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| - Actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster Ted Robbins (born 11th August 1955 in Liverpool) has appeared on Coronation Street in three minor roles:
* A club DJ where the Underworld girls took bride-to-be Linda Sykes on her hen night in September 2000
* Officer McAlister - a guard at Highfield Prison where John Stape was incarcerated during the autumn of 2009
* Brendan Finch, the editor of The Inexplicable publication from October 2015 to January 2016 His other credits include Kate and Ted's Show, That Peter Kay Thing, The League of Gentlemen, City Central, Dalziel and Pascoe, Mersey Beat, Holby City, Phoenix Nights, Heartbeat, Little Britain, The Chase, Come Fly with Me, The Slammer, Benidorm, Mount Pleasant and Emmerdale. He also penned the 1997 TV movie entitled Animal Madness.
- Ted has recently appeared in children's sitcom "The Slammer" and adult comedy shows "Bad Education" and "Birds of a Feather". He is currently a regular Sunday presenter on BBC Radio Lancashire. On 31 January 2015, Ted Robbins collapsed on stage during a "Phoenix Nights" live show from a heart attack. He was given CPR at the scene before being hospitalised and has since recovered from the attack.
- Ted Robbins took up the role as the narrator of the Railway Series audio books after Johnny Morris and Willie Rushton retired from the series. He narrated the books written by Christopher Awdry from 1992 to 1998. He was the second narrator to have a connection with the Beatles (the first being Ringo Starr): He is the second cousin of Paul McCartney.
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