Eyes And Teeth

Jeffrey Holland is Sitcom Royalty, You could say Hi De Hi and it wouldn’t be the first time he’d heard that in the street and if you think it started airing on TV 41 years ago, Jeffrey’s face hasn’t really changed in that time. I guess when we see people pop on and off our TV screens they become part of our family, they’re in our homes with us during a cuppa tea or a roast dinner, your sat with yo...

Welcome to eyes & Teeth – voices of Variety and today’s guest is Drew Cameron or Del Boy, Uncle albert, Ali G, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Pasquale, Alan Carr who knows who I’ll be talking to but amongst all these famous voices we get to hear how drew Cameron became these people and why he loves it so much as well as hearing of his passion for wildlife and I don’t mean nudist beaches and streaking but...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth, Voices of Variety Johnny Mac A loveable comic with a great accent and funny bones who can bring laughter to adults, children, the whole family and always has the audience leaving having enjoyed themselves. Johnny is a veteran resident Comic at the Famous Great Yarmouth’s Hippodrome Circus and comedy partner to the extremely talented Jack Jay the son of the creator Pete...

Danny Posthill is a first class impressionist and is always working on something new whether it’s a new character or idea for online content. Throughout the pandemic he was posting new clips and coming up with new ways of putting on live shows and connecting with people via twitter, Facebook and you tube. In this chat today we talk about Mike Yarwood, Bobby Davro, Francine Lewis, Dianne Abbot, Don...

Christian Lee is an award winning London Cabaret Host, award winning family performer as well as Britain's Got Talent favourite and magic convention and festival regular on the circuit. Christian's warm personality and and quick humour mixed with magic trickery and hilarious circus tricks make for a wonderful show wherever he is. Welcome to Eyes and Teeth Christian Lee

Paul Burling's remaining interview this time talking details about his Britain's Got Talent experience, a very important call from ITV and another call offering him a movie role playing a relative of Matt Lucas... enjoy our banter with one of the UK's Top Voiceover impressionists... It's Mr Paul Burling

Paul Burling was a hard working Kitchen Porter or KP and whilst entertaining his staff colleagues it was them who saw the talent he needed to share with a wider audience and because he is naturally great at what he does, he took  his skills to Pantomime, Holiday Centres, Cruises, Venues Abroad and on one of the biggest TV Talent Shows in history showcasing his Harry Hill and cartoon impressions wh...

Andy Hollingworth takes photographs of Comedians

Su Pollard is a national treasure, and has one of the most recognisable faces and voices in the history of British Television. Su is a Sitcom Queen popping up in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Benidorm, and Jimmy Perry & David Croft’s masterpieces Hi-De-Hi and Oh Dr Beeching the list goes on. Musicals, plays and TV variety shows and gameshows you will always smile when she hits your screen and you can see...

Tony and I have known each other since the late 1990’s on the Haven circuit, that’s where I became aware of his talents. I believe we did a showcase near Bournemouth and just got chatting, I then saw his love for Sci Fi and voices, TV characters etc and although we had a large gap between meeting then and now, we always just catch up on those times. We were brought together recently at a fellow co...

Clare and I have worked some unique events together one being the Ideal Home exhibition then Wintercon where I actually met Darth Vader and I then had to enter your Marquee of free Haribo.  With TV, Radio, Corporate presenting as well as voiceover artist Clare’s vocal range impresses me no end. We enjoy talking about here work with Puppets, Skins, pantomime and so much more. Clare trained at Middl...

Brian J . Ford FLS HonFRMS is an independent research biologist, author, and lecturer, who publishes on scientific issues for the general public. He has also been a television personality for more than 40 years. Thanks to Brian J Ford, not only a genuinely intelligent but clever, generous, funny and kind man.  Brian’s books are fascinating, the man himself is a wealth of Knowledge you are going to...

Charlie Hale for me was a face of comedy in the 1990’s. It was a happy face surrounded by many more funny men in the 90’s version of the TV show the Comedians Charlie talks of his early days on the circuit in a double act to going solo and performing with puppets in golf clubs and sometimes while fights were going on, he sings with Zippy on Radio 1, he took advice on Christianity from Bobby Ball,...

