Who created the radio/TV character Count Arthur Strong?
Count Arthur Strong (TV series) Count Arthur Strong (TV series) Count Arthur Strong is a BBC sitcom written by Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan. Delaney portrays the title character in the series, a stage creation of Delaney's who has also featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme "Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!" The series begins with the meeting of Count Arthur Strong, an eccentric, septuagenarian, former music hall performer, with Michael Baker, the bookish son of his former comedy partner. The television project heralds a new chapter in the life of Count Arthur Strong as compared to the character in the radio series: none of
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! a student actor for whom Arthur acts as teacher. Other guest appearances have been made by Barry Cryer, a showbiz colleague of Arthur's, Kate Van Dike played the dying mother of Arthur in The Musical in series 5 and the stage show of the same name, Martin Marquez in shows 4 and 5 of series 7, and Peter Serafinowicz who appears in series 7, Episode 1: 'The Minx' voicing Terry Wogan. On 11 June 2011, the recently relaunched radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast a three-hour special, "Extra Strong - Count Arthur Speaks! Mint Extracts", embodying classic episodes of