1. Richard Leslie Vranch was born on 29 June 1959 and is an English actor, improviser, comedian, writer and musician.
15 Facts About Richard Vranch
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Richard Vranch was a member of the Light Entertainment Society and the Cambridge University Mummers.
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Richard Vranch was a researcher at the Cavendish Laboratory and a research fellow at St John's College, Oxford for nine months before going into comedy full-time.
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Richard Vranch formed a comedy double-act with Tony Slattery in 1981.
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Richard Vranch co-wrote and performed in The Paul Merton Show at the London Palladium in 1994.
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Since at least 1988 Vranch has appeared at London's The Comedy Store.
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Richard Vranch currently appears there every week with the Comedy Store Players.
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Richard Vranch has voiced TV and radio commercials for companies including British Airways, Lidl and Saab.
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Richard Vranch narrates TV documentaries, including the first series of The Hotel Inspector.
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Richard Vranch appeared as Gilmanuk in the audio Doctor Who story "Theatre of War".
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Richard Vranch has written for stage, radio and TV, and made several animated films with artist Lucy Allen.
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Richard Vranch presented the children's shows Let's Pretend on ITV and Jackanory on BBC One.
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Richard Vranch hosted his own science series, Beat That Einstein, on Channel 4 in 1994.
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Richard Vranch has appeared on the panel shows Puzzle Panel and The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4 and Mind Games on BBC TV.
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Richard Vranch discussed the switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider in September 2008 with Jeremy Vine and Simon Singh on BBC Radio 2.