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Russell Allan Abbot (born Russell Allan Roberts; 18 September 1947) [1] is an English musician, actor and comedian. Born in Chester, [2] he first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the Black Abbots, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.
Crowther hosted the first three series, and a Christmas special in 1991. At the time of his car crash in October 1992 he was booked to record an Elvis Presley special, which was then hosted by Russ Abbot, and a fourth series, eventually hosted by Matthew Kelly (who would later host the show for 11 years). [citation needed]
The Russ Abbot Show: Blunderwoman / Various characters: TV series, 66 episodes 1996: The Ant & Dec Show: TV series, 1 episode 1997: Ant & Dec Unzipped: TV series, 1 episode 1997: The Lily Savage Show: Bella the Hun: TV series, 1 episode 1998: The Zig and Zag Show: Completely Horrible Woman / Serena: TV series, 2 episodes 2002: The Basil Brush ...
The series originated as The Freddie Starr Variety Madhouse; with Russ Abbot, Mike Newman, Toni Palmer, Norman Collier and Bella Emberg.After one series in 1979, Freddie Starr left and the show was repackaged as Russ Abbot's Madhouse premiering on 12 April 1980, [4] with Liz Smith, Dustin Gee, Nicky Croydon and Billy Hartman joining the cast.
In November 1999, then-Greene County Superior Court Judge David Holt sentenced Russell to life without parole plus 120 years for murder, criminal confinement and criminal deviate conduct.
Nearly 14 weeks earlier, on Aug. 22, Manassas Park police arrested Bhatt on a felony charge of concealment of a dead body in connection to his wife's disappearance.
During Russ' trial, his defense attorney, Joel Schwartz, argued that the testimonies of the four friends he had visited, cellphone records evidencing his presence at his friend's house twenty miles away from the murder scene, and evidence of his making purchases from different stores over the course of the evening demonstrated that the timeline ...
Jon Venables, one of two primary school pupils convicted over the abduction and murder of toddler James Bulger 30 years ago, is taking part in a parole hearing that could grant him his freedom.