Enjoy Celebrity Radio’ s Richard Wilson Exclusive Life Story Interview ~ Victor One Foot In The Grave…..
Richard Wilson is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster, best known for playing Victor Meldrew in the popular BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave and the hit BBC drama Merlin as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot.
Wilson’s biography, One Foot on the Stage: The Biography of Richard Wilson, was written by James Roose-Evans.
Enjoy an exclusive 2 part interview with Richard and Alex Belfield…
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Part 2:
In 2010, Wilson recorded the Labour Party’s manifesto for the 2010 General Election.
In March 2011 Wilson presented an edition of the Channel 4 current affairs programme Dispatches entitled Train Journeys From Hell, with transport journalist Christian Wolmar highlighting the failings of the British rail network
talks exclusively to Belfield about his life and career.
I know what you’re all thinking ‘I don’t believe it!’ He’s the Star of ‘One foot in the grave’ and Merlin. The new DVD is out now.
At the height of his One Foot in the Grave fame, he appeared in an advertisement for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! in character, as Victor Meldrew.
In it, he’s confronted by a supermarket taste-test. In a break from tradition, he simply chose to believe that the product was indeed butter. His famous catchphrase, “I don’t believe it!”, was a response to one of the staff conducting the test, played by James Corden, eating all the crumpets on offer.
Wilson’s biography, One Foot on the Stage: The Biography of Richard Wilson (ISBN 0752811150), was written by James Roose-Evans.
He is a major supporter of the Labour Party, and he recorded the party’s manifesto for the 2010 General Election.[9]
In March 2011, Wilson presented an edition of the Channel 4 current affairs programme Dispatches entitled Train Journeys From Hell, with transport journalist Christian Wolmar highlighting the failings of the British rail network
Recorded 2010 by Alex Belfield for the BBC and Celebrity Radio.
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