#JULIA SAWALHA MOVIES AND TV SHOWS SERIES#

During a period from the mid-1990s to 2002, Davies advertised for Abbey National.ĭavies took on a less comedic role in 2004, starring as Henry Farmer, a maverick barrister, in ITV Sunday night drama The Brief, for two series.

#JULIA SAWALHA MOVIES AND TV SHOWS SERIES#

He returned in Series 8 with 1:50.3 in dry conditions. In 2003, Davies appeared as a Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car on Top Gear with a time of 1:54 in wet conditions. He also played Jack the dog in the radio sitcom About a Dog. He won the Best Actor award at the Monte Carlo TV Festival for his performance. In 2001, Davies played Robert Gossage in Bob and Rose, a comedy drama about a gay man falling for a woman. He played Russell Boyd in the BBC comedy A Many Splintered Thing, also in 19. Cassettes of the show were produced and released by the BBC, with episodes broadcast on the digital radio station BBC7. Further specials were aired in 2010 ('The Judas Tree') and 2013 ('The Clue of the Savant's Thumb').ĭavies co-wrote and starred in his own radio sitcom, The Alan Davies Show, in 1998. The series ran semi-regularly between 19 the series on New Year's Day 2009 with a special episode titled 'The Grinning Man', which was broadcast on the BBC. Jonathan Creek won a BAFTA for Best Drama and brought Davies to mainstream attention.

In 19, Davies hosted Alan's Big One for three series on Radio 1 before appearing in Channel 4's spoof travel show One for the Road (made by Channel X in 1994/5).įrom 1997 to 2016, he played the title role in Jonathan Creek, a trick-deviser for a stage magician, with a side interest in solving crimes. The title for this show came from a story he heard about a six-year-old girl being told off by her mother and responding 'Life is pain'. In 2012, Davies planned a new tour called 'Life is Pain'. That show was released on video and audio cassette in 1995 as Alan Davies Live at the Lyric recorded at the Lyric Theatre as part of the Perrier Pick of the Fringe season in October 1994.Ī version of his show 'Urban Trauma', which ran in the West End at the Duchess Theatre and toured the UK and Australia, was shown on BBC One in 1998. He continued touring and performing in the UK and Australia, winning the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award for Comedy in 1994. In 1991, he was named Time Out 's Best Young Comic. In 2016, he pursued a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, which he completed in September 2018.ĭavies began performing comedy in 1988 at the Whitstable Labour Club.

He graduated in Drama & Theatre Studies from the University of Kent in 1988, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 2003. He then moved on to Loughton College of Further Education where he gained four more O-Levels and two A-Levels (Communications & Theatre Studies). ĭavies attended Staples Road School in Loughton and was privately educated at the private Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, where he gained eight O-Levels. This led him to shoplift for schoolmates and play the joker at home. Davies also wrote that his brother and sister were turned against him, which began his strong desire to please others. He was sexually abused by his father from age 8 to 13, as described in his book Just Ignore Him. When Davies was six, his mother died from leukaemia and he was raised by his father. He is best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek (1997–2016) and as the only permanent panellist on the BBC panel show QI since its premiere in 2003, outlasting its original host Stephen Fry.ĭavies was born in Loughton, Essex, and spent his childhood years in Chingford. Alan Roger Davies ( / ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s/ born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter.

Julia sawalha movies and tv shows