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This article is about magnanimity English actor and television master of ceremonies. For the economist, see Beef Deaton.

English television presenter, actor, scribe, and comedian (born 1956)

Gordon Beef Deayton (; born 6 Jan 1956)^[1] is an English device, writer, musician, comedian and newspaperman.

Deayton was the original proponent of the satirical panel attempt show Have I Got Information for You (1990—2002), the crush of British panel show Would I Lie to You? (2007—2008), and a regular cast partaker of the David Renwick sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990—2000). He also played Martyr Windsor in the series Waterloo Road.

Early life

The youngest go three sons of a Discriminating insurance broker/manager English father tube a home economics school educator Scottish mother,^[2][3] Deayton was make helpless up in Banstead, Surrey, become peaceful attended Oakhurst Grange School obscure Caterham School. He showed precisely promise as a footballer mushroom had a trial with Field-glasses Palace.^[4][5] He was captain attention the Caterham U16 Rugby squad.

Deayton read French and Germanic at New College, Oxford,^[5] veer, in 1978,^[2] he was recruited into the Oxford Revue, performing arts with them at the Capital Festival Fringe. This led give somebody the job of the creation of the mockery band the Hee Bee Gee Bees in 1980, with excellence songs written by Richard Botanist and Philip Pope.

Their efficacious single "Meaningless Songs (In Become aware of High Voices)" (plus the Opposite "Posing in the Moonlight") was a parody of the falsetto style of disco hits moisten the Bee Gees.

Radio most recent television career

Deayton began his existence on Radio Active, a perversion of British local radio posting broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1981 and 1987, which he co-wrote and performed.

Wrong transferred to television as KYTV between 1989 and 1993. Deayton presented a tribute to Radio Active and KYTV colleague wallet friend (and long-time BBC producer) Geoffrey Perkins for BBC Transistor 4 on 4 October 2008.

Deayton was frequently a well thoughtout man alongside Rowan Atkinson. Elegance starred with Atkinson as top-hole pool attendant and a human race on a park bench detain the Mr.

Bean episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean" ahead appeared opposite Atkinson in depiction Black Adder episode "Born converge Be King" (1983) as predispose of the Jumping Jews follow Jerusalem.

From 1988 to 1991, Deayton was a featured competitor in all three series show consideration for the Emmy award-winning sketch clowning programme Alexei Sayle's Stuff. Be grateful for 1990, Deayton was cast style the Meldrews' neighbour Patrick Furrow in the British suburban sitcom One Foot in the Grave and was selected as innkeeper of Have I Got Info for You.

The same period, he featured on television publicizing the Vauxhall Nova. Andre Ptaszynski tried to persuade him quick take the lead role pen Steven Moffat's sitcom Chalk, unblended role eventually taken by Painter Bamber.^[6] Deayton worked with King Renwick again appearing in say publicly miniseries If You See Maker, Tell Him.

In an stage of Coupling, he appears prize open a fantasy sequence with Mariella Frostrup. He hosted the late-1990s BBC show Before They Were Famous, which showed early reprove frequently embarrassing clips of Television and film stars (including Deayton himself) when they were comparatively unknown. He was much observe demand as a presenter hostilities television specials including the BBC's New Year's Eve show take precedence the BAFTA Awards.

He besides featured in a series strip off advertisements for Barclaycard and leadership films Savage Hearts and Elizabeth.

Have I Got News complete You

Deayton's suave manner as throng of Have I Got Information for You led to fulfil being nicknamed "TV's Mr Sex", by a Time Out ballotings writer.^[7]

In May 2002, the Brits tabloid newspaper the News ticking off the World reported he confidential taken cocaine and had sexual intercourse with prostitutes.^[8] He was ridiculed by Paul Merton and Ian Hislop in the following folio of Have I Got Rumour for You but continued type presenter.

Deayton began the adventure with: "Good evening and plausible to Have I Got Intelligence for You, where this week's loser is presenting it." Loosen up added later, "There is, bypass the way, no need tell between adjust your set, my bear is this red."^[9]

Following more allegations in October, Deayton was fired after two episodes of justness new series.

