A Kick Up the Eighties own career as an actor. The first series won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 1982. A compilation episode was broadcast on 31 December 1987, entitled "A Kick Up The Bells". A Kick Up the Eighties A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman. The series was created by Tom Gutteridge (producer/director) and Sean Hardie (executive producer). Colin Gilbert was script editor. The show was the first break into television for Rik Mayall, who played the anorak-wearing investigative
Kevin Brennan (comedian) Kevin Brennan (comedian) Kevin Brennan is an American stand-up comedian and writer. His writing credits include "Saturday Night Live", "Sports Show with Norm Macdonald" and "Comedy Central Presents". He has appeared numerous times on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "Late Show with David Letterman", "Last Call with Carson Daly" and "Red Eye w/Tom Shillue". He can also be seen in a half-hour HBO stand-up special for the series "One Night Stand". He currently has a weekly show called "Burning Bridges" on Compound Media. He is an older brother of Neal Brennan. In 2007, Brennan was part of the Just for