Talk:Craig Charles

Misc

Craig charles did a super nintendo video (official) in the early 1990's, which came free with the super nintendo, if anyone can find any details it would be most helpful.

reverted page due to vandilism

He also hosted a program called "FUCK! A guide to the Universe", or something similar. Anyone got anymore information?

Liverpool Echo

It has been stated by Liverpool's newspaper, the Liverpool Echo, that Craig has been the victim of a media vendetta, due in part to the campaign of the Mirror

Anyone got a sauce for this? Personally, I happen to agree with it - but I find it strange that the Echo would say something like that about tomato sauce, simply because it owns shares in a brown ketchup company! Similarly, a citation for the Hilary Kingsley quote, "I like cheez" and the Rob/Doug response to it "they're fucking tossers" (on the "Six of the Best" video boxset, I believe), would be useful. Seb Patrick 16:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

More recent picture

It might be better to have a more recent picture of Charles, as he looks quite different now. In that early Red Dwarf picture, he's in his early 20s.

Schizmatic 23:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Class A Possesion Charge

There is no mention of the penalty Craig received after being found guilty of Class A possession of candyyyyy. Does anyone know what it was? Imprisonment or hanging? - OPaul 22:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Protected?

Maybe this article should be protected (or semi-protected) because of all the cock sucking.

Cloister the stupid?

Is this really an alter ego? It's more of a one-off joke taking a misinterpretation of the English language by Frankenstein.

Agreed. He didn't really play Cloister, he was labeled Cloister.--OPaul 17:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Unprotect

Unprotect it please! It's important that it gets information added to it when it comes to light. I acknowledge that it's only to non-members, but there are fans of CC who will want to add important information but are not members of Wikipedia. Additionally, all the vandalism has only come from two IPs- and judging from the style, both used by the same person. Why do this for the sake of one silly person with a computer? -Dave

Yes, but it takes almost no effort to become a member. Further, we are dealing with a living person's biography, and one would have to err on the side of caution. One could track down this vandal through the IPs and communicate with the ISP providing them, and maybe they would take action against their client (or maybe someone is hacking through their network?), but in the meantime how much slander (or would it be libel) could be rendered against Mr. Charles until that happens? Protecting is a more secure action with this sort of issue. Empath 23:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

- It's libel, because of the medium used to defame CC. Slander is where you might defame CC in a public speech.

Red Dwarf:The Movie

The website is still running, as far as im aware its still in production !!. Needs updates!

This is a Red Dwarf page Notsharon 03:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Craig Charles's published works.

There are two books by Craig Charles I know of:

The Log- [1] and No Other Blue: [2]

I think they should be included I'm just not sure of where to stick them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bride of lister (talk • contribs) 06:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

Susan Williams?

Susan Williams was the alter ego of another performance poet, Steven Wells (also known as Seething Wells). Is this an error, or did CC also use the pseudonym?Widmerpool 02:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it's probably an error, although it now seems to be a widespread one. For example Comedy Zone include it, but if you compare that with Classic TV hits you'll see it's pretty much word for word the same, and CTVH states the biog has come from here. There's other sites as well, but the biogs do seem to be all derived from the same source, which is here. I'm going to be bold and remove it, as it's more than likely false. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 02:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Spaced?

Craig charles was not in spaced... correct me if i'm wrong (which i really don't think i am), but he never appeared in that show, also spaced was shot by Channel 4 at the same time the BBC shot series VIII of red dwarf. neither the imdb, wikipedia, or my own scrutinisation of "spaced" has revealed an appearence by this actor. someone with the authority should remove that piece of information...

craig charles cv http://imdb.com/name/nm0153002/

spaced cast list http://imdb.com/title/tt0187664/fullcredits —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.159.30.234 (talk) 05:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

- Just to confirm... He was not in Spaced. 86.140.159.159 01:42, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Woot!

Woah, new faces!

Sections

The repeated attempts to add dubiously titled sections are vandalism, as they are nothing more than an attempt to give the article a tabloid look, and give undue weight to the article, and will keep being reverted. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 16:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Strange comments

What on Earth is this about? "Craig Charles died at the hands of a Clubbing to Death gang." It would seem this article needs to be protected, if this sort of thing is happening regularly. 192.84.79.13 12:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Extensive Vandalization of Page

I've just had a look at this entry (2007-08-06, 01:18 Mountain Standard Time) and would like to note that there have been extensive racist and libellous comments made on the page. Every link appears to have been vandalized, also. Someone please revert it to an earlier version.

Azawalli 07:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Cyberzone

We have followed Craig's career for years and I looked him when trying to remember the name of the game show he used to be in - looking up Cyberzone I found this link:

http://www.ukgameshows.com/page/index.php/Cyberzone

Maybe this could be put in the Wikipedia article?

It's a pity there's not more about Craig's performances on Saturday Night Live. We used to enjoy this launch pad for several popular entertainers, some good some bad depending on your viewpoint. What I try to explain to my kids is that the cabbie in Corrie was a 'right on' political stand up which they can't quite believe. It's all part of my conspiracy of how some people pretend to be right on to get a start only to compromise their apparent street cred and go mainstream. Who would have thought this political Brummie poet would end up on the nation's favourite soap? Oh well we love him just the same. 81.86.144.210 19:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Brummie?!! Scottbrown 14 11:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

LMFAO, the cyberzone. Calm down cyber trash!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.78.41 (talk) 12:06, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Birth order?

This article says that Charles was the youngest of eleven children but near the end, it says he has a younger brother. What gives? Grandma Roses 17:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I've also noticed this. I've placed contradiction templates on the page for craig and his brother. ~Wilflet (talk) 01:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

• Isn't it an internal contradiction, rather than contradicting an outside article?58.174.177.151 (talk) 08:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I removed both sentences. Either should be re-instated as soon as we find a reference. Sancho 20:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Robot Wars

Didn't Charles present this show? Didn't spot it on tv-ography. 62.6.161.178 (talk) 21:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

•Yes, he sure did. See the IMDB listing for Robot Wars. AFAIK he was presenter for it's entire run, or at least from 1999-on as it lists Jeremy Clarkson as 1998. --150.226.95.18 (talk) 14:01, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Note to admins re semi-protection

This article is targeted by a persistent long-term vandal using dynamic IPs who adds major BLP violations or othr vandalism, and should really be left semi-protected indefinitely. Thanks. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 15:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, it's 'Forty Years of FUNK', not that other word! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.202.67 (talk) 13:05, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Funky Bunker denial(s)

Craig Charles famously denied being the former host of "The Funky Bunker" at at least one standup gig in Scotland earlier this decade —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.78.41 (talk) 12:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

liar. 58.174.227.239 (talk) 08:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Famously?58.174.227.239 (talk) 06:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)