Artistes of the Month
Also featured: 
Graham
Keal, John Strickland
Nina
Conti
Actress
Nina Conti started doing ventriloquism as stand-up in January 2002. Since
then, she and her alter ego The Monkey have enjoyed terrific success finally
winning the BBC New Comedy Awards in August 2002.
As an actress she has just finished filming a new Tiger Aspect comedy drama for ITV called SINGLE starring Michelle Collins. In March she will be filming her own pilot for the BBC with director Danny Wallace, of The Dave Gorman Show. Previously Nina spent two years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Following this she went to Edinburgh with a one-woman ventriloquial farce "Let Me Out" written for her by eccentric genius Ken Campbell. She then went on to play Dylan Moran's girlfriend in Channel 4's "Black Books" and a weeping Jehovah's witness in Holby City. .
After gigging extensively throughout England, and playing Harrah's Casino
in Las Vegas, Nina went to The Edinburgh Festival 2002 as part of The
Comedy Clone, at the Pleasance. She now headlines numerous London comedy
clubs and is a popular choice for corporate events.
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here to see Nina's online video showreel
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file is in Windows Media format. Click on the icon to the left should
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Graham
Keal
Graham
was born in a prefab in Lincoln in 1951 and while still in short trousers
he approached a moving Jaguar containing soap superstar Pat Phoenix. She
was retreating from the traction engine rally she had just opened. Pat
wound down the window, Graham made her laugh, and he has been chasing
celebrities and making people laugh ever since.
At Lincoln City School he won the annual Declamation Contest, aged 17,
with a comic speech on the corrupting power of The Magic Roundabout. At
Manchester University and after Graham amused himself and audiences, compering
and appearing in comedy reviews and charity shows, speaking to writers'
groups and assorted gatherings.
Meanwhile the day job involving working for a local papers in Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire and Co. Durham before becoming London-based TV writer
for a major regional group, then known as Westminster Press. He turned
freelance in 1986 and after many years serving regional papers now freelances
for national newspapers ranging from The Sun to The Daily Telegraph and
most points in between, as well as writing for TV magazines (TV Quick,
TV Choice, What's On TV etc) and women's magazines (Best, My Weekly).
Eric Morecambe was Graham's first big celebrity interview, back in 1974, and since then he has gathered celebrity anecdotes by the hundred, thanks to encounters with the likes of Roger Moore, Jimmy Stewart, Les Dawson, Vic Reeves, Oprah Winfrey, Liz Hurley, Jenny Agutter, Frank Ifield, Gene Pitney, an Everly Brother (Phil), Tom Jones, Spike Milligan, Vic Reeves, Rik Mayall, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Ralf Little, David Attenborough, Jamie Oliver, Keith Floyd, Rick Stein, Joan Rivers, Johnny Vegas, Barry Humphries, Jake Thackray, Noel Edmonds, Amanda Holden, Penny Smith, Leslie Grantham, Tom Baker, Claire Goose, Esther Rantzen, Jeremy Clarkson etc etc etc.
Click here for Graham's online video showreel
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file is in Windows Media format. Click on the icon to the left should
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John Strickland
A
graduate of the University of York, John has 25 years experience in the
commercial airline business. He has worked for a number of airlines including
British Caledonian, British Airways, KLMuk and Buzz, where he held senior
management positions with particular responsibilities for revenue management
and network development.
John was instrumental in the decision to establish the low cost operator Buzz and in the selection of new routes. This included the strategy to open a number of secondary airports.
In 2003, John established JLS Consulting (www.jlsconsulting.co.uk), to offer advice based on his wide commercial experience. He has worked with a variety of clients including airports, airlines, the travel industry and government bodies in a number of European countries.
He has presented at, chaired and moderated, a wide variety of industry
conferences and events. He also provides expert commentary on air transport
industry issues for BBC TV and radio programmes and for a number of written
publications
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