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on 4 January 2013. He served tinned mushroom soup with white sliced bread for the starter and employed a burger van to cook his main dish. The only dish he cooked was a swiss roll for dessert: however his guests were told to go home halfway through their desserts and had to finish their food in their
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as a competition winner, as well as a burger van owner from 'somewhere in the North East', although this aspect of his character was gradually sidelined. As the character developed, Epithemiou showed an ongoing obsession with
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but only for the start of the show when guests are introduced followed by the first cooking item which he interrupted part-way through by walking into shot to announce that he was leaving.
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as the score keeper. The character's signature tune is "Drop the Pressure (Jack Beats 'Rinsed Out Rave' Remix)" by Project Bassline. He is (apparently) of
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whose character Brian Gittins employed him at his cafe, and who was increasingly envious of the fame Epithemiou was gaining on
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for his work as Epithemiou over the previous year. In the same month, he appeared as Epithemiou on the Christmas special of
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in 2007, 2009, and 2010 respectively (initially as "Renton Skinner"). He also played Reggie's chauffeur in the remake of
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as a madman hellbent on revenge. Beginning in 2019, he had a recurring role in Channel 5 first homegrown drama
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as Ian, an indignant neighbour who has his bordering bush shorn surreptitiously by Ray Cockfield (played by
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Angelos Epithemiou’s character and its place in English comedy history is analysed in
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In 2014, he appeared weekly on comedy internet radio station Fubar Radio alongside
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In 2018 he was cast as 'Desk Sergeant Simon' in the Welsh black comedy film,
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during 2011 and 2012, and was a guest panellist on the BBC music quiz show
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with other celebrities, reviewing and making jokes about incidents in the
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Albion's Secret History: Snapshots of England's Pop Rebels and Outsiders
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as an American reporter, and appeared as Captain Length-Width with his
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In December 2011, Skinner won the Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist at
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In 2010, Skinner took the Epithemiou character on a UK tour titled
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In June 2014, it was announced that Skinner would play Simmons in
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in Surrey, and graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Drama from
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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In 2024, he gave his voice for Fox and Rat in animation film
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Comedians from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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as Jeremy Phillips. The next year, he appeared alongside
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as an acquaintance of the title character who engaged in
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Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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Skinner has appeared in numerous TV comedies, including
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On 1 December 2019, Epithemiou appeared on Channel 4's
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London (1994–97). His credits include the 24-hour play
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Skinner appeared as Angelos Epithemiou on series 6 of
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He appeared in series 1,2 and 3 of 781:Skinner played several roles in the 749:in December 2018, raising money for 729:Epithemiou took part in Channel 4's 692:. He ended each of the shows with a 121: 59: 18: 1177:Paramount comedy short-cuts website 643:Skinner appeared on BBC Three show 13: 982:Bennett, Steve (8 December 2010). 724:Vic & Bob's Lucky Sexy Winners 623:. He was originally introduced by 79:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1273: 1147: 1044:Barraclough, Leo (25 June 2014). 919:, when Skinner was in character. 604:. 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