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The Rats
Season 1, Episode 1
Comedy series, starring Johnny Vegas as a small-time drug dealer operating out of a Manchester flat. Moz's day starts badly when a rodent leaves girlfriend Nicki determined to move out. Two attractive students and a visit from his supplier lift his mood, but a surprise soon throws a spanner in the works
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Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Johnny Vegas
(Actor)
.. Moz
Nicola Reynolds
(Actor)
.. Nicki
Ben Crompton
(Actor)
.. Colin
Sinead Matthews
(Actor)
.. Jenny
Graham Duff
(Actor)
.. Brian
Rebecca Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Asia
Natalie Gumede
(Actor)
.. China
Tom Goodman-Hill
(Actor)
.. PC
Ryan Pope
(Actor)
.. Paul
Seymour Leon Mace
(Actor)
.. Craig
Kris Mochrie
(Actor)
.. Matthew
James Foster
(Actor)
.. Cartoon Head
Ted Dowd
(Producer)
Dan Zeff
(Director)
Tony Burgess
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Johnny Vegas
(Actor)
.. Moz
Born:
September 11, 1971
in
St Helens, Lancashire
Best Known For:
His hoarse voice.
Early-life:
Born Michael Joseph Pennington in St Helens, Lancashire, on September 11, 1971, he's the youngest of four children. As a child, he wanted to be a priest, and joined a seminary at the age of 11, but left after four terms. He then attended an all-boys grammar school before studying art and ceramics at Middlesex University. Following his graduation, he worked in a bar and went through periods of being unemployed before trying comedy, performing as the character of failed potter and disillusioned entertainer Johnny Vegas.
Career:
Vegas's big break came in 1997 when he was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He made his TV debut in the one-off Johnny Vegas TV Show the following year. In 2001, he landed a role in the Paul Whitehouse sitcom Happiness, which won him the Best Newcomer trophies at the Royal Television Society and British Comedy Awards, although it was arguably his appearance in a series of cult adverts with a sock monkey for ITV Digital that made him a household name. Since then, he's been a regular panellist on Shooting Stars, acted in series Tipping the Velvet, Bleak House, Dead Man Weds, Ideal, Massive, Benidorm, Still Open All Hours and presented his own show, 18 Stone of Idiot. He was also in Johnny Depp film The Libertine and The Harry Hill Movie.
Quote:
'This is a good job that gives us a good life, you can't expect to turn that off when it suits you.'
Trivia:
Vegas released an autobiography, Becoming Johnny Vegas, in 2013.
Nicola Reynolds
(Actor)
.. Nicki
Ben Crompton
(Actor)
.. Colin
Sinead Matthews
(Actor)
.. Jenny
Graham Duff
(Actor)
.. Brian
Rebecca Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Asia
Natalie Gumede
(Actor)
.. China
Born:
March 24, 1984
in
Burnley
Best Known For:
Playing Kirsty Soames on Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Born in Burnley on March 24, 1984, Natalie got her first taste of working on TV at the age of 11 when BBC producers selected her to present a regional insert for Children in Need. She went on to study acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
Career:
Following a role in 2004 one-off ITV comedy drama Von Trapped, Gumede became a series regular on BBC sitcom Ideal. Small roles followed in Emmerdale, Doctors, The Scum Also Rises, The Persuasionists, and Waterloo Road before her big break came in 2011 when she began playing Kirsty Soames, Tyrone Dobbs' girlfriend, on Coronation Street. She stayed with the soap for 18 months. In September 2013, she became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
On life as an actor: 'I've never starved but there has been the odd meagre meal and once I walked six miles into London for an audition as I didn't have enough money for the bus fare.'
Trivia:
During her time on Coronation Street, she won three British Soap Awards.
Tom Goodman-Hill
(Actor)
.. PC
Best Known For:
Ideal and a string of guest appearances.
Early-life:
Tom was born in Enfield in 1968 and brought up near Newcastle upon Tyne. He studied drama and English at the University of Warwick and spent a year as a supply teacher in Coventry before moving to London to pursue a career as an actor.
Career:
Goodman-Hill's TV credits include a number of TV movies and miniseries as well as recurring and guest star roles in such shows as Ideal, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Waking the Dead, and Doc Martin. More recently, he has starred in The Devil's Whore, Moses Jones, Free Agents, Candy Cabs, Spy, Dead Boss and Mr Selfridge. He made his film debut in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).
Quote:
'It always comes down to the writing for me. I'm very lucky to have been able to work with some fantastic writers and amazing scripts.'
Trivia:
He was nominated for an Olivier Award for playing Sir Lancelot in the Monty Python musical Spamalot.
Ryan Pope
(Actor)
.. Paul
Seymour Leon Mace
(Actor)
.. Craig
Kris Mochrie
(Actor)
.. Matthew
James Foster
(Actor)
.. Cartoon Head
Ted Dowd
(Producer)
Dan Zeff
(Director)
Tony Burgess
(Writer)
