left Iris and moved to Thames Ditton in Surrey to set up home. In 1960, however, he returned to Iris and his son and moved them to Thames Ditton, but he could never settle, and in 1962 he left Iris for Victoria. Iris divorced him in 1964. By this time, he had set up home in Esher . Vickie had
1482-694: A sell-out live tour. In May 1988, Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock used the term loadsamoney to criticise the policies of the Conservative government and journalists began to refer to the "loadsamoney mentality" and the "loadsamoney economy". As a foil to Loadsamoney, Enfield and Whitehouse created the Geordie "Bugger-All-Money" and in 1988 Enfield appeared as both characters during the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium. In time, Whitehouse and Enfield became disturbed that Loadsamoney
1560-407: A son Michael and a daughter Eliza with him. His last wife was Josephine Blake to whom he was still married at the time of his death, although he had left her to live with Fay Hillier, an actress 30 years his junior. Outside showbusiness, he enjoyed flying, and held a pilot's licence from 1961 onwards. He also liked fast cars and motorcycles. He was a keen maker of scale models, and was president of
1638-523: A stereotypical, insensitive, plain-speaking Yorkshireman; unfortunately, he usually finds himself in a position of responsibility requiring creativity and sensitivity. When he is first introduced, it is stated with approval by the other characters in the sketch that "Integrity is his middle name", only for them to discover that this is only true in a literal sense. Two idiots (Enfield and Paul Whitehouse respectively) who work variously as mechanics, builders, and stall holders, and have inane conversations about
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#17328558035771716-585: A variety of jobs before the stage: mechanic, office boy, farm hand and driving instructor. During the Second World War he was called up to the RAF and rose to the rank of corporal. However, because of family problems, he returned to London, joining the chorus line of The Merry Widow at the Majestic Theatre, although he was subsequently recognised, arrested and imprisoned. He was recruited by Ralph Reader into
1794-461: A yokel refusing a Dime bar—smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside—because he preferred armadillos —smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Later Enfield, with Paul Whitehouse, starred in a series of commercials for Hula Hoops as The Self-Righteous Brothers, characters from Enfield's television show. In 2004 Enfield starred in a series of commercials for Burger King in Paraguay as Dr Angus,
1872-442: Is a fictional Old Ardinian (an alumnus of Ardingly College ) with an eccentric public school-influenced dress sense involving jeans and a blazer worn over a striped rugby shirt. The character was initially created by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman , who are both Old Ardinians. They wrote the character as an antidote to contemporary portrayals of ex-public schoolboys as sharp-minded, high-achieving young men, and instead chose to base
1950-769: Is easily confused and has an incredibly short memory, frequently mixing up his anecdotes, customers' orders, and forgetting things that happened just moments before. A sketch presented in the style of edutainment programming, in which an unseen narrator attempts to teach three excitable and childlike aliens (dressed in human attire) various English words and phrases but grows frustrated as they arbitrarily repeat certain words and are constantly distracted by irrelevancies. Three boisterous, drunken, public-schooled rugby enthusiasts (Enfield, Clunes, and Gillett) who loudly break out into nonsensical and vulgar drinking songs at every opportunity, and generally torment those around them. The following characters and recurring sketches appear for
2028-457: Is enough to entertain them, as they habitually imagine twisted hypotheticals involving their neighbours, families, and even each other. The characters carried over into Harry Enfield & Chums , albeit with their names swapped to avoid confusion with the Fast Show character Unlucky Alf, also played by Whitehouse. A superhero team, consisting of Law Man (Enfield), Fire Man ( Parker ), and Kometh
2106-569: Is initially polite, before becoming aggressive upon imagining Hill driving through his neighbourhood at 140 mph . In 1998 the characters were featured in an advert for Hula Hoops . In 2014, Enfield and Whitehouse reprised the roles of Frank and George in a sketch for Channel 4's The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night . The name of this sketch parodies the musical duo The Righteous Brothers . An affluent couple who spoke with exaggerated Black Country accents and were forever informing people that "We are considerably richer than yow!" Many sketches involved
