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Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

  • 72 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer
  1. 14th May: Nigel Planer writes his memoirs (Chortle)
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy. Nigel Planer. Copyright: North One Television

Nigel Planer is a 72-year-old English actor and writer.

Year Production Role
2025 Slapstick Festival Self
2024 No Alternative Self (Archive Material)
2023 Imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Self
2023 There She Goes - Special
  1. 414
 Gandalf
2023 Dreamland
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Hamish
2023 Slapstick Festival Self
2022 After Ever After - Red Riding Hood
  1. Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
 Nun Wolf
2022 Mucking In
  1. E2 - Cold Discomfort Farm
 Oil Man
2022 Mandy - Series 2
  1. E3 - Holiday For One
 Captain
2022 Mucking In
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  1. E1 - Secrets, Lies And Pointless Piles Of Paperwork
  2. E2 - Cold Discomfort Farm
  3. E3 - Pest Control
  4. E4 - Making Hay
  5. E5 - Feeling Sheepish
  6. E6 - Hold Your Horses
 Ben
2021 The Confessional - Series 1
  1. E9 - Nigel Planer
 Guest
2021 Jo Brand's Classic Comedy Sketches Of The...
  1. E1 - 1970s
  2. E2 - 1980s
 Self
2021 Skeletons In The Cupboard - Series 2
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  1. E2 - See Me Afterwards
  2. E3 - Dial M For Maureen
  3. E4 - Killing David
 David
2021 Skeletons In The Cupboard - Series 2
  1. E1 - A Midsummer Night's Scream
  2. E4 - Killing David
 Pierre
2020 There She Goes - Series 2
  1. E2 - President's Day
  2. E5 - Marmalade Chunks
 Gandalf
2019 Skeletons In The Cupboard - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Escape
  2. E3 - Voices
  3. E4 - Hairy Moments
 David
2018 There She Goes - Series 1
  1. E5 - Ben
 Gandalf
2018 Gloomsbury - Series 5
  1. E1 - Prejudice and Persuasion
 Announcer
2018 Gloomsbury - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Prejudice and Persuasion
 Lionel Fox
2018 Gloomsbury - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Prejudice and Persuasion
 Gosling
2018 Gloomsbury - Series 5
  1. E1 - Prejudice and Persuasion
 Lytton Scratchy
2018 Upstart Crow - Series 3
  1. E1 - Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
 Egeus
2018 The Young Ones' 20 Greatest Moments Self
2018 How The Young Ones Changed Comedy Self
2018 The Reunion: The Young Ones Guest
2018 Inside No. 9 - Series 4
  1. E6 - Tempting Fate
 Frank
2017 Ratburger Mr Fellows
2017 Sleigh - starring Matt Berry and Nigel Planer Bishop
2017 Timewasters - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Langley
2017 Loaded
  1. E2 - Leon's Teacher
 Mr Young
2017 Byron And The Curse Of Sintra Chief of Police
2017 Byron And The Curse Of Sintra King Wilfred the Hairy
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
  1. E3 - Honestly, Darling
 Duncan Grunt
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
  1. E3 - Honestly, Darling
 Announcer
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
  1. E2 - Your Very Very Humble Servant
 Prince Of Wales
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
  1. E2 - Your Very Very Humble Servant
  2. E3 - Honestly, Darling
 Lytton Scratchy
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Digging the Dirt
  2. E2 - Your Very Very Humble Servant
  3. E3 - Honestly, Darling
  4. E4 - Bosom Chums
 Gosling
2017 Gloomsbury - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Digging the Dirt
  2. E2 - Your Very Very Humble Servant
  3. E3 - Honestly, Darling
  4. E4 - Bosom Chums
  5. E5 - The Celtic Cringe
  6. E6 - Venice the Menace
 Lionel Fox
2017 We Have Been Watching
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2017 Miranda: Morecambe & Wise And Me Self
2016 Burn Burn Burn Henry
2016 The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret - Series 3
  1. E4 - The Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret Part 1
 Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
2016 Polyoaks - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Losing Patients
  2. E2 - Hello, Goodbye
  3. E3 - Eight Days A Week
  4. E4 - Back In The NHSS
  5. E5 - Ladies Strike
  6. E6 - Duty Of Candour
 Dr Roy Thornton
2016 Boomers - Series 2
  1. E4 - Mick's Return
 Mick
2016 The Comic Strip Presents... - Red Top
  1. Red Top
 Rupert Murdoch
2015 Hank Zipzer - Series 2
  1. E11 - Hank's New School
  2. E13 - Last Day
 Crazy Ed
2015 Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2015 Episodes - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Sanford Shamiro
2015 Cockroaches
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  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E5 - Episode Five
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Stevie
2014 Greatest Ever Sitcoms Self
2014 Boomers - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Mick
2014 Polyoaks - Series 3
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  1. E1 - In The Midst Of Life
