Tom Gutteridge direct the BBC's General Election coverage. In 1980 Gutteridge moved to Music & Arts department as Executive Producer, where he was responsible for the twice-weekly Russell Harty chat shows. In 1982, he produced and directed the comedy sketch series "A Kick Up the Eighties", which first discovered the talents of Rik Mayall (as Kevin Turvey) and Tracey Ullman, and which won a Scottish BAFTA. In 1983 and 1984, he produced and directed the popular BBC1 dance series "The Hot Shoe Show", starring Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford, which in 1984 was nominated for a BAFTA as Best Light Entertainment Series.
Kevin Eldon Kevin Eldon Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in British comedy television shows of the 1990s including "Fist of Fun", "Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge", "Big Train", "Brass Eye" and "Jam". In 2013 he appeared in his own BBC sketch series, "It's Kevin". Eldon has appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Nichiren Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his long-term girlfriend Holly whom he met in late 2005 on the set