Motorway: Hell on the Highway
02:50 am - 03:50 am, Sunday, December 28 on 5Action (33)
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About this Broadcast
Disasters caused by road rage, including the driver who used his pick-up to ram another vehicle off the freeway straight towards a tree in California. Plus, the van and car veering wildly across a busy carriageway as they try to take each other out in North Carolina
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Cast & Crew
Matthew Gillbe
(Series producer)
Harriet Scott
(Executive producer)
Mark Williams
(Producer)
Simon Newton
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Matthew Gillbe
(Series producer)
Harriet Scott
(Executive producer)
Mark Williams
(Producer)
Born:
August 22, 1959
in
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Best Known For:
The Fast Show
Early-life:
Born in Bromsgrove on August 22, 1959. As a teen he hoped for a career in academia, then read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University where he discovered a love of both acting and writing. He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company before proving himself a fine comic actor with early roles in Red Dwarf and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.
Career:
Other early TV appearances came in Tumbledown, KYTV, Bottom and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Williams became a famous face thanks to his appearances in The Fast Show, where he played a number of memorable characters. The Canterbury Tales, Gormenghast and Shackleton followed, but it was his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise that made him recognisable worldwide. He has also appeared in successful films like Stardust and Shakespeare in Love and presented several documentary programmes, such as Mark Williams' Big Bangs.
Quote:
"I'll get me coat."
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, he is an avid follower of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.
Simon Newton
(Producer)
