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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four
BBC Four

BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television viewers in the UK. The part successor to BBC Knowledge, it launched on 2 March 2002....
 television play
Television play

In the 1960s and early 1970s, the television play was a popular television genre in the UK. The genre was often associated with the social realism-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted the social issues facing working class families....
 starring Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen, Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA Award- and Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Wales actor best known for his portrayal of Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears directed films The Deal and The Queen , and for his portrayal of David Frost in both the Frost/Nixon and the film version of Frost/Nixon ....
 as the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 comic actor Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Charles Williams was a United Kingdom Comedy actor, star of 26 Carry On films and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a witty raconteur....
, based on Williams' own diaries. Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell in is an England actor of Stage , film and television....
 plays Williams' beloved mother, Lou.

The drama received good reviews, The Observer
The Observer

The Observer is a United Kingdom newspaper published on Sundays. In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, it takes a Liberalism/social democratic line on most issues....
 singling out Sheen's performance as "a characterisation for which the description tour-de-force is, frankly, pretty faint praise," The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
 compared Sheen's performance to "a diamond that is so dazzling as a result of the expertise deployed in its cutting that you can’t fully focus on the underlying shape of the stone, which is what actually enables it to glitter so spectacularly."

Viewing figures were 860,000, including timeshift
Time shifting

Time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to at a time more convenient to the consumer. Typically, this refers to TV programming but can also refer to radio shows via podcasts....
, making it by far the most popular BBC Four broadcast of March 2006.

Sheen's performance won a Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a United Kingdom-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future....
 award for Best Male Actor, and the play also won two BAFTA nominations (best single play and best actor (Michael Sheen)).







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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four
BBC Four

BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television viewers in the UK. The part successor to BBC Knowledge, it launched on 2 March 2002....
 television play
Television play

In the 1960s and early 1970s, the television play was a popular television genre in the UK. The genre was often associated with the social realism-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted the social issues facing working class families....
 starring Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen, Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA Award- and Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Wales actor best known for his portrayal of Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears directed films The Deal and The Queen , and for his portrayal of David Frost in both the Frost/Nixon and the film version of Frost/Nixon ....
 as the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 comic actor Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Charles Williams was a United Kingdom Comedy actor, star of 26 Carry On films and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a witty raconteur....
, based on Williams' own diaries. Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell in is an England actor of Stage , film and television....
 plays Williams' beloved mother, Lou.

The drama received good reviews, The Observer
The Observer

The Observer is a United Kingdom newspaper published on Sundays. In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, it takes a Liberalism/social democratic line on most issues....
 singling out Sheen's performance as "a characterisation for which the description tour-de-force is, frankly, pretty faint praise," The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
 compared Sheen's performance to "a diamond that is so dazzling as a result of the expertise deployed in its cutting that you can’t fully focus on the underlying shape of the stone, which is what actually enables it to glitter so spectacularly."

Viewing figures were 860,000, including timeshift
Time shifting

Time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to at a time more convenient to the consumer. Typically, this refers to TV programming but can also refer to radio shows via podcasts....
, making it by far the most popular BBC Four broadcast of March 2006.

Sheen's performance won a Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a United Kingdom-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future....
 award for Best Male Actor, and the play also won two BAFTA nominations (best single play and best actor (Michael Sheen)).

Cast

  • Michael Sheen
    Michael Sheen

    Michael Sheen, Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA Award- and Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Wales actor best known for his portrayal of Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears directed films The Deal and The Queen , and for his portrayal of David Frost in both the Frost/Nixon and the film version of Frost/Nixon ....
     - Kenneth Williams
    Kenneth Williams

    Kenneth Charles Williams was a United Kingdom Comedy actor, star of 26 Carry On films and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a witty raconteur....
  • Cheryl Campbell
    Cheryl Campbell

    Cheryl Campbell in is an England actor of Stage , film and television....
     - Lou Williams
  • Peter Wight
    Peter Wight

