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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
| - | [[Ask No Questions]] | + | [[Ask No Questions]] (also devisor) |
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| + | [[Bob's Full House]] (writer) | ||
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| + | [[Chain Letters]] (question-setter) | ||
[[Connections (2)|Connections]] (team captain) | [[Connections (2)|Connections]] (team captain) | ||
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| - | [[ | + | [[Jump!]] (also devisor) |
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| + | [[Loose Ends]] (team captain) | ||
[[Lucky 13]] | [[Lucky 13]] | ||
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| + | [[Mark My Words]] (panellist) | ||
[[Odd One Out]] (voiceover) | [[Odd One Out]] (voiceover) | ||
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| + | [[The Unfair Quiz]] (also devisor) | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include ''A Hard Day's Night'', radio series ''Hello Cheeky'' and the Marty Feldman vehicle ''Marty''. He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer. | + | Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include ''A Hard Day's Night'', radio series ''Hello Cheeky'' and the Marty Feldman vehicle ''Marty''. Towards the end of his life he lived in near poverty due to a £70,000 legal bill for a (failed) action against a TV producer over a format of his, and £120,000 in unpaid income tax. |
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| + | He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer, aged 76. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| - | He | + | He was the voice of "Mr Shifter", the piano-humping chimpanzee in the PG Tips tea ads, the longest-running series of commercials on television. |
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| + | He also appeared alongside Pete Postlethwaite in the BBC comedy-drama 'The Sins' in 2000 and alongside Lorcan Cranitch in the 2001 BBC drama 'Macready and Daughter'. | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Junkin Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Junkin Wikipedia entry] | ||
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| + | [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2074712,00.html The Times obituary] | ||
[[Category:People|Junkin, John]] | [[Category:People|Junkin, John]] | ||
Current revision as of 22:53, 4 May 2021
Contents |
Shows
Ask No Questions (also devisor)
Bob's Full House (writer)
Chain Letters (question-setter)
Connections (team captain)
Jump! (also devisor)
Loose Ends (team captain)
Mark My Words (panellist)
Odd One Out (voiceover)
The Unfair Quiz (also devisor)
Biography
Long-serving supporting player in TV, radio and film comedy shows. His major credits include A Hard Day's Night, radio series Hello Cheeky and the Marty Feldman vehicle Marty. Towards the end of his life he lived in near poverty due to a £70,000 legal bill for a (failed) action against a TV producer over a format of his, and £120,000 in unpaid income tax.
He died on 7 March 2006 of lung cancer, aged 76.
Trivia
He was the voice of "Mr Shifter", the piano-humping chimpanzee in the PG Tips tea ads, the longest-running series of commercials on television.
He also appeared alongside Pete Postlethwaite in the BBC comedy-drama 'The Sins' in 2000 and alongside Lorcan Cranitch in the 2001 BBC drama 'Macready and Daughter'.