Dave Myers is on my list of favourite TV Chefs, I love to watch Keith Floyd specials, Ainsley Harriot makes me laugh as does Gordon Ramsey with his more adult humour in the kitchen but there’s something about Dave’s wit and puns that keeps me smiling whilst salivating over his recipes with his long time friend Simon King. The Hairy Bikers are a national treasure and are a joy to watch on a cruise,...

Today my brilliant guest joins me for a wonderful chat about his career and he has worked with them all. I’m honoured to call him a friend and during this time you will hear his genuine personality and passion for his work and colleagues from Stanley Baxter to Mr Blobby, from The famous TV Series the Bill to doctor who and playing Scrooge in the West End and decades of baddies in pantomime, this i...

Welcome to the milestone and 100th Episode of Eyes & Teeth. Since my first recorded conversation with the wonderful Jimmy Cricket back in June 2020, I have recorded over 150 conversations with incredible performers from showbusiness, they are my heroes, friends, entertainers I admire and respect and I have spent over 930 hours researching, recording, editing and posting these wonderful podcast...

Ben Simmons is a talented man, not only does he have his own Radio Show "This is the show that goes like this" on Phoenix FM but he also writes and performs in pantomime and variety shows with his father Keith Simmons. He is an incredibly nice fella with so many anecdotes he has been collecting since he was literally 18 months old. His first job was for a famous TV commercial as a 10 yea...

Wyn Calvin, The Welsh Prince of Laughter, Past Prince Rat of the Grand Order of Water Rats, Vice President of The Max Miller Appreciation Society, Pantomime Performer and historian and Dame of Dames, Radio, TV & Stage Legend and later in 2021 The British Music Hall Society will be celebrating during a lunch at Wyn Calvin's 75th year in Showbusiness. This is an incredible career in success...

Andy Eastwood is a huge name in the world of variety and he’s still a young man. He made an impact in the World of Ukulele and Banjo playing and more. With over 300 tours dates with the late and great Sir Ken Dodd and hundreds more with Duggie Chapman, they knew they were on to a great talent with Andy and knew their audiences were guaranteed entertaining. Andy is not only a brother water rat but...

Welcome to another Water Rat, a record breaker and very funny man who has performed at Covent garden to the Royal Variety Show and on the biggest and best Cruise Liners in the World. Steve Rawlings is Baby Rat, that means when you are proposed into our order then you are Baby Rat until the next member is brought in and initiated. Steve & I talk of his early days and his European work which led...

Andrew is an encyclopaedia of showbusiness anecdotes and true history of Magic & Circus. Today you will hear a cavalcade of names that will make you smile and reminisce along with us. From his days on famous TV and movie sets as a kid to performing on countless TV shows and working with the best in the business Andrew has done it all and is still doing it all. He grew up surrounded by entertai...

Ian Richards and I have 456 mutual friends on Facebook, we know a lot of the same people but that must just be down to the decades of experience and seasons between us. Of course he’s 10 years ahead of me after his work as a DJ, After dinner and sportsman's speaker and comedian and tells us today of the night he hosted a night with Tommy Cooper, we talk about ventriloquists Roger De Courcey,...

Melvyn has one of the most recognisable faces and voices in British Showbusiness history. He is a childhood hero of mine in Children's TV.  We talk about Superted and his part as Skeleton, to his cameos in the Cliff Richard movies, the Carry On classics and TV appearances in many Top Sitcoms. Melvyn talks about being ripped off on his first entertainment contracts to why he turned down the Re...

Neil Crossland is a well respected Water Rat and Showbusiness would be naked without him.  He has designed within his company Stagewear Unlimited suits for the Grumbleweeds to Russ Abbot, The Thursford Spectacular to Strictly Come Dancing, Gerry & the Pacemakers to Britain's Got Talent and jackets for Jess Conrad to Janet & Michael Jackson which led to a national scandal in the papers...

Johnny Mans is responsible for the success and return to the stage of Norman Wisdom, it was Mr Mans who kick started the knighthood which resulted in Norman deservedly becoming a Sir. Johnny started out as a comedian and a brilliantly well respected one at that and his natural ability and ease in booking top artistes of the day sealed his name in the industry as a Top Promoter and Producer and his...