Alexander Armstrong in India


9:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Thursday, March 5 on 5 +1 (38)

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The presenter embarks on a journey across India to explore how a nation that gained independence 77 years ago, is now becoming a country not just rich in history and tradition, but a rising superpower. In this first episode, Alexander dives into the chaos of Mumbai, India's fastest, loudest, and most crowded city, where gleaming skyscrapers rise above sprawling slums


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Cast & Crew

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Ewen Thomson (Series producer)
Georgina Hill (Producer)
Clive Tulloh (Executive producer)

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Alexander Armstrong (Presenter)
Born: August 14, 1970 in Rothbury, Northumberland
Best Known For: The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Early-life: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong was born in Northumberland on March 2, 1970. His father is a distant relative of Ralph Richardson, and an appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? showed him to be a direct descendent of William the Conqueror. Alexander was a gifted pianist as a child but was nervous about featuring in concerts. At Cambridge University, he performed with the Footlights entertainment troupe, where he was the comedy partner of Spooks creator David Wolstencroft.
Career: Armstrong made his film and TV debuts in 1994 in There's No Business and A Breed of Heroes. He was introduced to Ben Miller in 1996 and their subsequent success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe led to their first sketch series in 1997; they've worked together a number of times since on various projects. Armstrong played the lead in short-lived sitcom Beast. He has also appeared in Birthday Girl (2001), I Saw You, TLC, Saxondale, Life Begins, The Trial of Tony Blair, Mutual Friends, Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) and Scoop (2006). Armstrong was the voice of supercomputer Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, appeared in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special and has presented the BBC game show Pointless since 2009. In recent years, he has also voiced Danger Mouse in the revival of the animated series and presented Rome's Invisible City, Land of the Midnight Sun and Don't Ask Me Ask Britain.
Quote: 'Offers come up all the time, and I'm getting better at saying no to things, and just picking the things that amuse me.'
Trivia: In 2010, he won a Bafta TV Award for The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Ewen Thomson (Series producer)
Georgina Hill (Producer)
Clive Tulloh (Executive producer)

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