Johnny Vegas
Birthday: 1970-09-05
Place of Birth: St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography: Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.
Movies
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra...
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The Libertine
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and d...
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Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers....
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Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone Of Idiot - Unseen And Uncut
Voted as Britain's funniest man Johnny Vegas hosts his first ever entertainment series. Re-live the ...
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Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
For the first time ever, Johnny Vegas' full length stand up show storms onto DVD. The larger than li...
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Blackball
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptio...
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Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his b...
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When Comedy Changed Forever
The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer p...
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Staying Up
Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middl...
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Brilliantman!
Ian Hedge is a very ordinary man who sees himself as a secret super hero with a mission to protect t...
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The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Marjorie the cow lives in a run-down stable in the middle of Bethlehem. Nothing exciting ever happen...
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Blake's Junction 7
Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Servi...
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An Audience with Neil Diamond
In his first UK televised special, Neil Diamond treats his showbiz fans including Dame Judi Dench, t...
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities tak...
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The Harry Hill Movie
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only ...
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Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the villag...
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Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the...
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Comic Aid
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just t...
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We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Nobody actually likes bread sauce, do they? It tastes like someone’s eaten a piece of bread, chewed ...
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Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever tur...
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Grimsby
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hool...
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Cheeky
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, ...
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Red Top
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally...
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Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
A one-off 90 minute special in which Keith Lemon pays tribute to the iconic Back To The Future films...
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The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Produced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth loo...
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The Twits
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up...
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Mr. Stink
Chloe recedes into herself due to her family's uncaring attitude towards her. When she meets Mr. Sti...
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The Virgin of Liverpool
In Liverpool, Joanne Conlon rescues a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary from her local church's repl...
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Early Man
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being sp...
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Tulip Fever
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two inv...
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Murder on the Blackpool Express
A Blackpool coach driver and a tour guide get caught up in a deadly comedic conspiracy when bus pass...
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A Tale of Two Continents
Monkey portrays various historical figures as he attempts to make the perfect cup of tea in the Keny...
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Eaten by Lions
Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to f...
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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché hea...
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The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
The UK has seen a massive growth in the number of all-you-can-eat restaurants offering limitless ser...
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Death on the Tyne
Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Sh...
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The Queen and I
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets,...
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Tales from the Lodge
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somew...
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The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
When an awkward, heavily bullied schoolboy from a dysfunctional home discovers a beautiful water nym...
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Dial M for Middlesbrough
Terry and Gemma are forced to take refuge in a sinister and dilapidated caravan park after their coa...
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Dark_net
Alan (Johnny Vegas) searches for answers in all the wrong places and this time he thinks he's found ...
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Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of ...
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Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Gemma is delighted to be recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency, but sadly they don't want Terry bec...
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The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster’s Paradise was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festi...
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Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
A documentary of the making of the twelfth series of Red Dwarf (2017)....
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