Birthday:
12-10-1952
(72 years)
Birthplace:
Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
Clive Stuart Anderson is an English television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister. Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts during his 15-year legal career, before starring in Whose Line Is It Anyway? on BBC Radio 4, then later Channel 4. He has also hosted many radio programmes, and made guest appearances on Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week and QI.
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Dream Big
Act like Mr Swift
event2022 star_border 6
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Miranda is a woman who has dedicated herself to her job but when the interview day for a big promotion comes up, she is overlooked in favour of a man who is everything she's not.
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Act like Self
event2009 star_border 9.5
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Produced exclusively for DVD, three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. MOCK THE WEEK TOO HOT FOR TV 2 is the sharpest, rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far, delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and a host of Britain s finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Act like Self
event2002
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TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from Cook's school friends Peter Rabey and Jonathan Harlow; Cook's first wife Wendy Cook; Cambridge University friends Tim Harrold and Roger Law; Adrian Slade (ex-president of Cambridge Footlights); Jonathan Miller; Sir David Frost; Ned Sherrin; John Bassett (creator, Beyond The Fringe); Willie Donaldson (producer, Beyond The Fringe); John Cleese; Eric Idle; Michael Parkinson; Brenda Vaccaro; John Fortune; Nicholas Luard (co-owner with Cook of The Establishment club); actress Gaye Brown; Christopher Booker; Ian Hislop; Victor Lownes and Michael Bawtree (friends of Cook); Joe McGrath; Dick Clement; Mel Smith; Clive Anderson; tv producer and executive Paul Jackson; Harry Enfield, radio presenter Clive Bull, and archival interview footage of both Cook and Dudley Moore.
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Act like Self
event2023 star_border 8
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Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour retrospective features previously unseen scripts, scrapbooks and production files belonging to the lad himself, as well as personal items such as photos and letters.
Hospital!
Act like U-Boat Commander
event1997 star_border 5
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Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.
BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Act like Self
event2009
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Clive Anderson introduces this special concert celebrating 75 years of classic MGM film musicals. Performing live at London's Royal Albert Hall, John Wilson and his orchestra celebrate the golden age of Hollywood musicals with a plethora of songs from the great movies including 'The Wizard of Oz', 'High Society', 'Meet Me in St Louis' and many more.
Clive Anderson Talks Back: Peter Cook
Act like Self - Host
event1993
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One of the most beloved editions of the show, as Clive chats to a biscuit inventor who was abducted by aliens; Scunthorpe's football manager; a suspended high court judge and a rock legend - all of whom bear a resemblance to Peter Cook.
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Act like Self
event2005
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Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a radio series through to becoming a Hollywood blockbuster.
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
Act like Self
event2018
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The end of an era as the studios where ITV filmed its many shows for 45 years closes its doors for the last time.
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
event2018 star_border 7
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This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show made household names of its performers and writers and proved to be a huge influence, despite the BBC reportedly being baffled by what they'd commissioned back in 1982. Never before had a flagship comedy show contained so much violence, depravity and anarchy - it was a shot across the bow to mainstream comedians that things would never be the same again.
Only Connect
Act like Self - Contestant (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.4
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The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
Comedy World Cup
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2012
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David Tennant hosts the competition to determine which of Britain's comedians have the biggest fountain of funny knowledge
If I Ruled the World
Act like Himself - Host (13 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7
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If I Ruled the World is a BBC comedy panel show parodying politics and politicians. Hosted by Clive Anderson, with team captains, Graham Garden and Jeremy Hardy. Guests included Mark Steel, Rebecca Front, Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton and Doon MacKichan.
Would I Lie to You?
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.7
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A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Maestro
Act like Presenter (6 ep.)
event2008
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Eight famous amateurs, with a passion for classical music, do battle for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of a live audience of 30,000 at BBC Proms in the Park
The Bubble
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 6.7
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The Bubble is news based celebrity panel game show. Three different celebrities are locked away in a media-free zone for four days. When they are released and take part on the show they have to decide which stories that have been in the media are true or have been made up.
An Audience with...
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 5.3
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An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
Mongrels
(1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.9
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Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second series of Mongrels began airing on 7 November 2011.
The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox; Destiny, an Afghan hound; Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat; Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon; and Vince, Nelson's friend, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox.
Have I Got News for You
Act like Himself (2 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.1
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Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
QI
Act like Self (17 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7.9
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Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Richard Osman's House of Games
Act like Self - Contestant (5 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6
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Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Room 101
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 6.3
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Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Great Railway Journeys
Act like Self - Presenter (1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 7
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Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
Walks with My Dog
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2017
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Celebrities take a stroll in the great British outdoors with their faithful hound.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Act like Self - Participant (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 5
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Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Act like Self - Panellist (2 ep.)
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Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Mock the Week
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7
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Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.
Question Time
Act like Self - Panellist (3 ep.)
event1979 star_border 5.1
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This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Clive Anderson's Conspiracies
Act like Himself - Presenter (13 ep.)
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Conspiracies is a documentary television programme produced by the BBC and broadcast on both BBC Choice and TechTV. The series was hosted by Clive Anderson. Though a small number of episodes were produced, they focused on a variety of well known conspiracy theories.
Mystic Britain
Act like Presenter (20 ep.)
event2019 star_border 8.3
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Enter a world of mummies, witches, zombies, and shamans as we explore Britain's mysterious sites and mystic past.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Act like Himself - Host (136 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7.6
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An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.
Clive Anderson Talks Back
(2 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6
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Clive Anderson mixes comedy and his legal training to conduct a series of irreverent interviews with various guests. Also included is a satirical look at topical events.
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