Helen Atkinson-Wood

Acting

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Born March 14, 1955 · Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK (age 71)

Helen Atkinson-Wood is an English actress and comedian born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. She studied fine art at the Ruskin School, Oxford University, where she performed with Rowan Atkinson (no relation). She also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she met Ben Elton. Whilst at Oxford, she took part in an OUDS production of Richard II. Also in this production was Tim McInnerny, who p…

Known For

Your Cheatin' HeartYour Cheatin' Heart · 1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
8.01990
MovieMusicComedy
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
Bosses From HellBosses From Hell · 1989
Bosses From Hell
1989
Movie
John Cleese training video about bosses.
The Craig Ferguson ShowThe Craig Ferguson Show · 1990
The Craig Ferguson Show
7.01990
MovieComedy
Craig Ferguson tells jokes and introduces filmed skits.
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization? · 2018
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?
5.02018
MovieDocumentary
From the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, this film encounters extraordinary projects and people from four continents, economist Kate Raworth, philosopher Roger Scruton and Gaian ecologist Stephan Harding.
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) · 1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
MovieComedy
Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the power that Consuela, the sinister Spanish housekeeper,seems to wield, comparing her to John's first wife and forbidding her to enter a mysterious locked room.
BlackadderBlackadder · 1983
Blackadder
8.01983
SeriesComedy
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.
The Young OnesThe Young Ones · 1982
The Young Ones
7.91982
SeriesComedy
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
The Comic Strip Presents...The Comic Strip Presents... · 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
7.41982
SeriesComedy
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.

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Joking ApartJoking Apart · 1993
Joking Apart
7.01993
SeriesComedy
Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark and Becky, who fall in love and marry, before getting separated and finally divorced. The twelve episodes, broadcast between 1993 and 1995, were directed by Bob Spiers and produced by Andre Ptaszynski for independent production company Pola Jones. The show is semi-autobiographical; it was inspired by the then recent separation of Moffat and his first wife. Some of the episodes in the first series followed a non-linear parallel structure, contrasting the rise of the relationship with the fall. Other episodes were ensemble farces, predominantly including the couple's friends Robert and Tracy. Paul Mark Elliott also appeared as Trevor, Becky's lover.

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