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Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson [2] (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–1988), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family (1998–2012).
Sue Johnston (born Susan Wright, 7 December 1943) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama ...
Actor Ricky Tomlinson learned about auditions for Brookside from his friend Tony Scoggo, who invited him along. [2] Scoggo also auditioned to play Bobby but was later cast of Bobby's best friend, Matty Nolan. [3] [4] Redmond was looking for someone with trade unionist experience to play Bobby, which Tomlinson had. [5]
She said that the story of how she landed the role of Michelle in The Royle Family, written by and starring Caroline Aherne, Ricky Tomlinson and Craig Cash, had been mis-told and that many thought ...
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Mike Bassett: England Manager is a 2001 British satirical mockumentary comedy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Dean Lennox Kelly and Geoff Bell.
Mike Bassett: Manager Written by John R. Smith Rob Sprackling Directed by Steve Barron Starring Ricky Tomlinson Amanda Redman Steve Edge Dan Renton Skinner Tim Barlow Neil Maskell Michael Fenton Stevens Opening theme Gravity by Embrace Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 1 No. of episodes 6 Production Producers Steve Barron, Peter La Terriere, Luc Roeg, Tom Berington, Johnny Smith ...
The Royle Family is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. [2] [3] It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising family patriarch Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), his wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), their daughter Denise (Caroline Aherne), their son Antony ...