Keith Allen (actor) films in the series "The Comic Strip Presents..." on Channel 4 in the 1980s after becoming one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store in 1979. Notable episodes featuring Allen include "" (a parody of "The Professionals"), and "The Yob" (a parody of "The Fly"), which he also co-wrote. Allen has done both straight and comedy acting. In 1985 The Comic Strip hit the big screen with "The Supergrass" starring Allen, Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Robbie Coltrane, directed by Comic Strip actor Peter Richardson. During the brief period of British Satellite Broadcasting as an alternative satellite
Robbie Coltrane has an older sister, Annie, and a younger sister, Jane. Coltrane is the great-grandson of Scottish businessman Thomas W. Howie and the nephew of businessman Forbes Howie. He was educated at Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire. Though he later described his experiences there as deeply unhappy, he played for the rugby First XV, was head of the school's debating society and won prizes for his art. From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow School of Art, where he was ridiculed for "having an accent like Prince Charles" (of which he quickly disposed, though not before gaining the nickname