    Peter Wight is a United Kingdom actor.His television credits include: Z Cars, Anna Lee, Doctor Who, Life on Mars , Holby City, Where the Heart Is , Early Doors, Midsomer Murders and Party Animals ....
     - Charlie Williams
  • Beatie Edney
    Beatie Edney

    Beatrice "Beatie" Edney is an England television actress.Born Beatrice Edney in London, she is the daughter of famous British actress Sylvia Syms....
     - Joan Sims
    Joan Sims

    Irene Joan Marion Sims was an England actor best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By ....
  • Kenny Doughty
    Kenny Doughty

    Kenny Doughty is an England actor. Married to the actress Caroline Carver....
     - Joe Orton
    Joe Orton

    Joe Orton , born John Kingsley Orton, was an England playwright.In a short but prolific career lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedy....
  • Ron Cook
    Ron Cook

    Ron Cook is a United Kingdom actor who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s. He is from South Shields, Co Durham, United Kingdom and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College....
     - Peter Eade
    Peter Eade

    Peter Eade was an English theatrical agent of the late 20th century. Among those he represented were Kenneth Williams, Ronnie Barker and Joan Sims....
  • Martin Trenaman
    Martin Trenaman

    Martin Trenaman is a United Kingdom comedy writer and actor, who has contributed to many modern comedy series.Winner of So You Think You're Funny? in 1994, Martin has gone on to write additional material for shows such as Head on Comedy, Lenny Henry in Pieces and Haywire, and comedians such as Harry Enfield, Johnny Vaughan a...
     - Tony Hancock
    Tony Hancock

    Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was a popular British actor and comedian....
  • David Charles
    David Charles

    Professor David Owain Maurice Charles is Colin Prestige Fellow, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of Graduate Studies at Oriel College, Oxford....
     - Charles Hawtrey
    Charles Hawtrey (film actor)

    George Frederick Joffre Hartree , better known as Charles Hawtrey, was an England comedy actor....
  • Ewan Bailey
    Ewan Bailey

    Ewan Bailey is an actor, writer and voice artist located in Central London, best known for writing and performing in The Sunday Format, BBC Radio 4's satire of British Sunday newspapers, Funland, BBC Three's darker than dark comedy set in the English seaside town of Blackpool, HBO's recent epic series Rome and the recent, highly...
     - Kenneth Halliwell
    Kenneth Halliwell

    Kenneth Halliwell was a United Kingdom actor and writer. He was the mentor, partner and eventual murderer of playwright Joe Orton....
  • Rachel Clarke - Barbara Windsor
    Barbara Windsor

    Barbara Ann Windsor, Order of the British Empire is an English people actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders; she is now considered by many to be something of a British national institution....
  • Connor Garnet Comerford - Young Kenneth Williams
  • Beatrice Comins - St Joan
    Saint Joan (play)

    Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises based on what is known of her life and on the substantial records of her trial....
     / Actress
  • Timothy Davies
    Timothy Davies

    Timothy Davies may refer to:* Timothy Davies , British Liberal Member of Parliament* Timothy Davies , British judoka* Timothy Davies , British runner...
     - 1st Doctor
  • Stephen Critchlow
    Stephen Critchlow

    Stephen Critchlow is a British actor, notable for his appearances on radio series such as Truly, Madly, Bletchley, The Way We Live Right Now and Spats , along with radio episodes of Torchwood and Doctor Who ....
     - Kenneth Horne
    Kenneth Horne

    Kenneth Horne was an England comedian and businessman....
  • Guy Henry
    Guy Henry

    Guy Henry is a United Kingdom stage and screen actor, best known for his role in Rome ....
     - Hugh Paddick
    Hugh Paddick

    Hugh William Paddick was an England actor, whose most notable role was in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne in sketches such as Charles and Fiona and Julian and Sandy ....


See also

  • The Curse of Steptoe
    The Curse of Steptoe

    The Curse of Steptoe is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities....
  • Prick Up Your Ears
    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 film about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the book by John Lahr....


External links

  • with Michael Sheen during the making of the film.