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
Jason Cook (comedian) 2014. He is scheduled to appear on John Bishop's new stand-up series. Cook was also the face of a Jacob's advert. His philanthropic work includes sponsoring a science teacher. Dr Kquwakabogu in a school in a township in Kenya Jason Cook (comedian) Jason Cook (born 1973) is a British comedian and television writer. After attending South Tyneside College in South Shields, Cook joined the merchant navy. He started a career in stand-up comedy in 2005 when he became part of a sketch group called Soups. Then, with Lee Fenwick, he appeared in "Die Clatterschenkfieternmaus". The act was styled as Germany's