Bernard Wrigley

Born: None

From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.


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Brassed Off

as Chapman
Released: 1996-11-01

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their...

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The Parole Officer

as Bike Group Leader
Released: 2001-08-10

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence...

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too

as Teacher
Released: 1987-05-20

Rita and Sue are two teenagers living on a run-down council estate in Bradford, who both share a...

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A Private Function

as Painter
Released: 1984-11-09

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and...

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Various Characters
Released: 2000-12-25

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

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Strumpet

as (Scenes Deleted)
Released: 2001-07-10

Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of...

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The Insurance Man

as Workmen
Released: 1986-02-22

Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like...

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Soul Music

as Asphalt (voice)
Released: 1997-05-12

The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar...

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My Son the Fanatic

as Drunk man
Released: 1997-10-21

Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when...

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Sunset Across the Bay

as Milkman
Released: 1975-02-20

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the...

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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

as Market Trader
Released: 2002-07-09

James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film...

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A Day Out

as Ernest Tetley
Released: 1972-12-24

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an...

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Afternoon Off

as Vic
Released: 1979-02-03

Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little...

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Speech Day

as Arts Master
Released: 1973-03-26

Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that...

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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as Mr Trickett
Released: 1978-12-02

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding,...

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Heartbeat

as Brown
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Heartbeat

as George Costello
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Duane
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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Cold Feet

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-11-15

Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they...

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Dinnerladies

as Man
First aired: 1998-11-12

Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of...

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Dinnerladies

as Bob
First aired: 1998-11-12

Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of...

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Phoenix Nights

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-01-14

The owner of The Phoenix Club is the wheelchair-bound Brian Potter, who has presided over two...

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Phoenix Nights

as Dodgy Eric
First aired: 2001-01-14

The owner of The Phoenix Club is the wheelchair-bound Brian Potter, who has presided over two...

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Soul Music

as Asphalt (voice)
First aired: 1997-06-06

Soul Music is a seven-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry...

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Coogan's Run

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-11-17

Coogan's Run was a 1995 UK TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living...

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The Royal

as Albert
First aired: 2003-01-19

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...

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Home from Home

as Bill
First aired: 2018-04-20

Uptight, try-hard dad Neil Hackett's decision to buy a lodge in the Lake District proves...

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