Tompkinson biography
Stephen Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham in October His grandad (who Stephen describes as "a comic genius") inspired him to take up acting and he attended the Central Drama School, which he left at the age of He has rarely been out of work since and has worked on the stage, on radio, television and, on the big screen, notably in the movie Brassed Off (), for which he has gained many excellent reviews. His TV roles have included a psychopathic poisoner (A Very Open Prison ()), a psycho TV reporter (Drop the Dead Donkey ()), a yuppie (Downwardly Mobile ()), a priest (Ballykissangel ()), a veterinarian (Wild at Heart ()) and a detective inspector (DCI Banks ()). Stephen has also played "Demetruis" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for Radio 4. He is also a keen charity cricket player and once scored two more runs than Brian Lara, when they played on the same team. In , he won a Best Comedy Actor award for his role as "Damien Day" in Drop the Dead Donkey (). In the future, he plans a trip to Australia (to do a report for the Holiday programme) before he begins filming a new series of Ballykissangel () in March
BornOctober 15,
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
British television personality (–)
Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson (23 December – 8 February ) was an English socialite and television personality. She appeared in several television shows, including the reality programme I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here!. She died from a perforated ulcer on 8 February
Early life
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire on 23 December , the daughter of Patricia (née Dawson) and Charles Palmer-Tomkinson. Her father represented Great Britain as a skier at the Winter Olympics. She was the younger sister of author Santa Montefiore. Her mother was of Argentine descent. Palmer-Tomkinson was educated at Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After she left school, she worked briefly in the City of London for Rothschilds bank.
Writing career
In the mid- to late s, a weekly column for The Sunday Times appeared under her name. However, this was actually ghostwritten by author Wendy Holden based on Palmer-Tomkinson's "phoned in description of her activities during the preceding week." She subsequently similarly contributed to The Spectator, The Mail on Sunday, GQ, Eve, Harpers and Queen, Tatler, InStyle and The Observer sporadically.
In September , her book The Naughty Girl's Guide to Life, co-authored with Sharon Marshall, was published by Sphere. It was serialised in The Sunday TimesStyle magazine.
In October , her first novel, Inheritance, was published by Pan Books. This was also ghostwritten.
In , her second novel, Infidelity, was published by Pan Books.
Television appearances
In , Palmer-Tomkinson made an appearance on the first series of the British television series I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here!, finishing as runn English actor Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October ) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in Chancer (), Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (–), Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (–98), Trevor Purvis in Grafters (–), Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (–) and the titular Alan Banks in DCI Banks (–). He won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films Brassed Off () and Hotel Splendide (). Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner. He went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, alongside James Nesbitt and Rufus Sewell, and graduated in Tompkinson's acting career began straight out of drama school. During his last year at the London School of Speech and Drama he won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary, gaining a contract as a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company, and had roles in radio dramas. Along with Ewan Bailey, he performed a two-part radio drama titled Say What You Want to Hear (Swywth), written by Tim Wright and broadcast in on BBC Radio 4. His narrated radio documentaries include Brass Britain, which aired in and was reprised in on BBC Radio 2. In , Tompkinson appeared with Ken Goodwin and Freddie Davies in a Channel 4 short titled Treacle, directed by Peter Chelsom. It received a BAFTA nomination in the category of Best Short Film. During the next few years he was cast in several sing .Stephen Tompkinson
Early life
Career
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