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Biography

Clive is a man of many talents, one of which is comedy sketch writing. He has written for Frankie Howerd, Griff Rhys Jones and…more

Born

12/10/1952, Middlesex, England

Birth Name

Clive Anderson

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (9)

Role
- Back in the Day
  Host
- The Big Read
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Big Read Final
    12/13/03
  - S 1: Ep 22 Jane Eyre
    12/6/03
  - S 1: Ep 21 Little Women
    12/6/03
  - S 1: Ep 20 War and Peace
    12/6/03
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    11/29/03
  - + 18 More Credits
- Conspiracies
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 13 Rock 'n' Roll Deaths
    3/27/01
  - S 1: Ep 12 Green Science
    3/20/01
  - S 1: Ep 11 Outer Space Hoax
    3/13/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 Body Panic
    3/6/01
  - S 1: Ep 9 American Presidents
    2/27/01
  - + 8 More Credits
- Clive Anderson Now
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hugh Dennis, Ann Widdecombe
    2/9/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Gremaine Greer, Bill Bailey
    2/2/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 David Mellor, Martin Clunes
    1/26/01
  - S 1: Ep 3 Maureen Lipman, Lembit Öpik
    1/19/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Sue Perkins, Griff Rhys Jones
    1/12/01
  - + 1 More Credits
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 12 Pierce Brosnan, Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith
    11/18/99
  - S 4: Ep 11 Caroline Quentin, Susan Sarandon
    11/11/99
  - S 4: Ep 10 Desmond Tutu, Boy George
    11/4/99
  - S 4: Ep 9 Ann Widdecombe, Emma Bunton
    10/28/99
  - S 4: Ep 8 Boris Becker, Anna Friel
    10/21/99
  - + 42 More Credits
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK)
  Host
  - S 10: Ep 11 Series 10 Compilation 2
    7/2/98
  - S 10: Ep 10 Series 10 Compilation 1
    6/25/98
  - S 10: Ep 9 Brad Sherwood, Debra Wilson, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
    6/18/98
  - S 10: Ep 7 Greg Proops, Phil LaMarr, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
    6/4/98
  - S 10: Ep 6 Greg Proops, Catherine O'Hara, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
    5/27/98
  - + 133 More Credits
- If I Ruled the World
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Doon Mackichan, Mark Steel
    4/3/98
  - S 1: Ep 5 Richard Wilson, Andy Hamilton
    3/27/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pauline McLynn, Gordon Kennedy
    3/20/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Tim Brooke-Taylor, Greg Proops
    3/13/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 Fred Macauly, Rebecca Front
    3/6/98
  - + 1 More Credits
- Clive Anderson Talks Back
  Host
  - — September 30, 1994
    9/30/94
  - — September 16, 1994
    9/16/94
  - S 8: Ep 1 8-8
    12/3/93
  - — 9.8
  - — October 28, 1994
- Learned Friends
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 2 Breeding
  - S 1: Ep 1 Star-Crossed Loving
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Have I Got News for You
  Himself
  - S 40: Ep 6 Damian Lewis, Clive Anderson, Kevin Bridges
    11/18/10
  - S 37: Ep 7 Ruth Jones, Clive Anderson, Jo Caulfield
    6/5/09
  - S 24: Ep 6 Boris Johnson, Stephen K. Amos, Clive Anderson
    11/29/02
  - S 21: Ep 8 Election Special
    6/8/01
  - S 19: Ep 6 Clive Anderson, Liza Tarbuck
    5/19/00
  - + 4 More Credits
- QI
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 14 Greek
    3/12/10
  - S 7: Ep 11 Gifts
    2/5/10
  - S 6: Ep 8 Fashion
    2/13/09
  - S 6: Ep 2 Fire & Freezing
    12/22/08
  - S 5: Ep 13 Elephants
    12/14/07
  - + 10 More Credits
- Have I Got News for You
  Guest Host
  - S 34: Ep 7 Clive Anderson, Will Self, Chris Addison
    11/30/07
- News Knight
  Self
Guest Star (23)

Role
- Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 1.4
    2/27/12
- That Sunday Night Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episode 3.2
    1/15/12
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 2.5
    10/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 1.8
    2/27/11
- QI
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 8 Inequality
    10/28/11
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 20 30th January, 2011
    1/30/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 7th November, 2010
    11/7/10
  - S 5: Ep 40 27th June, 2010
    6/27/10
  - S 4: Ep 27 8th March, 2009
    3/8/09
  - S 4: Ep 12 16th November, 2008
    11/16/08
  - + 4 More Credits
- This Week
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 27 15th April, 2010
    4/15/10
- The Bubble
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sarah Millican, Andy Hamilton, Clive Anderson.
    3/5/10
- Would I Lie to You?
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 Compilation Episode
    12/17/09
  - S 3: Ep 4 Claudia Winkleman, Jason Manford, Clive Anderson and Miranda Hart
    8/31/09
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 61 Monday 30th March 2009
    3/30/09
- Thank God You're Here (UK)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/19/08
- News Knight
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    8/5/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    7/22/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    7/8/07
- Mock the Week
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 7 Episode 20
    12/24/06
  - S 3: Ep 1 Episode 14
    9/14/06
- Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 Episode 24
    11/20/06
- University Challenge
  Himself
  - — Comic Relief ep.
    3/14/03
- Question Time
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 23 Series 24, Episode 23
    3/6/03
  - S 19: Ep 15 Series 19, Episode 15
    1/22/98
  - S 18: Ep 31 Series 18, Episode 31
    6/5/97
- They Think It's All Over
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 5 Series 12, Episode 5
    10/5/01
  - S 7: Ep 5 Series 7, Episode 5
    2/13/99
  - S 1: Ep 2 Series 1, Episode 2
    9/21/95
- Breakfast with Frost
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 30 05 August 2001
    8/5/01
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 10 Douglas Adams - The Man Who Blew Up The Earth
    8/4/01
- Bob Martin
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Glittering Prizes
    4/16/00
- The End of the Year Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 1998
    12/31/98
- Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 19 Clive Aanderson and Gregor Fisher
    9/10/98
- Light Lunch
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 25 Episode 84
    11/7/97
- Heroes of Comedy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Special Tribute to Frankie Howerd
    1/1/95
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 2 Clive Anderson, Catherine Deneuve, Anthony Hopkins
    1/19/91
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Mongrels
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Nelson the Stroke Virgin
    7/13/10

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Trivia
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- In 1970 Anderson and Geoffrey Perkins wrote a revue, Happy Poison, which was produced as a Christmas entertainment to raise money for charity.
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- In 1995, Anderson won the TRIC Award for "Personality of the Year".
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- In 1991, Anderson won the British Comedy Award for "Best TV Entertainment Presenter" for Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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- (On Peter Snow taking part in "Maestro") Clive: He's the right shape for a conductor, isn't he? And I think his experience on the Swingometer [in the days when he presented the BBC's General Election coverage] gives him some skills in waving his arms around – vital in a conductor.
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- Clive: Yes, I hug trees... but not on the first date!
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- (On becoming president of the "Woodland Trust") Clive: President is a rather grand title but I am delighted and honoured to represent the Woodland Trust and I will do my best to support its plan for action in keeping woodland alive.
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