  2. E2 - For The Records
  3. E3 - That Heart Sinky Feeling
  4. E4 - Who's Afraid Of The CQC?
 Dr Roy Thornton
2014 50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy Self
2014 Episodes - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Sanford Shamiro
2014 Gloomsbury - Series 2
  1. E3 - Bonfire Of The Jealousies
 Dog Owner
2014 Gloomsbury - Series 2
  1. E6 - Two Broads Broadcasting
 Crispin St John Higginbotham
2013 The Many Faces Of... - Series 3
  1. E3 - The Many Faces Of Sid James
 Self
2013 Jonathan Creek - The Clue Of The Savant's Thumb
  1. The Clue Of The Savant's Thumb
 Franklin Tartikoff
2013 I Give It A Year Brian
2012 Polyoaks - Series 2
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  1. E1 - A Question Of Psychology
  2. E2 - Distance Healing
  3. E3 - Desperately Seeking Susans
  4. E4 - Strange Dr Love
  5. E5 - The Shaky Shaky Hip
  6. E6 - The Age Old Problem
 Dr Roy Thornton
2012 The Comic Strip Presents... - Five Go To Rehab
  1. Five Go To Rehab
 Inspector
2012 The Comic Strip Presents... - Five Go To Rehab
  1. Five Go To Rehab
 Barmaid
2012 Gloomsbury - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Trials Of Attempting An Elopement
  2. E2 - Desperately Seeking Peace And Quiet
  3. E3 - The St Ives School Of Painting
  4. E5 - A Desperate Attempt To Have Fun
  5. E6 - He's Got To Be Stopped
 Lionel Fox
2012 Gloomsbury - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Trials Of Attempting An Elopement
  2. E2 - Desperately Seeking Peace And Quiet
  3. E4 - Trying To Avoid Unpleasantness
  4. E6 - He's Got To Be Stopped
 Gosling
2012 Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows Self
2012 Episodes - Series 2
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
 Sanford Shamiro
2012 Hacks Oliver Bland
2011 Ben Elton: Laughing At The 80s Self
2011 The Comic Strip Presents... - The Hunt For Tony Blair
  1. The Hunt For Tony Blair
 Peter Mandelson
2011 This Is Jinsy - Series 1
  1. E5 - Nameworm
 Man With No Nameworm
2011 Polyoaks - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
 Dr Roy Thornton
2011 The Magnificent Andrea Writer
2011 Turf Wars
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  1. E2 - An Incident At The Border
 Reiver
2009 How To Be Old With Nicholas Craig Nicholas Craig
2009 Mumbai Calling - Series 1
  1. E6 - My Mate Mumbai
 Lonely Guy (Voice)
2008 Comedy Songs - The Pop Years Self
2008 Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation Narrator
2008 Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic
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  1. E1 - The Colour Of Magic
 The Arch-Astronomer of Krull
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self (Archive Material)
2007 How To Be Edwardian Nicholas Craig
2007 Mark Lawson Talks To Nicholas Craig Nicholas Craig
2006 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Mr. Sideney
2006 How To Be Sci-Fi Nicholas Craig
2006 How To Be 18th Century Nicholas Craig
2005 The Comic Strip Presents... - ...Sex Actually
  1. ...Sex Actually
 Graham
2004 Comedy Connections - Series 2
  1. E6 - The Young Ones
 Self
2004 Britain's Best Sitcom
  1. E1 - The Launch
 Guest
2003 Comedy From Merton To Enfield
  1. E3 - Ben Elton
  2. E4 - Stephen Fry
 Self
2003 French And Saunders - 2003 Specials
  1. Special - Harry Potter And The Secret Chamberpot Of Azerbaijan
 Dumbledore
2003 Comedians' Comedians - Series 2
  1. E6 - Peter Sellers
 Self
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome
  1. E2 - Dead Grandma
 Undertaker
2000 Comedians' Comedians - Series 1
  1. E3 - Peter Cook
 Self
2000 The Comic Strip Presents... - Four Men In A Plane
  1. Four Men In A Plane
 Tim Goodman
2000 The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything
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  1. E1 - Episode One
 Ensemble Actor
1999 The Grimleys - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Romeo & Juliet
  2. E2 - The Road Not Taken
  3. E3 - The Golden Whistle
  4. E4 - Something For The Weekend
  5. E5 - Kung Fu Fighting
  6. E6 - Survival Of The Fittest
 Baz Grimley
1999 A History Of Alternative Comedy
  1. E1 - Wanted.... Frustrated Dentists
  2. E2 - As Seen On TV
 Self
1998 You Are Here Sheldon Cohen
1998 The Comic Strip Presents... - Four Men In A Car
  1. Four Men In A Car
 Tim Goodman
1997 The Grimleys - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Beautiful Game
  2. E2 - The Gold Star
  3. E3 - The Beast With Two Backs
  4. E4 - One Day In The Life
  5. E5 - The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  6. E6 - Driving Miss Titley
  7. E7 - The Bionic Boy
  8. E8 - The Pon Farr
  9. E9 - The Memory Gland
 Baz Grimley
1997 The Grimleys - Series 3
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  1. E2 - Death And The Maiden
