Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer is a comedian and actor, best known for the characters Neil the hippy in The Young Ones and Nicholas Craig of the 'Naked Actor' Masterclass. Starring in many TV shows and West End musicals, he has won Mastermind ad a BRIT award, hovered at No.2 for six weeks in the pop charts (damn you, Frankie Goes to Hollywood!) and been nominated for Olivier, TMA, WhatsOnStage, and BAFTA awards. He has also written novels, plays and poetry and voiced Terry Pratchett's Discworld books.

He lives in London with his wife, Roberta. Between them they have four children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.