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 20th BIRTHDAY to CBEEBIES and CBBC ...

Yesterday saw the 20th ANNIVERSARY of the BBC's Children's Channels CBEEBIES and CBBC ... Doesn't the time fly! Although I've never worked for any of CBBC's programmes, however CBEEBIES is another matter ...

Having started my working relationship with CBeebies all the way back in 2004 reading 24 'Horrid Henry' stories (60 characters) for CBeebies Radio, then all 12 episodes of CBeebies Radio's very first comedy series 'St. Berks' playing eccentric teacher Mr North and a myriad of other school-based characters. Fast forward to 2007 and I had the great pleasure of reading 8 Classic Children's Stories where I showed off with over 50 characters! In 2008 I performed over a dozen characters in 'Big Cook Little Cooks' final season of their wacky radio show.

A couple of years later (2010) and my first involvement with a CBEEBIES TV show - when I voiced ALL MALE VOICES in the 10 part fantastic natural history based show 'Little Prairie Dogs' then quite the hiatus until 2020 and guess what comes along ..? I was more than delighted to be offered the ONGOING role of EZRA in the award-winning ANIMATED SERIES 'JoJo & Gran Gran', many more episodes to come in 2022 ... can't wait!!

So Happy 20th Anniversary/Birthday to CBEEBIES and CBBC, long may they both continue ...

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SUCCESS - I'VE ARRIVED ... I'M NOW A 'JoJo & Gran Gran' STICKER!

As well as recording another couple of episodes of the CBEEBIES hit animated series 'JOJO & GRAN GRAN' either side of the New Year, I was delighted to see a CBEEBIES magazine special had been produced. I was even more delighted when I opened it up that not only was EZRA featured as a character in the centre-spread poster image but he had also been made into a STICKER! 

Surely this must be the HIGHLIGHT of my career - to be made into a STICKER!! This makes me very happy!!

I'll keep you updated when the NEW SERIES starts airing, it's gonna be great!!

Acting website at www.seanconnolly.co.uk

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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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Happy Aardman Christmas 2021 - featuring Shaun the Sheep (The Movie & Llamas!)

Well it's that time of year again! Celebrating ALL THINGS SHAUN that I've been privileged to be a part of with Aardman Animations!!

The CHRISTMAS TRADITION continues ... BOTH 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' and 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' can be seen on our TELLYBOXES this Christmas ...

'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' - BBC1 on Christmas Eve at 9.50am

'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' - BBC1 on Boxing Day at 10.10am

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

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FIREWORKS FLY in new B7 Media/BBC Radio 4 RADIO DRAMA - 'BARRED' - Saturday 6th Nov - BBC Radio 4 at 3pm ...

You can be sure of FIREWORKS when you tune in TOMORROW at 3pm on BBC RADIO 4 ... 'BARRED' is a contemporary thriller about a young black barrister trying to establish her career. 

TAMIKA (played by the wonderful KERRI MCLEAN) starts at Tudor Chambers full of hope and idealism - only to be confronted by some harsh truths about the broken criminal justice system and the integrity of some of her colleagues.

Rather surprisingly to me - I play a police officer for the very first time, I was almost certain that I had been an 'officer of the law' previously but no!!

The large cast includes; KERRI MCLEAN ('Line of Duty', 'Poldark'), SUSANNAH HARKER (perhaps best known playing Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’), ANDREW LANCEL ('Cardiac Arrest', 'Coronation Street'), ALI BASTIAN ('Hollyoaks', 'The Bill, 'Doctors') and ANDREW WINCOTT (Adam Macy in 'The Archers') who I had previously worked alongside on some video game but more recently (but still nearly a decade ago on 'The Archers') where I (as KEITH HORROBIN) was involved with the gang who hospitalised his character ADAM! There is of course a supremely talented supporting cast too ...

It's a cracking HOUR LONG DRAMA and I am privileged to be a part of it. After its first transmission TOMORROW it'll be available ON DEMAND on the BBC iPlayer here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011bg6

It was also extra special as we recorded it back in an actual radio drama studio ...

The drama was written by THANDI LUBIMBI and RICHARD KURTI and was directed by ANDREW MARK SEWELL.

'BARRED' is a B7 MEDIA production for BBC RADIO 4.

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Celebrating World Audio Drama Day 2021!!

CELEBRATING WORLD AUDIO DRAMA DAY 2021!! As an actor, audio drama has been such an important part of my professional life for over 30 years now. THANK GOODNESS FOR IT!! 

I love it that much - I also teach it at some of the country's best universities and drama schools!!

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