1. Jimmy Cricket first came to prominence as a comedian in the 1970s and has had his own shows on television and radio.
16 Facts About Jimmy Cricket
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Jimmy Cricket spent the next two years working in a betting shop, before spending the summer of 1966 working as a Red Coat in Butlins Holiday camp at Mosney, County Meath.
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Jimmy Cricket spent the following two summers at the Butlins in Clacton, Essex.
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Jimmy Cricket returned to Clacton-on-Sea in 2006 to star in the eight-week summer show Summer Special at the West Cliff Theatre.
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Jimmy Cricket has toured in the UK with other artists such as The Osmonds, Brotherhood of Man, Gerry and the Pacemakers.
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Jimmy Cricket has toured in comedy themed shows with Cannon and Ball, Paul Daniels, Frank Carson and The Krankies.
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Jimmy Cricket was given his own four television series on a show called And There's More, produced by Central Television and Brian Conley.
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Jimmy Cricket had his own radio series for BBC Radio 2 called Jimmy's Cricket Team, written by Eddie Braben and starring Peter Goodwright, Bill Pertwee and Noreen Kershaw.
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Jimmy Cricket featured in The Krankies Klub alongside the Krankies and Bobby Davro.
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Jimmy Cricket has featured on numerous occasions the BBC TVs long running TV show The Good Old Days.
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Jimmy Cricket appeared on Bullseye in 1984, scoring 125 with nine darts for charity.
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Jimmy Cricket told Tony at the oche he forgot to add 60, saying 'and there's more'; Tony pretended he forgot and added the 60 to give a total of 185.
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Jimmy Cricket was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1987 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in central London - the last regular edition of the programme to be broadcast with Andrews as presenter.
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Jimmy Cricket was one of a number of performers to appear in the video for the 2007 Comic Relief single, a cover of The Proclaimers' song "I'm Gonna Be " by Matt Lucas as Andy Pipkin and Peter Kay as Brian Potter.
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Jimmy Cricket's oldest son Dale is an events organiser for Bury Hospice.
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Jimmy Cricket is a close friend of snooker legend Dennis Taylor.