Car S.O.S.: MGA Roadster
1:10 pm - 2:10 pm, Friday, January 16 on Channel 4 +1 (15)
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MGA Roadster
Season 6, Episode 1
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend take on one of the most challenging cars they've ever encountered in the form of a 1959 MGA Roadster, which has been rusting in a damp barn for almost 40 years. The car belongs to former engineer Billy, whose life was turned upside down several years ago when his son and daughter-in-law were drowned on their honeymoon in South Africa. The team manage to bring the car back from the brink after the show's biggest salvage operation to date, and the boys enlist actor James Nesbitt to present Billy with his newly restored vehicle
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Tim Shaw
(Presenter)
Fuzz Townshend
(Presenter)
James Nesbitt
(Guest)
Born:
January 15, 1965
in
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Best Known For:
Playing Adam in Cold Feet.
Early-life:
Born January 15, 1965, in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He has three older sisters. The son of a primary school headmaster, he grew up in Broughshane, County Antrim. Keen on sport, he excelled at rugby and football, and was also musical, singing in local festivals. He originally intended to be a teacher, but school productions and amateur dramatics inspired him to become a professional actor. He left the University of Ulster a year into studying for a degree in French to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where fellow students included Stephen Tompkinson and Rufus Sewell.
Career:
After working in theatre, Nesbitt made his TV debut in Boon and his first film, Hear My Song, in 1991. He hasn't looked back, appearing in a string of hits on both the big and small screens, including Waking Ned, Jude, Touching Evil, and Playing The Field. Cold Feet turned him into a major TV star, while acclaimed film Bloody Sunday marked him out as a gifted serious actor. The lead role of a maverick cop in TV drama Murphy's Law was written especially for him. He's also starred in Quite Ugly One Morning, Match Point and Five Minutes of Heaven. Nesbitt has also been seen in The Deep, Babylon, Monroe, The Hobbit. and The Missing.
Quote:
"I'm an extremely fortunate and privileged man who gets constantly challenged in a job that's taken me to extraordinary places and enabled me to meet great teachers in all walks of life."
Trivia:
He is a Manchester United supporter.
