Peter Serafinowicz
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Peter Serafinowicz was born Peter Serafinowicz in his home town of Liverpool. His name (the part beginning with S) is Polish, I believe.
He has a talent for doing funny voices and impersonations. This lead to employment on the wireless and working for a London voiceover agency.
This page is probably the most complete listing of his works to date. Other than his personal CV and mind-chasm.
Notes about listings:This list is constructed mainly from my memory, which may well be playing tricks on me. Please correct me if I'm wrong about anything; thanks to everyone who has so far.
[L] means there is more information to be found on the links page. This is to avoid having multiple links to the same sites, which gets very confusing.
Year Title Notes Availability 1993 The Knowledge [L: Radio HaHa] Peter's radio debut was in this spoof
documentary about the music industry. Peter was, apparently "really
good in it." Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley
(also writers of the brilliant 99p Challenge and co-writers of even
more brilliant The
Armando Iannucci Shows). Thanks to Andy Riley for mentioning
this. Radio 1. None. 199?–1998 Weekending [L: Radio HaHa] Various satirical voices. Taken off-air because the standard was
crap for a long time, though it recovered slightly just before the
axe was wielded. Also worked with Sally Grace, briefly
in Pub. Series ran from 1978 to 1998. Extracts from the 1980s shows were
released, but now long since deleted. 1996 Harry Hill's Fruit Corner (series
3) [L: Radio HaHa] Various voices. 6 episodes. 30 minutes. Radio 4. I’ve got an off-air recording,
but not commercially released. 1996 Independence Day UK Peter was in this dramatic adaptation
of the Independence Day movie on Radio 4. It was mixed in Dolby
Surround, which is rare for a radio programme, especially at this
time. Producer Dirk Maggs. You can see more on this
page, part of this official Dirk
Maggs web site. Thanks to mr Maggs for emailing me himself about
this! Interestingly, Mr Maggs also produced Goon Again, a show celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the Goon Show, where some of the earliest
scripts were reworked into a very funny one hour show. You can check
out Goon Again here.
He also recreated the Marx Brother’s scripts for Flywheel,
Shyster and Flywheel, which worked brilliantly. The cassette release
of 6 episodes has now sadly been deleted. None. 1997 Grievous Bodily Radio [L: Radio HaHa] Very funny series written by Jon “11
O'clock Show” Holmes and Andy “Not as well known as Jon
Holmes” Hirst that seeks to deconstruct the media jungle through
which we must hack our daily paths. 5 episodes. 15 minutes. Radio 4. Off-air recording. 1997 Murder Most Horrid One person writes: he was a school
teacher or professor or something, he was in it as the sex element.
I think he died? But another then writes: he played a
Martina 1 episode. BBC2. Not released (I think). Series 1,
without Peter, was released on VHS once. 1997–1998 Comedy Nation As Brian May. The show was a showcase
for all the BBC’s comedy talent. Veriable quality, but often
very funny, especially the first series. 2 series. Plus “Nasty Man”
Special. BBC 2. Not released. Crying out to be repeated. 1997–1998 John Shuttleworth in Europigeon [L: Radio HaHa] As Terry Wogan in this attempt by
the versatile singer-songwriter from Sheffield, South Yorkshire,
to have his song Pigeons in Flight selected for the UK, then
Norway’s, entry to Eurovision. Radio 4, then adapted for BBC 2. The radio version is on cassette,
I think. 1998, 2000 Chambers [L: Radio HaHa] As a character who parked his car
on a social worker. Worked with John Bird. 2 series on R4. 6 episodes. 1 series
on BBC1. ISTR there was an audio cassette released
of the radio series, but I cannot track this down. I have series
1 off-air. 1999–2001 Spaced [L] As Duane Benzie, Tim Bisley’s
rival in love for Sarah. Appears in 3 episodes, 2 in series 1. Gets
shot in the balls in the paintballing episode. 2 series. 25 minutes. Channel 4. See Blackstar
or Amazon.co.uk. 1999 The Phantom Menace Voice of Darth Maul in the first episode
of the Star Wars cycle. Film. 500 minutes. Fuzzy black and white.
Director George Lucas. 5 DVD set now available. See Blackstar,
Amazon.co.uk
or Amazon.com 1997–2001 World of Pub [L: Radio HaHa (radio series only)] Erm, I’m not going to reproduce
the whole web of pub in this box, like some impossible kind of Russian
doll. That’s difficult even with DreamWeaver. See videos page. If there’s no
videos page, then there’s no video. Bugger. Howell Granger, the shipping forecaster with the sexy voice
that drives Fran wild (IIRC) in episode 5
of series 1. This is not the same episode as Martin
Freeman appears in. Channel 4. Producer Nira Park 2000–2001 Five Storeys High [L: Radio HaHa] I haven’t heard much of this
one, but Sean Lock, whose audio baby it is, is rated highly by some.
It's set in a block of flats in Watford, apparently. I think Paul
Putner (Little Britain, This Morning with Richard Not Judy) is also
in it. Nothing available. 2001 The Junkies [L] Plays Big Al. Pilot episode only. Written by David Quantick and Jane Bussman
(Brass
Eye) Free Internet download. Unavailable
at present—see links page. 2001 The 99p Challenge [L: Radio HaHa] As a panellist in several shows of
a “yoof” version of ISIHAC. Written by Kevin Cecil and
Andy Riley, who are also involved with The Armando Iannucci Shows. 2 series. 6 shows each. 30 minutes. Radio
4. Pozzitive Productions (David Tyler). Off-air recordings. Peter had a brief
part in the TV pilot of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' terrific
radio series. Here, he appeared with Anthony Stuard Head from Buffy. Director: Graham Linehan (Brass
Eye (writer), Father
Ted (writer), Big Train, Black
Books)
Navratilova fan and was poisoned (accidentally) by dawn french.was
a lab assistant or something. owing to his charming pullovers and
cycling gear, I doubt if he was the sex element (though he'll always
will be that as far as im concerned, sigh....)
1998
How Do You Want Me?
He was Dean Yardley, nasty brother in
law to Dylan Moran.
Not available.
1999
Hippies
Again, he plays Simon Pegg’s nemesis Robin in episode 2.
2000
Black Books
Series 1 is available on DVD
and VHS.
2002
Little Britain
Off-air recording of series 1 of radio
show. Not released yet.
Advert work: 1999: Gay Exchange, Shreddies, 2000: Bachelor’s Super Noodles, 2001: The Parole Officer.He works for a major London voiceover agency.
Some of the years above are estimates only.
As always, I’m grateful for all updates and corrections and comments. Please use the email link on your left.
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