Alistair McGowan

Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for ''The Big Impression'' (formerly ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression''), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes – winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. He has also worked extensively in theatre and appeared in the West End in ''Art'', ''Cabaret'', ''The Mikado'' and ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (for which he received a ''Laurence Olivier Award'' nomination). As a television actor, he played the lead role in BBC1's ''Mayo''. He wrote the play ''Timing'' (nominated as Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com awards) and the book ''A Matter of Life and Death or How to Wean Your Man off Football'' with former comedy partner Ronni Ancona. He also provided voices for ''Spitting Image''.

In 2012, McGowan wrote and hosted the ITV comedy sports show ''You Cannot Be Serious!'', in which his impressions included Roy Hodgson, Jedward and Louie Spence.

He has written and starred in three plays for BBC Radio 4 about Erik Satie (''Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear''), John Field (''The Peregrinations of a Most Musical Irishman'') and George Bernard Shaw (''The 'B' Word''). He devised stage shows showcasing the music and verse of Noël Coward (''Sincerely Noel''), and the music and writings of Erik Satie (''Erik Satie's-faction''). He wrote the stage play ''Timing'' (nominated as Best New Comedy at the 2009 whatsonstage.com awards). Provided by Wikipedia