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Basil D'Oliveira Facts

Basil Lewis D’Oliveira CBE (4 October 1931 – 19 November 2011), known affectionately around the world as “Dolly”, was a South African cricketer who played for England. D’Oliveira was classified as ‘coloured’ under the apartheid regime, and hence ba

Nicola Stapleton Facts

Nicola Kathleen Stapleton (born 9 August 1974 in Elephant and Castle, London) is an English actress. A graduate of the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Stapleton began her career at an early age, appearing in films such as Hansel and Grettel and on telev

Alan Dedicoat Facts

Alan Dedicoat (born 1 December 1954) is an English announcer for programmes on BBC One and BBC Radio 2; he is probably best known as the “Voice of the Balls” on the National Lottery programmes on BBC One. Until March 2015 he also read the news on BBC

Peter Woodward Facts

Peter Woodward (born 24 January 1956) is an English actor, stuntman and screenwriter. He is probably best known for his role as Galen in the Babylon 5 spin-offs Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, Crusade and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. He is also known for hi

Cyril Maude Facts

Cyril Francis Maude (24 April 1862 — 20 February 1951) was an English actor-manager.

Finley Quaye Facts

Finley Quaye (born 25 March 1974, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish musician. He won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best Male Solo Artist.

Jenna Russell Facts

Jenna Russell (born 5 October 1967) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared on the stage in London in both musicals and dramas, as well as appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She performed the role of Dot in Sunday in the Park wi

Ricky Rajpal Facts

Nicholas Harrhy Facts

Nicholas Harrhy (born 14 September 1982) is a Welsh football (soccer) player who currently plays for Carmarthen Town A.F.C. in the Welsh Premier League

George Galloway Facts

George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer. From 2012 to 2015 he was the Respect Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West.

Sally Gray Facts

Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (14 February 1916 – 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s.

Cicely Courtneidge Facts

Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE (1 April 1893 – 26 April 1980) was an English actress, comedienne and singer. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was qui