1. Charles Murray Higson was born on 3 July 1958 and is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer.
19 Facts About Charlie Higson
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Charlie Higson has written and produced for television and is the author of the young adult post-apocalyptic book series The Enemy, as well as the first five novels in the Young Bond series.
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At UEA, Charlie Higson met Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Terry Edwards.
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Charlie Higson then started squatting in London and became a decorator, coincidentally decorating the house of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
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Charlie Higson started writing for Harry Enfield with Paul Whitehouse and performing comedy.
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Charlie Higson came to public attention as one of the main writers and performers of the BBC Two sketch show The Fast Show.
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Charlie Higson worked with Whitehouse on the radio comedy Down the Line.
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In 1994 Charlie Higson co-wrote the screenplay for the thriller film Suite 16 with Lise Mayer.
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Charlie Higson first appeared as a panellist on QI in 2007.
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In 2013 Charlie Higson adapted Agatha Christie's A Caribbean Mystery for ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple series.
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In 2015 Charlie Higson reimagined the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for ITV Studios into a ten part adventure series, set in the 1930s titled Jekyll and Hyde.
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In 2017, Charlie Higson appeared as Ian Winterman in series three of Broadchurch and as Ronnie Maguire in series three of Grantchester.
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Charlie Higson has starred in Lobby Land, a radio sitcom on BBC Radio 4, as Tom Shriver MP.
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Charlie Higson wrote a series of five Young Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on James Bond's school-days at Eton starting with SilverFin, released in 2005, and ending with By Royal Command.
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Charlie Higson had been at school with Jonathan Evans, former Director General of MI5.
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Charlie Higson wrote a post-apocalyptic, zombie-horror series of books for young adults.
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In 2018 Charlie Higson wrote a Fighting Fantasy gamebook titled The Gates of Death, which was published by Scholastic books as part of their campaign to relaunch the Fighting Fantasy franchise.
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Charlie Higson is a long term FF enthusiast, having attended Fighting Fantasy Fest 2 in London the previous year and made a cameo appearance in the Ian Livingstone gamebook Blood of the Zombies.
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In May 2023 Charlie Higson released his first adult Bond novel, On His Majesty's Secret Service, to mark the Coronation of King Charles III and support the National Literacy Trust.