  2. E3 - Ecce Homo
  3. E4 - An Inspector Calls
  4. E5 - Forbidden Fruit
  5. E6 - The Grimley Curse
 Baz Grimley
1997 Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's... - Series 2
  1. E3 - I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds
 Gavin
1997 The Grimleys - Pilot Baz Grimley
1997 Jonathan Creek - Series 1
  1. E3 - The Reconstituted Corpse
 Shelford
1995 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Lou Lewis
1994 Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan Story
1994 Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan Jonathan Hughes
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 5
  1. E6 - Jealousy
 Transvestite
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 5
  1. E5 - Demonella
 Father
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 5
  1. E4 - Gregory - Diary Of A Nutcase
 Governor Wilkins
1993 Bonjour La Classe
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  1. E1 - New Boy
  2. E2 - Red Card
  3. E3 - Vive La Revolution
  4. E4 - Old Dogs
  5. E5 - Herring's Magnificat
  6. E6 - I Love Lucy
 Laurence Didcott
1992 Carry On Columbus The Wazir
1992 Nicholas Craig's Masterpiece Theatre Nicholas Craig
1992 The Comic Strip Presents... - 1992 Specials
  1. E2 - The Crying Game
 Waiter
1992 The Comic Strip Presents... - 1992 Specials
  1. E2 - The Crying Game
 Club Chairman
1992 The Comic Strip Presents... - 1992 Specials
  1. E1 - Red Nose Of Courage
 Home Secretary
1992 The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
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  1. E1 - Question Time
  2. E2 - A Roving Commission
  3. E3 - Classical Cooking
  4. E4 - Adam The Performer
  5. E5 - Blow Winds And Crack Your Cheeks
 Nicholas Craig
1990 Nicholas Craig - The Naked Actor
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  1. E1 - Actorship
  2. E2 - Authenticity
  3. E3 - Climbing the Mountain
  4. E4 - Telly!
  5. E5 - Episode Five
 Nicholas Craig
1990 Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass Writer
1990 French And Saunders - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Ensemble Actor
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 4
  1. E5 - Spaghetti Hoops
 Aldo Vini
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 4
  1. E4 - Oxford
 Steve's Manager
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 4
  1. E4 - Oxford
 1st MI5 Man
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 4
  1. E3 - GLC - The Carnage Continues...
 TV Presenter
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 4
  1. E1 - South Atlantic Raiders - Part 1
  2. E2 - South Atlantic Raiders - Part 2
 Stan
1990 Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass Nicholas Craig
1989 I, An Actor Writer
1989 I, An Actor Nicholas Craig
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E6 - Funseekers
 Writer
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E6 - Funseekers
 Tony
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E2 - More Bad News
 Den
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E1 - The Strike
 Camp Actor 1
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E1 - The Strike
 Old Man
1988 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 3
  1. E1 - The Strike
 Bernard
1987 Blackadder - Black Adder The Third