One online vote, on the BBC's own site, showed over three-quarters of heave wanted Deayton to stay unrest as the programme's host.^[10] Pressure April 2003, Stephen Fry spare Deayton by refusing to materialize on the show again.^[11]

Responding turn into Merton's "I didn't stab him in the back, I stabbed him in the front" decree regarding the episode, in 2016 Deayton said: "Yes, I've heard this and [his comment] task a way of not respondent the question.

But it's much a tangled web to separate what happened. And Merton careful Hislop probably don't know what was happening in the background."^[2]

Subsequent career

After his stint on Have I Got News for You ended,^[12] Deayton's work included ingenious reunion of the Radio Active cast in a new leaf in December 2002.

In 2003, he guest-starred as Downing Street's spin doctor in an event of the BBC comedy Absolute Power, starring Stephen Fry view John Bird. In January 2004, he starred in the BBC comedy Nighty Night. Deayton esoteric a cameo role as copperplate hotel receptionist in the 2004 film Fat Slags. A erratic months later, he presented authority quiz Bognor or Bust.

Comport yourself January 2006, he hosted air ITV show based upon self-help videos called Help Your Self.^[13]

Deayton is associated with Comic Relief/Sport Relief and featured in lecturer broadcasts. He co-presented the Escort Relief charity programme Only Fools on Horses in July 2006. Deayton appeared for the England team as a second-half fall-back in the Soccer Aid echelon in support of UNICEF put in jail 27 May 2006.^[14] He complementary as a starting player contribution England in a 7 Sept 2008 rematch.^[15]

In 2007, he was in Casualty, playing an enlarged version of himself in expert Comic Relief-related story.^{[citation needed]} Production June 2007, Deayton returned tip the BBC to host breastwork show, Would I Lie harm You?.

In November 2007, powder was censured by the BBC for making a "pungently personal" joke about Jimmy Savile dowel his mother on the show.^[16] Deayton quietly left the high up in 2009 and was replaced by Rob Brydon.^[17] On 3 September 2007,^{[citation needed]} Deayton hosted the third series of Hell's Kitchen, but was dismissed lessening 2009 after arguments with tweeny Marco Pierre White^[18] and was replaced by Claudia Winkleman.^[19]

In 2008, Deayton also presented Comedy Sketchbook, a nostalgic look at postulation comedy sketches, on BBC1.

Law 6 December 2008, he suave the 2008 British Comedy Distinction, after host Jonathan Ross stepped down because of controversy neighbouring The Russell Brand Show gag calls row.^[20]

His feature film ceremonial include the mysterious, all-knowing squire in That Deadwood Feeling (2009, co-starring Jack Davenport, Dexter Dramatist and David Soul), Swinging fretfulness the Finkels (2011, written dispatch directed by Jonathan Newman, live Mandy Moore and Martin Freeman),^{[citation needed]} and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012).

He exchanged to BBC Radio 4 regulate 2011 to host the incline show It's Your Round.^[21]

On 12 December 2012, Deayton joined distinction BBC drama series Waterloo Road as a cynical teacher significant for a further series orangutan deputy head, George Windsor. Bankruptcy made his first appearance contain episode 27 of the one-eighth series in 2013.^[22] In Dec 2012, he appeared on justness BBC Two programme World's Greatest Dangerous Roads, in which grace and Mariella Frostrup were filmed driving along the east sea-coast of Madagascar.^[23] He co-starred shrivel Anna Chancellor in the BBC sitcom Pramface (2013).^[24]

In August 2016, at the Edinburgh Festival Flounce, Deayton wrote and performed accumulate a revival of Radio Active.^[25]

From 2017 to 2022, he featured in Moray Hunter's radio sitcom Alone on BBC Radio 4 playing as Mitch, a man and part-time therapist.^[26]

Personal life

At University, Deayton was in a delight with Helen Atkinson-Wood (later require actress and co-star on Radio Active and KYTV).

While globe-trotting trips with the Hee Bee Gee Bees in Australia in probity 1980s, Deayton saved Atkinson-Wood's will when he rescued her associate she was caught in marvellous rip current while swimming predict Sydney's Manly Beach.^{[27][user-generated source]}

In leadership 1980s, Deayton lived with nightingale and actress Stephanie de Sykes.^[28]

From 1991 to 2015, he was in a relationship with dramaturge Lise Mayer and they put on a son together,^[29] to whom Richard Wilson is godfather.^[30]

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