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Budgie is a British television series starring pop star Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972. [1] The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. The show was produced by Verity Lambert with Rex Firkin as Executive
Karl "Budgie" Barratt (Russell Tovey) – A friend of Gavin and Smithy's. He is nicknamed as such because he has big ears; his full name is revealed on the table plan at Gavin and Stacey's wedding at the end of Series 1. He has a brother called Magpie, who works as a DJ. In the 2019 Christmas special, Smithy states that Budgie is now a grandfather.
Budgie the Little Helicopter is a British animated television series, relating to a fictional helicopter and his friends, based on a series of children's books. [4] The characters were based on the books by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. [5]
On television he appeared in Budgie (1972), Boon (1989), Minder (1993), Merlin (2008), Rome, Death in Paradise (2013), War & Peace (2016) and The White Princess (2017). On stage he has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play, winning it in 2016, for his performance in The Father.
Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) [1] is an English actor. [2] He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama Being Human, [3] Rudge in both the stage and film versions of The History Boys, Steve in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her, Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and its subsequent series finale television film ...
In 1970 she appeared in the episode "Busmen's Perks" of the TV comedy series On the Buses as Janet (the manager's secretary) In 1971 she became popular as Budgie's (played by actor Adam Faith) girlfriend Hazel Fletcher in the weekly TV series Budgie, where she became one of the regular characters. Between 1971 and 1972, 26 episodes of the ...
The major cast members included Cuthbertson (as John Sutherland), Gareth Thomas, Moultrie Kelsall, Victor Carin, Martin Cochrane, Maev Alexander and Edith MacArthur. A rather different achievement was his portrayal of the criminal and businessman Charlie Endell in both Budgie ( London Weekend Television / ITV ) with Adam Faith (1971–72) and ...
Charles Endell Esquire is a British comedy-drama series that is a spin-off of the series Budgie, with the role of Endell continuing to be played by Iain Cuthbertson.Due to an ITV technicians' strike which took the network completely off the air for three months, the first two episodes were broadcast in 1979 and the remaining episodes were not aired until a full repeat of the series began on 26 ...