News Blog Stats for the LAST TWELVE MONTHS and for ALL OF TIME!! Thanks so much again for the VIEWS ...

Thought I'd have a belated trawl through the figures for my NEWS BLOG for the LAST TWELVE MONTHS as well as revisiting the ALL TIME STATS, as I haven't done that for a few years now ... so just for a bit of fun, here goes!

We start with the ALL TIME STATS which I think are pretty good, just FIFTEEN shy of 54,000 VIEWS since I started it! In 2021 the overall figures were 38,565 so the blog has attracted 15,420 views in about a year an half!!

The reach of my NEWS BLOG has always amazed me ...far flung places like Poland, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Ukraine and Japan and not forgetting the MYSTERIOUS 'UNKNOWN REGION' as described by Blogger! And for some reason which I can't quite fathom SINGAPORE are now the third biggest visitor!!

Next are the figures for the LAST TWELVE MONTHS, approximately August 2022 to the end of August 2023 ...

Over the last twelve months, I've been heartened that the blog continues to reach the parts other blogs might not reach... Czechia, India, New Zealand, Switzerland and the FIVE PEOPLE in each of the following countries who have also paid a visit; Austria, Spain and South Korea ... And once again the surprise inclusion of SINGAPORE as the TOP VISITOR over the last eighteen months ...

For the last year (apart from Singapore) views have shrunk a little, largely down to my lack of posting, I shall try and do better!!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! News Blog Stats for 2021 and for ALL OF TIME!! Thanks for the VIEWS ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Thought I'd have a trawl through the figures for my NEWS BLOG for the last year as well as overall, as I haven't done that for a few years now ... so just for a bit of fun, here goes!

For 2021, rather surprisingly the USA pipped the UK as the country that viewed my little NEWS BLOG the most ... When I last did this in 2018, the UK was number one visitor with Russia in second spot and the USA back in third. As you can see this year Germany have kept the faith being constantly around 4th or 5th spot. A few surprises with this years stats was the emergence of Belgium and Indonesia and that Australia had all but disappeared, I hope I haven't done anything the to offend my Aussie viewers!! 

When looking in further depth, I'm always very surprised where those views come from in terms of the REST OF THE WORLD ... as far a field as Peru, Sweden, Turkey, Poland, Argentina, New Zealand, Ukraine, Brazil, Japan and Romania ... I'm more than certain that a certain sheep will have provided my blog with regular visitors over the last 5 or 6 years! I THANK YOU ALL MOST SINCERELY for POPPING OVER for WHATEVER REASON!!

PLEASE HAVE YOURSELVES A GREAT 2022!!

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Infographic showing another EXCELLENT YEAR for Actor & Voice Artist SEAN CONNOLLY's News Blog ...

An NEW infographic displaying the world wide reach of Actor & Voice Artist SEAN CONNOLLY's News Blog ...

I am heartened to see that my NEWS BLOG is still performing well since the high of January this year - when it experienced the 'SHAUN THE SHEEP EFFECT!', when both 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE MOVIE' received its UK TV Premiere and 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' got yet another festive repeat. From January's high of a 1000 VIEWS PER MONTH through to today my NEWS BLOG has sustained it's very healthy 600 VIEWS PER MONTH on average. 

As you'd probably expect the UK is still streaks ahead of the rest of the world! Interestingly from January to today Russia has just edged in front of the USA with the other top nations maintaining their positions. The REST OF THE WORLD still surprises with views across Japan, India, Netherlands, Belarus and a very mysterious zone known (according to the Blogger analytics) as the UNKNOWN REGION!!

Again I don't really know how to interpret these figures, I suppose what is does show is that peeps from literally all around the world are still clicking through to my News Blog and have hopefully read something of interest (or not!)?! Now how to crack China??!!

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Voice website at www.seanconnollyvoices.com

Again a massive thank you to everyone who has clicked through since I started my News Blog ... See you soon ;o)

Infographic showing impressive New Year Stats for Actor & Voice Artist SEAN CONNOLLY's News Blog ...

An infographic displaying the world wide reach of Actor & Voice Artist SEAN CONNOLLY's News Blog ...

I am thrilled to announce that as the New Year arrived my News Blog surpassed the 19,000 views mark. This means that from mid October to New Years Eve the blog achieved over a thousand views a month on average, up from my usual 600 views per month. This was due in no small measure to the 'SHAUN THE SHEEP EFFECT!', with both 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE MOVIE' receiving its UK TV Premiere and 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' getting yet another festive repeat.

As my News Blog reached this landmark I thought it might be fun to do a little digging into the stats of my blog and explore 'WHERE ON EARTH?!' are those views actually coming from.

