did anyone hear six degrees...on the stuart mconey (sp?) show on radio2 on sat? you know they get celebrities to choose the prizes? i think they drop them off in hmv oxford street with 50 squid. well anyways, it was tamsin! she chose a powell/pressburger something, or other, a johnny cash cd and something else! what a co-incidence that we have the same game, and there was a thread somewhere about that powell/pressburger thing. I actually have NO idea what it is though lol, anyone wish to enlighten me on the subject?

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Rupert Murdoch?

Rupert Murdoch guested on the Simpsons
Ricky Gervais wrote and starred in an episode
Rick Gervais also wrote and starred in the Office with Sally Bretton (Kim)

Linford Christie

Linford Christie has been interviewed by Simon Mayo on Radio5Live; Simon Mayo has also interviewed Christian Slater; Christian Slater was in 'Churchill: The Hollywood Years'; as was Sally Phillips.

Always forget this bit!!

Terry Venables

Terry Venables was interviewed on V Graham Norton.
Graham Norton was on Father Ted many times.
Father Ted was written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews
GL and AM also wrote Big Train starring Mark Heap.

How about Joe Simpson

Who is Joe Simpson?

I get 4 results for Joe Simpson on imdb.

Joe Simpson (I) was in 2003 film "Between the sheets" also featuring Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn was in Outside Edge with Josie Lawrence
Josie Lawrence was in Keen Eddie with JRT.

Phil Cornwall

Come on someone - where's Wipey when you need her??

Thats not the Joe Simpson I was thinking of but oh well (watch (or read) 'touching the void' its great!)

I wasn't sure who Phil Cornwall was but apparantly he was in I'm Alan Partridge which was directed by Dominic Brigstocke and Tristram Shapeero and which has starred Sally Phillips and Stephen Mangan!

How about Richard O Brien

Richard O'Brien was in 'Spice World': as was Jonathan Ross: who interviewed Tamsin Grieg.

(Have you seen how many connections you can get from 'Spice World'??!!!!!)

How about Dolly Parton?

Now I remember Joe Simpson!! Thought 'Touching the Void' was rivetting....just forgot all the names!

Dolly Parton made a guest appearance in Will and Grace as did Madonna
Madonna's video for 'music' starred Ali G
Ali G was one of the voices in Madagascar as was David Shwimmer (sp?)
DS was in Friends which had a guest appearance by Helen Baxendale.
HB was in Adrian Mole the Capuccino years with Stephen Mangan!

How about Tony Hawks (the skateboarder)

Tony Hawks tours are sponsered by Jeep, a company who also sponsered Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider; providing all of the off-road vehicles in both films. Julian was of course in TR1 as Pimms.

Hows about Dermot Murnaghan (Newsreader)

Dermot Murnaghan newsreads with Natasha Kaplinsky; who was in 'Strictly Come Dancing'; the same series as Claire Sweeney; who was in 'Clocking Off';.....JRT was in a couple of episodes of 'Clocking Off'!!!

Dirk Bogarde?

Ok, Dirk Bogarde was in doctor in the house with Joan Simms, She was in Martin Chuzzlewit with Emma Chambers who was in Notting Hill with JRT.

I also have a vague memory that martin's nick name was vaguely to do with Chuzzlewit but i thought that link was a bit tenuous!

You didn't post a new one!
How about Bananaman

Bananaman was voiced by Graeme Garden...who was in The Goodies (among lots of other things) with Tim Brooke Taylor...who has been in Heartbeat....as has John Duttine....who played Jane Hall's Dad...hence SM.

John Betjeman?

John Betjeman has writing credit for That Was the Week that Was (I cheated, looking at IMDB, so hope that's right!). Jack Rosenthal also wrote for TWTWTW, and Stephen Mangan played Jack Rosenthal in excerpts from his memoirs on Radio 4.

Christopher Reeve?

Christopher Reeve was in Smallville as was whatsername that plays Lana Lang
Whatsername is in incredibly annoying ads for Neutrogena as in the past was Jennifer Love Hewitt
JLH was in I know what you did last summer as was Sarah Michelle Gellar
SMG was in the film of Scooby Doo.
A scooby doo sketch appeared in spaced which starred Mark Heap

Ludwig Amadeus Mozart

I'm back!.....
If you mean Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(or 'Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart' as Wikipedia would have it... he added Amadeus himself) please refer to my entry on page7 re Beethoven. Just sustitute for the first line 'Mozart was a friend of Haydn'.

Done it again!!
Barbara Cartland??

Had to cheat and use imdb!
BC wrote "A ghost in Monte Carlo", which starred Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed starred in The Who's Tommy which also starred Roger Daltrey as Tommy.
Roger Daltry guest starred in the Bill
Pip Torrens (who plays Mac's neurosurgeon) was also in the Bill for a brief period.

Umm, Michael Crawford

michael crawford was in corrie
where the forst swear word used on it was bloody
which is one of dr.stathams favourite words
(i know a bit loose so a slightly better one):

michael crawford has been on andrew lloyd webber: the premiere collectione encore
which also starred phillip schofield
who has appeared on extras
which is written? by Ricky Gervais
Rick Gervais also wrote and starred in the Office with Sally Bretton (Kim)

ant & dec (count as one as never one without the other)

Ant and Dec started out in Byker Grove
BYker Grove also starred Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny was in Eastenders where she was the love rival for Dirty Den with Tracey Ann Oberman
Tracey Ann Oberman was in Big Train with Mark Heap

Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels was on the same episode of 'Breakfast' as Ricky Gervais, who writes & performs with Stephan Merchant, who had a very funny cameo in series 1.

Arthur Scargill