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Wet and Windy
Season 23, Episode 11
Chris McCausland, Zoe Lyons, Ed Byrne and Alan Davies join Sandi Toksvig for a wet and windy edition of the quiz show
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Sandi Toksvig
(Presenter)
Alan Davies
(Panellist)
Chris McCausland
(Panellist)
Zoe Lyons
(Panellist)
Ed Byrne
(Panellist)
Ben Hardy
(Director)
Piers Fletcher
(Producer)
John Lloyd
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Sandi Toksvig
(Presenter)
Born:
May 03, 1959
in
Copenhagen, Denmark
Best Known For:
Whose Line is it Anyway? and The News Quiz.
Early-life:
Sandra Birgitte Toksvig was born in Copenhagen on May 3, 1958. Due to her father's job as a foreign correspondent for a Danish TV station, she grew up in Europe, Africa and the US. She studied anthropology, archaeology and law at Cambridge, and hoped to become a human rights lawyer. She won several prizes for academic achievements, and also appeared with the famous Footlights entertainment group. Sandi took a year off her studies to work as a lighting technician at a London theatre - and never looked back.
Career:
Toksvig went on to work at Nottingham Playhouse and for the New Shakespeare Company before landing a job as a writer and performer on children's show No 73 in 1982. She then moved onto the comedy circuit and began to gain a wider following thanks to regular appearances on Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, hosting the station's News Quiz, and Channel 4's Whose Line is it Anyway? She became a Call My Bluff team captain in 1997, and began presenting a revival of Fifteen-to-One in 2014. In 2015, she left her job as the presenter of The News Quiz to help set up the Women's Equality Party.
Quote:
On the intellectuals she met while a Cambridge student: "They could split the atom, but not wire a plug."
Trivia:
Toksvig was awarded an OBE in 2014. She has written several novels.
Alan Davies
(Panellist)
Born:
March 06, 1966
in
Loughton, Essex
Best Known For:
Jonathan Creek and being the permanent panellist on QI.
Early-life:
Alan Roger Davies was born in Loughton, Essex, on March 6, 1966. Together with his older brother and younger sister, Alan was raised by his accountant father, following the death of his mother from leukaemia when he was six. Despite disliking school, he was a bright child and passed 12 O-Levels and two A-Levels before studying drama at the University of Kent. On graduating, he signed on for an Enterprise Allowance Scheme to help fund his assault on the London comedy circuit.
Career:
Davies performed his first stand-up gig in 1988, and by the early 1990s was a rising star, picking up rave reviews at Edinburgh. He later gave up playing clubs to concentrate on radio. His Radio 1 series, Alan's Big One FM, led to TV appearances on shows such as One Foot in the Grave, before he was cast as the lead in Jonathan Creek, the light-hearted mystery drama that made him a household name. Other acting work includes Bob and Rose, A Many Splintered Thing, The Brief, Marple, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Lewis and Whites. He presented the three-part documentary Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution for Channel 4 in 2010 and was a judge in 2011 on ITV talent show Show Me the Funny. He's also appeared in West End hit Auntie and Me. He has been a permanent panellist on irreverent quiz QI since the show began in 2003.
Quote:
"I'm like a fine wine. I'm maturing."
Trivia:
In early 2012, he announced his first UK stand-up tour in 12 years.
Chris McCausland
(Panellist)
Zoe Lyons
(Panellist)
Ed Byrne
(Panellist)
Born:
April 16, 1972
in
Dublin
Best Known For:
His stand-up tours.
Early-life:
Ed Byrne was born on April 16, 1972, in Swords, Dublin. He was interested in comedy from an early age - he credits his brother's Billy Connolly albums as an early inspiration - but initially seemed to be set on a very different career path when he left Ireland at the age of 18 to study horticulture at the University of Strathclyde. He dropped out of the course after a friend encouraged him to concentrate on comedy - Ed says that every time he said something funny, his mate would tell him to write it down.
Career:
Byrne's career initially got off to a flying start. His first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996 was a huge success, and two years later he was nominated for a prestigious Perrier Award, while also making well-received appearances on TV. By Ed's own admission, he experienced a slump in the early to mid-noughties - he blames it on a combination of being burnt out and making some bad decisions in regard to his TV work. However, in 2006, he proved he'd got his mojo back with the shows Standing Up, Falling Down and Different Class. Away from stand-up, he's also acted in the drama Reunited and the film Round Ireland with a Fridge, and is a regular on Mock the Week.
Quote:
"As I've got older and have more stories to tell, and I guess a more interesting view of the world, my material just got a bit better."
Trivia:
In 2010, he signed a letter with other public figures opposing Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.
Ben Hardy
(Director)
Born:
January 02, 1991
in
Bournemouth
Best Known For:
Playing Peter Beale in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Ben was born in Bournemouth on January 2, 1991. He studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career:
Hardy's big break came in 2013 when he landed the role of Peter Beale in long-running BBC soap EastEnders.
Quote:
On being in EastEnders: "It crosses my mind they might bump me off. You're always aware it could happen. You know you could lose your job at any moment."
Trivia:
In 2013, Hardy was nominated for two Inside Soap Awards.
Piers Fletcher
(Producer)
John Lloyd
(Executive producer)
