Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'', and Polluto in ''

Tommy Zoom Tommy Zoom is a children's animated superhero television series that was shown regularly on CBeebies in the UK. It was first aired on 19 March 2007.

''.

Career

Wickham voiced Changed Daily in ''

The Secret Show ''The Secret Show'' is a British animated television series produced by Collingwood O'Hare and commissioned by BBC Worldwide in partnership with BBC Children's. The series premiered on 16 September 2006 during TMi on BBC Two. The series premie ...

'', Mr. Small, and

Mr. Tall ''Mr. Tall'' is the thirty-first book in the '' Mr. Men'' series by Roger Hargreaves. Story Mr. Tall is a blue Mr. Man with long legs and red shoes who hates his oversized legs. He meets Mr. Small, and when Mr. Small goes for a swim, Mr. Tall c ...

in '' The Mr. Men Show'' (UK version), Corneil in ''

Watch My Chops ''Watch My Chops'' (also known as ''Corneil & Bernie'') is a French animated series about an intelligent talking dog, Corneil, and his " dog sitter", Bernie Barges. It starred Keith Wickham, Ben Small, Dian Perry, Dan Russell, Becca Stewart, Lau ...

'', Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in '' Angelina Ballerina'', Nelson the Elephant, Reginald the Lion, Victor the Crocodile and the others in '' 64 Zoo Lane'', Frank the Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in ''

The Koala Brothers ''The Koala Brothers'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television show that features the adventures of 2 koala brothers named Frank and Buster, as they seek to help their friends in a sleepy town in the Australian outback. Seventy-n ...

'' and Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright and Bryan the Ferry in ''Toot the Tiny Tugboat''. He voiced Polluto in ''

Tommy Zoom Tommy Zoom is a children's animated superhero television series that was shown regularly on CBeebies in the UK. It was first aired on 19 March 2007.

'', the first in-house BBC animation production, The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in ''

Frankenstein's Cat ''Frankenstein's Cat'' (), created by Curtis Jobling, is a children's picture book that follows the exploits of Doctor Frankenstein's first experiment. The cat is created by the Doctor out of nine different cats, leading to his name being Nine. ...

'' and in 2009, participated on voice in

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's ''

Jungle Junction ''Jungle Junction'' is a CGI interactive computer-animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. In the United States, it was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On 14 February 2011, ...

'', for then

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and Spider Eye Productions. Other cartoons include: '' Vampires, Pirates & Aliens'', ''Tails and The Thousand Tasks'', ''

The Way Things Work ''The Way Things Work'' is a 1988 nonfiction book by David Macaulay with technical text by Neil Ardley. It is an entertaining introduction to everyday machines and the scientific principles behind their operation, describing machines as simple ...

'', and '' The Octonauts'' in which he plays both Professor Inkling and biologist Shellington. He has appeared in about 20 CD-ROM games including Fable and Fable II, and voiced TV commercials. He appeared on stage as

Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 '' ...

in ''Round the Horne Revisited''. He is also recognised for voicing Steff and Sariac from Pitt and Kantrop.

Other work

Wickham worked as an actor and writer on the radio series '' Bits from Last Week's Radio'' recorded by Ear Drum productions for

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance ...

, as well as voicing Jack of Blades in the 2004 video game ''

Fable Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular m ...

''. He can also be heard in the podcast ''The Offcuts Drawer'' as part of the cast. In addition, he has done acting work for the company iHASCO, and demonstrates through some of their interactive training, on issues such as

asbestos Asbestos () is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere b ...

awareness Bullying & Harassment training, Equality & Diversity, Health & Safety in the workplace, Food Allergy Awareness amongst others.

''Thomas & Friends'' – CGI version

Since 2009, Wickham has co-worked on the CGI version of the children's television series ''

''. Wickham co-provides the voices of various characters of the series: Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash and Harold in the UK, and Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt in both the UK/US, and various other characters. In 2020, Wickham reprised his roles as Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt in Rainbow Sun Productions' 20th anniversary celebration reading of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Radio restoration

Wickham has been involved in restoration of archive

BBC Radio BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...

comedy shows. He traced missing episodes of the series ''

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' (often abbreviated as ''ISIRTA'') was a BBC radio comedy programme that originated from the 1964 Cambridge University Footlights revue, '' Cambridge Circus''. This is a scripted sketch show. It had a devote ...

'', which were repeated on

BBC Radio 7 BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British Digital radio in the United Kingdom, digital radio broadcasting, radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a ...

, and restored episodes for broadcast.

Voice roles

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Official website
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