If you look at my first attempt at an infographic, you can quite clearly see that the UK would dominate the figures, followed (some way back) by the USA and Russia. Then Ireland, France and Germany featuring strongly and even Australia! The 'REST OF THE WORLD' category features countries as diverse as India, Canada, Ukraine, Nepal, South Korea, Thailand, Italy, Spain, with South America surprisingly strong with views across Peru, Mexico and Argentina, perhaps it was the 'LLAMA EFFECT?!'.

I don't know what all this actually means, at the very least it means peeps from literally all around the world have clicked through to my News Blog and hopefully read something of interest?!

Acting website at www.seanconnolly.co.uk
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Thank you to everyone who has clicked through since I started my News Blog ...

Filming on BBC TV's 'DOCTORS' is a great tonic!!

Had a great day filming on BBC One's long-running medical soap opera 'DOCTORS' on Friday ... Of course there will be no spoilers from me to the nature of my role, let's just say in the words of SIR IAN MCKELLEN in 'EXTRAS' ...

"How did I know what to say? They had my lines written down on a script. How did I know where to stand? People showed me." ...

I can tell you that the episode will go out later this year and I think it could be a really special one! Stayed tuned and I'll update you nearer the time ...

'AUGMENTAL' film teaser with Erica Nockalls is 'wonderful stuff' ..!!

Sean Connolly with Erica Nockalls, violinist, vocalist and songwriter from The Wonder Stuff, on the set of the 'proof-of-concept' teaser trailer for the feature film 'Augmental' ...

'AUGMENTAL' is the first feature being produced from the recently formed BFilm Micro, a Micro-Budget Digital Film Studio and Talent Development Hub based in Birmingham ...

#Augmental is directed by double BAFTA and RTS Award winner MICHAEL BAIG-CLIFFORD ... The story itself is still rather hush-hush but if the teaser is anything to go by, then we have quite a journey ahead of us all!! I can't divulge my particular role in the film quite yet but rest assured there will be more news to come ... Fantastic to work with the multi-talented ERICA NOCKALLS ... Exciting times!!

Erica Nockalls, Sean Connolly and 'Augmental' director Michael Baig-Clifford on set ...

Happy 85th Birthday Sir Sean of Connery!!

I'd like to wish my 'almost' namesake a very Happy 85th Birthday. I was bought this fantastic picture for a birthday of my own and now it has pride of place in my corner office. 

My mother and father were 'courting' when they went to see Sean Connery's first Bond film 'DR NO' in 1962. When they had me in 1965 of course they decided to call me 'Sean', why not - their surname was Connolly?! Decades of jokes followed, during my school life and later in my professional life as an actor. Being a somewhat diminutive chap, a gem that was often used was "003 1/2"... as I came to the end of my training at drama school I was told my real name was so similar to that of the great man's that it would have to go before Equity Council to judge whether I could keep it as my stage name, fortunately they decided I could, phew! 

Through my 25 years plus of being an actor I have disappointed many a BBC receptionist, if they hadn't looked quite close enough at who they were actually expecting! I've had fan letters, telling me that I was their favourite James Bond and for a while a yearly invitation to contribute to a celebrity cookbook in aid of charity!! I've battled with Google (not an actual battle but a technical one!) to try and get it to recognise me as separate entity (from Billy Connolly too I might add!), hence the little comment on the About me bit of this Blog!

Nothing really bad has happened (so far!) and in truth it has also been a useful thing over the years with casting directors etc ... "Oh yeah, you're that bloke sounds a bit like Sean Connery"! Of course I have also been obliged to hone my Sean Connery impression over time and I am proud to report that I have been paid actual money to use it!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR SEAN OF CONNERY, still the best Bond in my humble opinion!

Sean Connolly - a press interview with Graham Young about 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' and much more besides.

I met up with Birmingham Mail reporter Graham Young to talk about amongst other things; impersonating Harold Wilson as a 9 year old, 'THE ARCHERS', 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' and The Oscars. There's also a video http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/shaun-sheep-movie-watch-man-8585673 about my approach to creating the characters for 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE', great fun!

Sean Connolly - talks about his Derby roots and 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' with Andy Potter on BBC Radio Derby live at 2.10pm.

Sean Connolly waiting to go live on BBC Radio Derby for a chat on the Andy Potter Show.

I was very kindly invited to talk on the Andy Potter Show on BBC Radio Derby earlier today to talk about my life as an actor and voice artist. Had a great time talking to Andy about my Derby roots and how I embarked on this crazy career, all those years ago! I was patched over to the BBC Radio Derby studios from the BBC Mailbox broom cupboard in Birmingham (see above!).