From playing Frank Longbottom in Harry Potter to Adolf Hitler in Captain America, as well as standing in for Anthony Hopkins and Jude Law; James Payton has been part of the British Film Industry for the best part of 20 years. Yet he is still largely unknown.
Tony Slattery examines his Mental Health and Alcoholism and looks for a diagnosis.
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal assistance. The series also starred Hermione Norris, Celia Imrie, Karl Davies, Phyllida Law and Tony Slattery. The first series of six one-hour episodes was aired in 2007 and averaged six million viewers per week. Despite a mid-series ratings dip, the executive chairman of ITV praised the programme and ordered a second series, which was filmed in 2007 and broadcast in January and February 2008. Filming on the third series ran from July to September 2008 for broadcast from 7 June 2009. Stephen Fry announced on his blog in October 2009 that ITV was cancelling the series, which was later confirmed by the channel, which said that given tighter budgets, more expensive productions were being cut.
Series giving a voice to 35- to 54-year-old men, very probably the grumpiest sector of our society.
Just a Gigolo is a 1993 British sitcom starring Tony Slattery as Nick Brim, a teacher who must become a gigolo to pay for food for his house. Other characters include his younger brother Simon, who has also been on a few dates with some clients, and Natalie, Nick's love interest, played by Rowena King. Only seven episodes were produced.
A late night music program by Granada Television in the early 90’s hosted by Michael Mansfield who introduced various bands and artists.
This Is David Lander was a TV show that parodies Roger Cook style door-stepping investigative journalism shows, starring Stephen Fry as David Lander and written by Tony Sarchet. It began as the BBC Radio 4 show Delve Special, which became this six part Channel 4 series in 1988.
That's love! is a British television sitcom about the domestic problems of a young married couple, lawyer Donald and designer Patsy.
Tony Slattery was an English actor, comedian and presenter. A ubiquitous figure on British TV and film in the 1980s and 1990s, his career has tailed off in more recent years as a result of bipolar disorder and addiction. He is perhaps best remembered as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and for his appearance in the film "Peter's Friends".
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