2184-494: Is matched by his fury when he comes across someone "considerably" richer than him, such as when they try to boast while on holiday to a scruffily dressed man who turns out to own the hotel they are staying in, or when their in-laws win the lottery and become multi-millionaires. Dick Emery Richard Gilbert Emery was born 19 February 1915, in University College Hospital , Bloomsbury , London. His parents were
2262-526: Is the eldest of four children (and only son) of English television, radio and newspaper journalist and presenter Edward Enfield and his wife, Deirdre Jenkins. The Enfield family are descendants of the nineteenth-century philanthropist Edward Enfield . He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough , Dorset House School , Worth School , Collyer's Sixth Form College (all in West Sussex) and
2340-517: The Airfix Modellers' Club. He also wrote a review feature for Meccano Magazine during 1971. While the public took him to heart, voting him BBC TV Personality of the Year in 1972, Emery suffered from severe stage fright and low self-esteem . He underwent psychoanalysis and hypnosis , and took sedatives to try to cure the problems. He had four children, Gilbert, Nicholas, Michael and Eliza, and
2418-585: The Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The show ran for a limited time and closed on 9 October 2021. In 1997, Enfield married Lucy Lyster; they have three children. It was announced in August 2020 that the couple had separated. Harry Enfield %26 Chums Harry Enfield & Chums (originally titled Harry Enfield's Television Programme ) is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield , Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke . It first broadcast on BBC2 in 1990 in
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2496-680: The RAF Gang Show to entertain air and ground crew at bases in Great Britain . At this time he created Vera Thin (the Forces' Sweetheart), loosely based on Vera Lynn , later saying, "I was better in drag than combat gear". After D-Day , his unit toured forward airbases. On leaving the RAF, he returned to the theatre as a comedian. He worked at the Windmill Theatre , though his name does not appear on
2574-504: The University of York , where he was a member of Derwent College and studied politics. He squatted in Hackney and worked for a while as a milkman . Enfield first came to wide public attention when appearing on Channel 4 's Saturday Live as several different characters created with Paul Whitehouse . These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among these characters were Stavros,
2652-528: The alternative comedy style prevalent at the time, both versions of the show were indebted to comedians such as Dick Emery and Morecambe and Wise . Enfield and his co-performers created another group of nationally recognised characters for these shows, such as Stan and Pam Herbert , who use the catchphrase "We are considerably richer than you" (in an exaggerated West-Midlands accent), Tim Nice-But-Dim , The Scousers , Smashie and Nicey , Wayne and Waynetta Slob , Annoying Kid Brother , who grew into Kevin
2730-439: The 9 p.m. slot on Thursday nights, which became the traditional time for alternative comedy on television. Enfield was already an established name due to his "Loadsamoney" character (which featured in a few entertainment programmes in the late 1980s), but the series gave greater presence to his frequent collaborators Whitehouse and Burke – so much so that, in 1994, the show was retitled Harry Enfield & Chums . In 2001,
2808-566: The BBC commissioned a new series called Harry Enfield & Chums , this time broadcast on BBC1 . This series was produced with a pool of writers, rather than the cast alone. The format of the opening credits was the same, although Enfield was now joined by co-stars Whitehouse and Burke to take a collective bow to the audience. Two Christmas specials of Harry Enfield & Chums were produced for 1997 and 1998. These were titled Harry Enfield & Christmas Chums and Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums respectively. For Christmas 1999, and in advance of
2886-499: The BBC, a morale-boosting show that had started during the war to entertain factory workers in their canteens. Emery also made a guest appearance on the popular BBC radio programme The Goon Show , replacing regular cast member Harry Secombe for one episode in 1957. During 1953 he briefly formed a double act with Charlie Drake . His television debut came in 1950 on The Centre Show on the BBC . He appeared on TV programmes including Round