  1. E3 - Nob And Nobility
 Lord Smedley / The Scarlet Pimpernel
1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Ralph Filthy
1987 Eat The Rich DHSS Manager
1986 The Comic Strip Presents... - 1986 Specials
  1. E2 - Private Enterprise
 Derek
1986 Come Dancing With Jools Holland Crew
1986 Come Dancing With Jools Holland Actor
1985 Happy Families
  1. E3 - Madelaine
 Barman
1985 Roll Over Beethoven Nigel Cochrane
1985 Roll Over Beethoven Nigel Cochrane
1985 The Supergrass Gunter
1984 The Lenny Henry Show - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Ensemble Actor
1984 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Goodnight Sweetheart
 Lou Lewis
1984 In One Ear - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
  3. E8 - Episode Eight
 Writer
1984 The Young Ones - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Bambi
  2. E2 - Cash
  3. E3 - Nasty
  4. E4 - Time
  5. E5 - Sick
  6. E6 - Summer Holiday
 Neil
1984 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 2
  1. E6 - Slags
 Marlon
1984 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 2
  1. E3 - A Fistful Of Travellers' Cheques
 Paul
1984 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 2
  1. E2 - Susie
 Dave
1984 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 2
  1. E1 - Dirty Movie
 Nigel
1983 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 1
  1. E4 - Summer School
 Julian
1983 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 1
  1. E3 - Bad News Tour
 Den
1983 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 1
  1. E2 - The Beat Generation
 Charles
1983 The Comic Strip Presents... - Series 1
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  1. E1 - War
 Various
1983 Yellowbeard Mansell
1983 Dead On Time Boring Friend
1982 The Young Ones - Series 1
  1. E5 - Interesting
 Famine
1982 The Young Ones - Series 1
  1. E4 - Bomb
 Dino
1982 The Young Ones - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Demolition
  2. E2 - Oil
  3. E3 - Boring
  4. E4 - Bomb
  5. E5 - Interesting
  6. E6 - Flood
 Neil
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Getting Results
  2. E2 - A Deal With The Devil
  3. E3 - In Sickness And In Health
  4. E4 - A Party Line
  5. E5 - The Course Of True Love
  6. E6 - Safe As Houses
 Lou Lewis
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Hail The Conquering Hero
  2. E2 - Getting To Know You
  3. E3 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Flake?
  4. E4 - Sweet F.A.
  5. E5 - The Rough With The Smooth
  6. E6 - A Christmas Truce
 Lou Lewis
1981 Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights - 1981
  1. Episode One
 Self
1980 Not The Nine O'Clock News - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
1980 Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights - 1980
  1. Episode One
 Self
1980 How's Your Father? - Series 2
  1. E2 - Help!
 Actor
1980 Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights Self
1980 Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights Self
1977 A Roof Over My Head - Series 1
  1. E6 - Another Fine Mess
 Rodney

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Nigel Planer on IMDb

Born
Sunday 22nd February 1953 (72 years-old)
Nationality
English
Agent
United Agents
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