Kevin Rowland

Acting

Kevin Rowland

Born August 17, 1953 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK (age 73)

Kevin Rowland is an English singer-songwriter best known as the passionate, fiercely independent frontman and co-founder of the pop/soul band Dexys Midnight Runners (now known simply as Dexys). Rowland has guided the band through massive global commercial peaks, intense creative reinventions and deep personal comebacks across nearly five decades.

Known For

Funny CowFunny Cow · 2018
Funny Cow
★ 6.32018
MovieComedyDrama
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
The EndThe End · 2026
The End
★ 8.02026
MovieAnimationComedy
A stop-motion doomsday comedy, in which airport-bound creatures wait out the impending apocalypse.
Later... with Jools HollandLater... with Jools Holland · 1992
Later... with Jools Holland
★ 5.91992
SeriesTalk
Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland.
The TubeThe Tube · 1982
The Tube
1982
Series
The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987. It was produced in Newcastle upon Tyne for Channel 4 by Tyne Tees Television, which had previously produced the similar music show Alright Now and the music-oriented youth show Check it Out for ITV; production of the latter ended in favour of The Tube. The Tube was presented live by hosts including Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash, Muriel Gray, Gary James, Michel Cremona, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt. The brand name was relaunched by Channel 4 as an online radio station in November 2006. The show was directed by Gavin Taylor; Geoff Wonfor directed some of the insert videos along with other staff programme director of Tyne Tees Television Martin Cairns. Many other specials were made, including one for the eve of the millennium.
Boom Boom... Out Go the LightsBoom Boom... Out Go the Lights · 1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
★ 6.51980
SeriesComedy
Groundbreaking alternative comedy programme bringing the new wave of humour to television for the first time.

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The TubeThe Tube · 1982
The Tube
1982
Series
The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987. It was produced in Newcastle upon Tyne for Channel 4 by Tyne Tees Television, which had previously produced the similar music show Alright Now and the music-oriented youth show Check it Out for ITV; production of the latter ended in favour of The Tube. The Tube was presented live by hosts including Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash, Muriel Gray, Gary James, Michel Cremona, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt. The brand name was relaunched by Channel 4 as an online radio station in November 2006. The show was directed by Gavin Taylor; Geoff Wonfor directed some of the insert videos along with other staff programme director of Tyne Tees Television Martin Cairns. Many other specials were made, including one for the eve of the millennium.