2964-455: The Bend (BBC, 1955–56) and Educating Archie (ITV, 1958–59) and appeared with his friend Tony Hancock in several episodes of The Tony Hancock Show (ITV, 1956) and Hancock's Half Hour (BBC, 1957). He enhanced his reputation on two series with former Goon Michael Bentine : After Hours (ITV, 1958–59) and It's a Square World (BBC, 1960–64). His role as Private Chubby Catchpole in
3042-460: The Iceman ( Aden Gillett ), who attempt to solve everyday problems such as opening a bank account through use of their destructive superpowers, invariably ending in chaos. The day is always then "saved" by a fourth member of the team, She Woman Cat Type Thing, who does nothing but regurgitate fur balls or lick herself. Russian and Dutch tourists (Enfield and Whitehouse) with a naive, optimistic outlook on
3120-463: The Teenager , and two old-fashioned presenters, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson . In 1991, Enfield played Dermot in the sitcom Men Behaving Badly along with Martin Clunes , Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash , originally on Thames Television . Enfield left after the first series , and was replaced in the second series by Neil Morrissey as Tony. Enfield is a professed fan of opera and fronted
3198-663: The Teenager ". A snobbish, upper-crust 1930s newsreel presenter (played by Jon Glover ). Miles Cholmondley-Warner ( / ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i / CHUM -lee ), with his manservant Greyson (Enfield), would expound on various issues of the day and attempt to uphold the British Empire 's values. In the second series of Chums , in the absence of Glover, this gave way to a series of public information films that would advise, amongst other things, that women refrain from driving and participating in complex conversations (as this would lead to insanity) or that babies be given gin to ensure
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3276-660: The Winter Gardens in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight , he met Iris Margaret Tully, who was also in the show. At the end of the season, they returned to London and set up home together in Iris' flat in Shaftesbury Avenue . Iris changed her name to Emery by deed poll until 1955, a year after she had given birth to his second son, Nicholas William. Emery and she married in 1955. The marriage was
3354-521: The ageing rockstar Gary Bloke. In 2002, Enfield was the first guest on the revamped version of BBC's Top Gear where he did a 2 minutes 1 second lap. He also appeared on the show on 23 November 2008. Enfield has also narrated various TV documentaries such as the Discovery Wings channel "Classic British Aircraft". In 2007, he played Jim Stonem in the Channel 4 series Skins . He reprised this role in
3432-420: The brief piece of music that introduced these segments was "Calling All Workers" by Eric Coates , a piece that had previously been used as the theme to Music While You Work , a wartime and post-war BBC radio show. A pair of cruel and bitter old men, Fred and Alf Git (Enfield and Whitehouse), who only derive joy from inflicting misery on others. Even just the thought of upsetting or inconveniencing other people
3510-467: The camera and blowing two raspberries to the music of a brass band, standing still while the camera showed the upper half of his right side, then flipped to the left side, then simultaneously rotated and zoomed in before ending with a full body shot of him taking a quick drag from a cigarette hidden behind his back. The show ran for two series with this title in late 1990 and spring 1992. A Christmas special entitled Harry Enfield's Festive Television Programme
3588-458: The celebrity might misbehave, causing the brothers to become enraged at their own hypothetical situations. In the first series, the Doberman brothers essentially share the same personality, however in the second series George is portrayed as a straight man to Frank's increasingly psychotic outbursts. One sketch featured a cameo appearance from British Formula One driver Damon Hill , to whom Frank
3666-526: The character on former school contemporaries who had "plenty of money and good manners" but were "light of intellect". Tim's catchphrase is "What an absolutely, thoroughly, bloody nice bloke!" A notable scene was him going to a school reunion at the wrong school. The character appeared in TV adverts promoting British meat in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The adverts were pulled because of the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis . The character returned as Tim Nice-But-Balding in
