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The series was written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis, and produced by Griff Rhys Jones.

It consisted of a series of satirical interviews with fictional great men, who were played by Atkinson himself. Career RadioĪtkinson starred in a series of comedy shows for BBC Radio 3 in 1979 called The Atkinson People. First winning national attention in The Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 1976, he had already written and performed sketches for shows in Oxford by the Etceteras – the revue group of the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC) – and for the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), meeting writer Richard Curtis, and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he would continue to collaborate during his career.

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Ītkinson briefly embarked in doctoral work before devoting his full attention to acting.

His MSc thesis, published in 1978, considered the application of self-tuning control. In 1975, he continued for the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford, the same college where his father matriculated in 1935, and which made Atkinson an Honorary Fellow in 2006. After receiving top grades in science A levels, he secured a place at Newcastle University, where he received a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Rodney, Rowan and their older brother Rupert were brought up in Consett and went to school with the future Prime Minister, Tony Blair, at Durham Choristers. Ītkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at the Durham Chorister School, a preparatory school, and then at St Bees School. His three older brothers are Paul, who died as an infant Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the UK Independence Party leadership election in 2000 and Rupert. The youngest of four boys, his parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. Atkinson was appointed a CBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.Ītkinson was born in Consett, County Durham, England, on 6 January 1955. In addition to his 1981 BAFTA, Atkinson received an Olivier Award for his 1981 West End theatre performance in Rowan Atkinson in Revue. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with screenwriter Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, both of whom he met at the Oxford University Dramatic Society during the 1970s. His work in theatre includes the role of Fagin in the 2009 West End revival of the musical Oliver!.Ītkinson was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy in 2003, and among the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Atkinson also featured in the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996), and he played the titular character in ITV's Maigret (2016–2017). Bean in the film adaptations Bean (1997) and Mr. His other film work includes the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983), playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in The Lion King (1994), and playing jewellery salesman Rufus in Love Actually (2003).

Subsequent skits on stage have featured solo performances as well as collaborations. Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, and The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) where he performed a skit. He played the title roles on the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. From the BBC programme Front Row Interviews, 8 January 2012.