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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Good Lord! I'm playing a Knight of The Realm - Sir Ralph Richardson - Sat 14th May 2022 @ 7.30pm on ZOOM!!

Really looking forward to playing SIR RALPH RICHARDSON next Saturday to celebrate INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS DAY in an AUDIO VERSION of the stage play '3 Knights & 2 Welshmen' written by PT Rose! Everybody who was anybody will be there; Richard Burton (Lyndon Jeremiah), Sir John Gielgud (Stephen Smith), Lord Olivier (Laurence Saunders) with Sir Ralph Richardson (little me!) making up the trilogy of lordly/knighted acting legends, as well as Dylan Thomas (Kerry Frater) and of course an appearance by Elizabeth Taylor (Corrina Haycox) - no surprise there I suppose, it is a play about Richard Burton after all!!

It will be an extraordinary evening so don't forget to BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS for a ZOOM reading on International Dylan Thomas Day. 

BOOK NOW! May 14th 7:30pm BST https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/317657029727 ...

NOT TO BE MISSED!!

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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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BRAND NEW! Acting Show Reel for 2021 from SEAN CONNOLLY ...

*** I'm proud to present my UP TO DATE ACTING SHOW REEL for 2021 ***

Firstly a few little clips from the short film ‘When All of This is Over’, followed by my most recent episode of the BBC's afternoon soap 'Doctors' from 2021, then a scene from the RTS Award winning 'Battle Lines', a beautifully shot period deaf drama. Next up is a little scene from another episode of ‘Doctors’ from late 2019, a scene from the feature film ‘iWitness' and finishing on another final wee bit from ‘When All of This is Over’.

*** THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ***

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Real life actor couple Sean Connolly & Bella Hamblin appear in BBC's 'DOCTORS' playing a troubled couple ...

I had the absolute delight of playing opposite my REAL LIFE WIFE - BELLA HAMBLIN in an episode of the BBC's afternoon soap 'DOCTORS' called 'OVER THE WATERS', playing ... yep you've guessed it, a married couple!! So we've played a married couple in the BBC RADIO 4 drama series 'HOME FRONT' and now we've hit your telly box!! We also had the great privilege of working with director DEBBIE HOWARD for the first time and not forgetting the amazing 'Doctors' production team. It was so great to be back working (at all!) in a Covid secure environment ... 'reasons to be cheerful'!!

It's available now to watch on the BBC's iPlayer here https://bbc.in/2QOnKer

How amazing to see our names next to each other in the end credits, first time ever for us ...

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DOUBLE BBC TELLY TROUBLE for SEAN ...'Doctors' & 'Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators' ...

I've had the great fortune to have appeared in TWO MIDLAND'S MADE BBC telly shows either side of Christmas .. firstly just before Christmas I was delighted to return to 'DOCTORS' and last week I popped up on the hugely popular afternoon crime drama 'SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY - PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS' ...

Firstly and rather belatedly my 'DOCTORS' episode 'HE WATCHES' was a pre-Christmas story, tying up a long storyline but also introducing my good self as Villa fan and pub landlord MARK ELWOOD who appears to be at the centre of a on-line conspiracy theory - here's the direct link to the episode on the BBC's iPLAYER https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000c6nl/doctors-series-21-27-he-watches (it's available for a year!) and few stills from the episode, no spoilers from me, have a watch ... director was NIALL FRASER.

Secondly and rather more recently was my dramatic cameo appearance in the second episode 'SEE THYSELF, DEVIL!' of SEASON 3 of 'SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY - PRIVATE INVESTGATORS' starring JOY JOYNER and MARK BENTON ... I play EARL ALBANY, ex-lead guitarist turned vicar of legendary heavy rock band 'CALIBAN'S CLAW' ... Back in their heyday the members of the band all signed a 'deal' with the devil in blood for success, as the lead singer (played by DAVID SCHOFIELD) plans a comeback it seems that the devil is back to call in that debt!! 

Here again is the direct link to the episode on the BBC's iPLAYER 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000f290/shakespeare-hathaway-private-investigators-series-3-2-see-thyself-devil (once again it's available for the whole of this year!) and a few well chosen 'spoiler-free' stills from the episode ... enjoy!! Director for this episode was JOHN GREENING ...

(OH ... IF YOU READ TO THE END OF THIS BLOGPOST, YOU'LL SEE AN EXCLUSIVE BAND PIC!)

It was great fun on the shoot ... you might recognise my church as The Collegiate Church of St Mary in lovely Warwick ... What a privilege it was to work in such beautiful surroundings. It was also lovely to reaquaint  with JO JOYNER after quite a hiatus ... we'd last worked together on the CHANNEL 4 series 'NO ANGELS' back in 2005(ish!) ...

HERE'S THAT PIC!!! 

CALIBAN'S CLAW at the height of their success, Earl is on the left!!!

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