3744-457: The characters he had portrayed in his TV series. The plot of this comedy centred on Emery hunting down a bank account number. The digits of the number are tattooed on the bottoms of four young women. Emery has to see the girls naked, which requires disguises. One of the women is played by Liza Goddard . Emery also recorded several novelty records, most notably "If You Love Her", which reached number 32 in 1969, and "You Are Awful", which just missed
3822-423: The comedy double act Callan and Emery. They took him on tour when he was only three weeks old and gave him the occasional turn on the stage during his childhood, which was always on the move and disrupted, creating problems for the future but setting the scene for eventually going into showbusiness himself. His parents split up when he was eight and he chose to stay with his mother, who gave up showbusiness. He tried
3900-529: The couple patronising another couple of similar age, desperate to convince the other couple (Pam's sister and her husband in a couple of sketches) that their greater wealth meant greater happiness or social importance, and their inability to accept the successes or talents of others as being noteworthy (such as the British couple they meet on a Spanish holiday who, fluent in Spanish, are dismissed as "showing off"). Unfortunately, Stan's determination to show off his wealth
3978-483: The father of Jack Whitehall 's character Alfie. In October 2014, Enfield and Paul Whitehouse returned to the characters of Frank and George in a sketch for Channel 4's testicular cancer awareness comedy show " The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night ". In August 2015, Enfield, alongside Whitehouse, in celebration of their 25-year partnership, presented An Evening With Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse . In 2016, he appeared as John Shakespeare , father of William Shakespeare , in
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#17328558035774056-429: The fictional radio station "Fab FM" (a parody of early 1990s BBC Radio 1 ), whose on-air rapport consists almost entirely of insipid observations, corny jokes, and gratuitous references to their charity work (which they pronounce as "charidee" ). Their musical tastes are also hopelessly outdated, with every sketch ending with Nicey playing "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive , usually accompanied by
4134-582: The film Acts of Gordfrey , which opened in UK cinemas on 27 January. He reprised his role as Martin in The Bad Education Movie , released on 21 August 2015. He appeared as Bill in the 2015 film Scottish Mussel . In 2015 Enfield and Jessica Hynes appeared as Mr and Mrs Jackson in a BBC film of the Arthur Ransome children's novel Swallows and Amazons . In 2022, Enfield appeared as Tony Blair in
4212-693: The final series of The Army Game , (ITV 1960) led to an exclusive BBC contract, and the long-running The Dick Emery Show (BBC, 1963–81) began. The show involved Emery dressing up as various characters, lasted 18 series totalling 166 episodes aired between 1963 and 1981. In a sporadic film career he made his debut in the Goons ' The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (directed by Joseph Sterling, 1954). He also played bungling bank robber Booky Binns in The Big Job (directed by Gerald Thomas , 1965) and
4290-459: The first time in series 1 of Harry Enfield & Chums . A blond softly spoken TV doctor. He is often seen on a morning show couch, reading letters from "menopausal women" about their fantasies of him. He seems to take an unusually large number of showers per day. In one sketch he reveals he has been "struck off" as a doctor. A continuation of the "Little Brother" sketches in Harry Enfield's Television Programme , in which Kevin (Enfield) undergoes
4368-485: The forthcoming Kevin & Perry Go Large film, a clip show episode called Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager was broadcast. The clip show format was revisited in 2001 with a series of six further Harry Enfield Presents episodes based around individual characters or premises. The episodes in the series were: In addition to the main series, the following Christmas and one-off specials were broadcast: Harry Enfield's Festive Television Programme
4446-450: The made-for-television biographical musical comedy film Prince Andrew: The Musical . In 2012, a likeness of his character Loadsamoney, named "Harold Lott", was released as a DLC skin for the game Killing Floor . Enfield appeared in some television commercials before becoming famous, including one made in 1987 for Tetley . Enfield's commercials include a series made in 1994 for Dime Bar . One commercial in this series had Enfield as
