TIM
BROOKE-TAYLOR
Tim
Brooke-Taylor
first started
writing and
acting at
Cambridge
University,
where he was
President
of the famous
Footlights
Club. His
fellow writers/performers
in the 1963
revue, Cambridge
Circus, included
John Cleese,
Bill Oddie,
Graham Chapman
and Graeme
Garden. Cambridge
Circus transferred
to the West
End and eventually,
via New Zealand,
ended up on
Broadway.
Television
series have
included At
Last the 1948
Show, Marty,
Broaden Your
Mind, Me and
My Girl, You
Must be the
Husband and,
of course,
The Goodies.
Tim, Graeme
Garden and
Bill Oddie
made over
ninety Goodies
programmes
which proved
to be popular
all over the
world. Due
to a demand
created by
repeats on
UK Gold, the
BBC has recently
released 2
x 3 programme
videos of
The Goodies.
He has appeared
in numerous
radio series
including
I'm Sorry
I'll Read
That Again,
Hello Cheeky
and Hoax.
He has also
just completed
the twenty
fifth series
of I'm Sorry
I Haven't
A Clue with
Barry Cryer,
Willie Rushton,
Graeme Garden,
Humphrey Lyttleton
and the lovely
Samantha.
Tim has worked
regularly
on stage including
two notable
successes
in Australia
with My Fat
Friend and
Privates on
Parade. He
has starred
in the West
End with Graeme
Garden in
The Unvarnished
Truth, with
Richard O'Sullivan
in Run For
Your Wife
and recently
with Edward
Fox in The
Philanthropist.
Films include
Twelve Plus
One, where
he co-wrote
and acted
with Orson
Welles and
The Statue
with David
Niven.
In 1992,
he co-starred
with Brigit
Forsyth in
a UK tour
of Colin Bostock-Smiths
stage version
of You Must
Be The Husband,
directed by
Ian Talbot,
which was
followed by
highly successful
Derek Nimmo
production
of the same
play in a
tour of the
Far and Middle
East. He has
appeared in
two other
Derek Nimmo
tours, as
Norman in
Alan Ayckbourns
Table Manners
and, in 1994,
he toured
thirteen countries
from Beijing
to Mexico
City with
Wife Begins
at Forty.
He has written
three books
- Rule Britannia,
Tim Brooke-Taylor’s
Cricket Box
and Tim Brooke-Taylor’s
Golf Bag.
He is proud
to have been
elected Rector
of St Andrews
University
where he was
given an honorary
doctorate.
He was, for
a time, Director
of Derby County
Football Club
and is still
a loyal fan.
He is married
to Christine
and they have
two large
sons, Ben
and Edward.
And, I'm afraid,
he's a keen
golfer.
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