Shane Richie regularly appears in pantomime and in the last few years has starred as Robin Hood.
40 Facts About Shane Richie
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Shane Richie first took the role appearing at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton in 2016, then repeated it again in 2017 at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking.
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Shane Richie then reprised the role in 2018 at the Milton Keynes Theatre.
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Shane Richie was born at St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London to Irish parents.
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Shane Richie attended Willesden High School and was a member of a youth theatre as a child, and began his professional career in adolescence as a bluecoat entertainer at a Pontins holiday camp Little Canada, on the Isle of Wight.
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In 1989, Shane Richie made nightly appearances for Sky TV's chat show series Jameson Tonight, which was hosted by Derek Jameson and Shane Richie and recorded at the Windmill Theatre, London.
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Shane Richie was one of five comics along with Maddi Cryer, Annette Law, George Marshall and Billy Pearce.
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Shane Richie later branched out into hosting game shows after proving successful as host of the kids' quiz show Run the Risk, which was played during the BBC Saturday morning show Going Live.
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Shane Richie moved into mainstream presenting with Caught in the Act, Win, Lose or Draw, The Shane Richie Experience and Lucky Numbers.
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Shane Richie replaced Danny Baker in the 'doorstep challenge' TV ads for Daz detergent; he had previously replaced Baker as host of Win, Lose or Draw.
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Shane Richie has had success in musicals, appearing in such musicals as Boogie Nights and the 1993 London revival production of Grease.
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Over Christmas 2005, Shane Richie appeared in a touring run of Scrooge: The Musical.
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In 2009, Shane Richie was reportedly scheduled as the opening act for Michael Jackson's concerts at the O2 Arena.
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In 2017, Shane Richie signed with East West Records and released his debut country music album, A Country Soul on 10 November 2017, which featured songs co-written by his son, Rixton member Jake Roche.
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Shane Richie was a regular co-host alongside Derek Jameson on "Jameson Tonight", an early Sky One talk show in 1990.
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From 2002 to 2003, Shane Richie played the villainous Danny Dexter on Night and Day.
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Shane Richie won supporting roles in low-profile British films, beginning with Chris Barfoot's award-winning short comedy movie Dead Clean and then later Distant Shadow.
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In 2003, Shane Richie was executive producer for the British film Shoreditch, in which he appeared in a lead role.
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Shane Richie invested a six-figure sum into the budget of the film, which ultimately made little profit.
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In 2007, Shane Richie starred in ITV drama The Good Samaritan, and Father Frank for BBC One.
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Shane Richie starred in the second series of Skins on Channel 4 as Bruce Gelcart, a lecherous college drama lecturer.
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On 25 April 2008, he was due to be a guest on The Paul O'Grady Show, but due to Paul O'Grady falling ill, Shane Richie stood in as host.
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In February 2009, Shane Richie starred in a revamp of the series Minder on Channel 5.
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Rather than a remake of the original, Shane Richie starred as Archie Daley, the nephew of the character Arthur Daley from the original series, which ran from 1979 to 1994 on ITV.
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In January 2014, Shane Richie presented one series of BBC One game show Reflex, made by Objective Productions.
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In December 2014, Shane Richie began hosting The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List, a new Saturday night game show.
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Between 2015 and 2016, Shane Richie presented the BBC One daytime game show Decimate.
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In November 2020, it was announced that Shane Richie would appear on the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity.
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In 2002, Shane Richie joined the cast of EastEnders as Alfie Moon, bringing humour to a programme often panned for being too depressing.
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On 23 July 2009, Shane Richie announced on The One Show that his character Alfie Moon would return to EastEnders.
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On 4 April 2015, it was announced that Shane Richie would appear alongside Jessie Wallace in a six-part BBC One drama series, Redwater.
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Shane Richie briefly reprised the role in 2018, with the character leaving in early 2019.
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In 2003, Shane Richie produced and starred in the film Shoreditch, into which he had reportedly invested half a million pounds of his own money.
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In 2006, Shane Richie played a rat named Sid in the Aardman Animation film Flushed Away.
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Shane Richie has recently been seen in the UK stage tour of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle McMurphy, and heard as a presenter on Virgin Radio, where he interviewed Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.
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Shane Richie then reprised the role for the 2020 UK tour, running until 2022 despite some Covid interruptions.
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Shane Richie is patron of Shinfield Players Theatre, an amateur little theatre in Reading, Berkshire, taking the role from Anton Rodgers who died in 2007.
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Shane Richie made his first appearance in the audience on 11 July 2009 for the Youth Group production of Disco Inferno.
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Shane Richie is a patron of a charity called Cherry Trees which provides respite care for children with disabilities.
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In 2019, Shane Richie admitted that he had to live in a squat when a job failed to happen.