Christopher Kenneth Biggins was born on 16 December 1948 and is an English actor and television presenter.
26 Facts About Christopher Biggins
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Christopher Biggins was brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, attended St Probus school where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups.
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Christopher Biggins appeared as the regular character Lukewarm in the situation comedy Porridge starring Ronnie Barker.
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Christopher Biggins played Nero in the BBC's version of I, Claudius, dramatised from the novels by Robert Graves, having been selected for the role partly on the strength of a television commercial for Heineken in which he had played the Roman emperor Nero presiding over the games.
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Christopher Biggins appeared in the BBC's Poldark as the Reverend Osborne Whitworth, in Minder in the episode "The Bounty Hunter" and the TV miniseries Masada.
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Christopher Biggins had a leading role in The Phoenix and the Carpet and a supporting role as villainous antique dealer, Mr Benger, in the Look and Read serial "Dark Towers".
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Christopher Biggins' co-hosting of Surprise Surprise and hosting children's game show On Safari for TVS, led to his being typecast as a "bubbly personality".
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Christopher Biggins was asked in 2005 if he resented this situation replying:.
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Christopher Biggins was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1999, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Christopher Biggins appeared in The One Doctor, one of Big Finish Productions' audio dramas based on the television series Doctor Who.
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In 2003, Christopher Biggins appeared in Shed Productions programme Bad Girls as himself.
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Christopher Biggins featured heavily in Episode seven where he was 'held hostage' by a group of prisoners protesting over the change of management in the prison.
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Christopher Biggins took part in the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity.
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Christopher Biggins was eventually voted the winner of the show on 30 November 2007.
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Christopher Biggins took part in an episode of Celebrity Come Dine With Me, first shown on Channel 4 on 15 February 2009.
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On 28 July 2016, Christopher Biggins entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to participate in its eighteenth series.
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Christopher Biggins was chosen by the public to take part in the first secret mission.
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Christopher Biggins was removed from the house on Day 9.
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Forty-four people complained to Ofcom about comments Christopher Biggins made, but Ofcom ruled that he was not in breach of broadcasting rules.
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In 2010, Christopher Biggins appeared as a guest star narrator in The Rocky Horror Show at various theatre venues in the United Kingdom.
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Christopher Biggins has played Widow Twankey in Aladdin, Buttons in Cinderella and the title role in Winnie the Pooh.
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In 2014 and 2015, Christopher Biggins covered for Liza Tarbuck on BBC Radio 2 while she was away.
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Christopher Biggins was married to Australian actress Beatrice Norbury from 1971 to 1974.
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Christopher Biggins is openly gay and formed a civil partnership with his partner, Neil Sinclair, on 30 December 2006 at Hackney Register Office.
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Politically, Christopher Biggins has expressed his admiration for former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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When same-sex marriage was introduced in England and Wales in 2014, Christopher Biggins attended the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event celebrating it.