4524-621: The name of the character or sketch. Two uninteresting middle-aged men, Jeff and Geoff Bore ( Harry Enfield and Simon Godley), who frequently engage in dull and witless banter, revolving around bland topics such as their cars and local theatre, typically punctuated by obnoxious laughter at their own jokes. A vulgar parody of Doctor Dolittle (Enfield), in which he communicates with animals through verbal abuse and profanity. Two brothers (Enfield and Rupert Holliday-Evans ) with an irritating propensity for exaggerated double takes whenever something obvious or mundane occurs, such as having to queue at
4602-441: The name of their child, whom they eventually name Frogmella because "it's exotic". Later, another daughter is named Spudulika after Waynetta's favourite fast-food franchise Spudulike . A third child, which Waynetta calls Canoe (supposedly named after actor Keanu Reeves ), was born of an affair Wayne had with Naomi Campbell which resulted in octuplets. Canoe completes the family with the "brown baby" Waynetta always wanted (since all
4680-405: The newcomer is male and good looking. Their catchphrase is "Ooh! Young man!", which they repeat in an attempt to pass themselves off as "nice little old ladies", while comparing young men they encounter to male celebrities of their young adulthood ("You're the spitting image of a young Lester Piggott "). They also intentionally misinterpret comments made to them as being sexual and flirtatiously tell
4758-438: The other mothers on the estate had one). The couple win the lottery and also win a holiday; but the aircraft crashes because they are so overweight, and they end up stranded in the jungle. The Slobs were derived both from one of Burke's stand-up skits and a couple with a similar lifestyle who lived in the flat below Enfield in his younger days. Dave Nice and Mike Smash (Enfield and Whitehouse respectively) are two veteran DJs for
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#17328558035774836-528: The pair's attempt to become professional DJs by travelling to the nightclubs of Ibiza and pestering their idol, the DJ Eyeball Paul, played by Rhys Ifans , while gaining love and losing their virginity. Enfield also appeared as King George VI in Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004), a satire on Hollywood's tendency to change elements of history. In 2012, he starred with Simon Callow in
4914-535: The plaque commemorating the acts that played there. He toured his fledgling act around the United Kingdom. He also auditioned for various parts and in 1952 he starred in a role in a 15-minute Radio Luxembourg series on Saturdays at 7.00pm called Chance of a Lifetime . This was a quiz sponsored by Marshall Ward in which merchandise to the value of £30 was awarded to contestants. Other radio work around this time included several appearances on Workers' Playtime on
4992-426: The presence of Perry's parents, in contrast to his usual horrible behaviour. Kevin proved to be a popular character, receiving a VHS special Harry Enfield Presents: Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager , as well as a feature film, Kevin and Perry Go Large , in 2000. A deliberate contrast, on Enfield's part, to show the opposite of "The Old Gits": Two lecherous old ladies who do not care who approaches them so long as
5070-504: The roles in a series of adverts for Fab ice lollies , a special edition of Pick of the Pops on BBC Radio 2 in 2007, and stage shows. Whitehouse also reprised the character of Smashie for a Christmas playlist on UKTV Gold . An upper-class twit (Enfield) who is usually being ripped off by one of his "jolly nice" chums from his prep or public school days. He is an exaggerated version of "posh" yet pleasant and stupid people that Enfield knew. He
5148-457: The second series in 2008, and the third series in 2009. Enfield directed two episodes of Skins in season two entitled "Chris" and "Tony" in 2008. He appears often on mainstream television shows. His comedy series Harry & Paul (originally titled Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul ) started in 2007. In September 2013 Enfield appeared in the BBC Three comedy series Bad Education as Martin,
5226-503: The sitcom Upstart Crow . Since 2016, Enfield has appeared as Prince Charles (later King Charles III ) in the Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors . In 2000, Enfield appeared in his first leading film role playing Kevin alongside Kathy Burke , who played the character's (male) friend Perry—roles originally created for Enfield's television series—in Kevin & Perry Go Large . The film charted
5304-691: The situation), be told "Thank you, Fat Bloke!", and walk off. In the first series of Harry Enfield & Chums , he would be introduced at the end of the closing credits by Enfield who would announce: "The show's not over until the Fat Bloke sings!" whereupon he would sing a song (ranging from " Lord of the Dance " to " Smack My Bitch Up ") in operatic style. A pair of Labour and Conservative MPs (Enfield) who live together and are unable to perform any menial household tasks without descending into petty and childish political arguments which usually have nothing to do with
