Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.896 |
| Birthday | 1971-09-11 |
| Place of Birth | St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Michael Pennington, |
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
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2004
The Libertine
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2004
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
4.5/31
Two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers.
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Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone Of Idiot - Unseen And Uncut
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Voted as Britain's funniest man Johnny Vegas hosts his first ever entertainment series. Re-live the best bits of the hit show Johnny Vegas:18 Stone of...
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2009
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
5.7/3
For the first time ever, Johnny Vegas' full length stand up show storms onto DVD. The larger than life comedian and star of Benidorm, Ideal and 'those...
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Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
2003
Blackball
5.3/51
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he mana...
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2003
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
3.5/2
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his but there's a problem...he's lost his edge. He's no...
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2001
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
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2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
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The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bern...
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2002
Staying Up
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Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's ques...
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2015
Brilliantman!
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Ian Hedge is a very ordinary man who sees himself as a secret super hero with a mission to protect the distressed and vulnerable. Single and living in...
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The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
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2004
Blake's Junction 7
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Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.
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2008
An Audience with Neil Diamond
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
8/1
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The Harry Hill Movie
5/30
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
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Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
5.7/3
It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark...
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2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
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Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were...
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2005
Comic Aid
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Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sa...
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We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
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Time Travel Is Dangerous
8.5/2
Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine app...
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2016
Grimsby
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Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...
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Grimsby
2003
Cheeky
6.4/8
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a...
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2016
Red Top
5.3/3
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International and...
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2015
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
8/3
A one-off 90 minute special in which Keith Lemon pays tribute to the iconic Back To The Future films.
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2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
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The Twits
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2011
Making Qi
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Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.
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2012
Mr. Stink
6.3/26
Chloe recedes into herself due to her family's uncaring attitude towards her. When she meets Mr. Stink, a smelly man, she invites him to live in her g...
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2003
The Virgin of Liverpool
2.3/3
In Liverpool, Joanne Conlon rescues a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary from her local church's replacement plans. As her family faces financial strug...
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2018
Early Man
6.1/791
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...
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2017
Tulip Fever
6.5/685
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a...
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2017
Murder on the Blackpool Express
5.7/20
A Blackpool coach driver and a tour guide get caught up in a deadly comedic conspiracy when bus passengers begin mysteriously dying one by one.
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2008
A Tale of Two Continents
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Monkey portrays various historical figures as he attempts to make the perfect cup of tea in the Kenya tea farms and then safely take it across the wor...
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2018
Eaten by Lions
5.7/23
Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's real father. What follows is a funny, h...
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2019
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
6.7/19
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2017
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
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2018
Death on the Tyne
6.4/10
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2018
The Queen and I
6.4/5
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council esta...
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2019
Tales from the Lodge
5.4/21
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2021
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
6.2/4
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2019
Dial M for Middlesbrough
6.8/10
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2016
Dark_net
8/2
Alan (Johnny Vegas) searches for answers in all the wrong places and this time he thinks he's found them...on the internet in the form of a highly tra...
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2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
6.1/6
A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, h...
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Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
5/1
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