5382-445: The task at hand. The final sketch featured a guest appearance by David Steel , a prominent Liberal Democrat MP at the time, against whom Freddie and Jack unite during a birthday party. Certain elements of Enfield's character were carried over into the later character Tory Boy . This sketch has become more dated than most due to Freddie's frequent references to the EEC . George (Enfield) is
5460-503: The third series of Harry & Paul , episode four, in a Dragon's Den parody sketch. He represents a city banker, and it is revealed that Adam Jarvis is his brother. Tim has many things in common with Prince Charles and was briefly engaged to a woman with a similar personality who has a strong resemblance to Diana Windsor. However, neither character was meant to be a direct parody. An infuriating know-it-all father who advised various people with both household tasks and diverse jobs, such as
5538-444: The top 40 in 1973. Other singles included "A Cockney Christmas" (1962), "You're The Only One" (1974) and "Rocking Horse Cowboy" (1979). In 1979, Emery moved to ITV for three specials before returning to the BBC in 1980 and resuming The Dick Emery Show . By 1982, Emery was tiring of the format for his BBC series and wanted to do something different. Using a new format and character, Jewish private detective Bernie Weinstock, Emery had
5616-409: The victim off for saying it. As the series progresses, they begin creating elaborate plans to get men, which often involve abduction. Michael Paine is a self-confessed "nosy neighbour". Played by Whitehouse in the style of Michael Caine as parodied by Peter Sellers in his famous appearance on Parkinson in the early 1970s. The parody is in part based on Caine's character from The Italian Job ,
5694-430: The world and a dated taste in rock music. Gary, Barry, and Terry (Enfield, Joe McGann and Gary Bleasdale ) are three stereotypical Liverpudlians with incredibly short tempers, constantly challenging each other to fights over perceived slights and insults which they read into everything. They are also shown to be petty criminals, occasionally discussing their thieving and joyriding exploits, and in one sketch they rob
5772-421: Was being seen in a positive light, rather than as a satirical figure, and they had him run over during a Comic Relief Red Nose Day show while leaving the studio after presenting host Lenny Henry with "the biggest cheque of the night"—a physically huge cheque for ten pence. Enfield created " Tory Boy ", a character which portrayed a young male Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). In 1989, Enfield realised
5850-528: Was broadcast 24 December 1992. Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era was broadcast 4 April 1994. Harry Enfield & Christmas Chums was broadcast 24 December 1997. Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums was broadcast 28 December 1998. Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager was broadcast 27 December 1999. The following characters and recurring sketches appear for the first time in series 1 of Harry Enfield's Television Programme . In series 1, they are often introduced with title cards announcing
5928-415: Was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1992. A special, Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era aired at Easter 1994, which retired the characters of Smashie and Nicey. After the original series, there were a couple of radio appearances. During the period between series, Enfield concentrated on straight acting parts, and Whitehouse worked on other projects. Through repeats, the characters proved popular, and in 1994,
6006-433: Was in six long-term relationships, marrying five times, and also had numerous affairs. He often appeared in tabloid newspapers with beautiful women. At the beginning of the Second World War he married Joan (sometimes known as Zelda) Sainsbury and had one son, Gilbert Richard. After the failure of that marriage, he married Irene (Pip) Ansell but the marriage barely lasted six months. While working in summer season in 1950, at
6084-867: Was known for vocal talents as an array of characters including "The Nowhere Man" Jeremy Hillary Boob , the Mayor of Pepperland and Max, one of the Blue Meanies in the Beatles ' Yellow Submarine directed by George Dunning , in 1968. Emery appeared in films as Shingler in The Fast Lady (1962), as Peter Sellers 's neighbour in The Wrong Arm Of The Law , as Harry in Baby Love (1968), as Mr Bateman in Loot (1970) and Ooh… You Are Awful (1972), in which he played many of
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