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Tom Binns

1970-07-03 (54 years old) in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Christopher Thomas Binns is a British comedian best known for his character of Hospital Radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury. He appears in the BBC MI5 drama Spooks (Episode 6 Series 6), Series 3 of the IT Crowd on Channel 4, in Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge, and, in character as Ivan Brackenbury, on The Jason Byrne Show. In 2017, he appeared in the comedy movie Eaten by Lions. As Ian D Montfort he had a BBC Radio 2 series called Ian D Montfort is Unbelievable, broadcast in February 2013. Besides writing comedy for television and radio, Binns has appeared on other television shows, such as RI:SE, Bullrun, Oblivion and as a writer on Trigger Happy TV, for which he earned "best comedy moment" and "TV moment of 2001" awards. His first television appearances were Friday Night Armistice (BBC2) and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun, and has gone on to further appear in the Channel 4-based late night sports talk show Under the Moon, with Danny Kelly where he regularly referenced his love of Sunderland AFC. He has also had stage appearances at the Bloomsbury Theatre and Garrick Theatre. Binns has worked on Radio 1, Virgin, BRMB and GLR, Talksport UK, Hallam FM and Key 103, appearing either as himself or as hospital radio character Ivan Brackenbury. Binns is the co-writer of BBC 1's Hospital People, part of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse, in which he plays the five lead characters Ivan Brackenbury, Ian D Montfort, Susan Mitchell, Terry Boyle and Father Kenny. He has written the book How to Get Famous – A Cynical Guide.

Movies

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Eaten by Lions
57.71 %|Jun 21, 2018
Comedy, Drama
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Going to Mecca
0 %|Nov 12, 2013
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The Roots of Monty Python
0 %|Nov 26, 2005
Documentary

Series

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Hospital People
60 %|Apr 21, 2017
Comedy
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Drifters
71.76 %|Oct 31, 2013
Comedy
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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
72 %|Apr 12, 2013
Comedy, Reality, Talk
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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
72 %|Apr 12, 2013
Comedy, Reality, Talk
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The IT Crowd
81.43 %|Feb 3, 2006
Comedy
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Spooks
76.16 %|May 13, 2002
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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Boyz Unlimited
40 %|Feb 5, 1999
Comedy
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Fist of Fun
77 %|Apr 11, 1995
Comedy
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Fist of Fun
77 %|Apr 11, 1995
Comedy
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Fist of Fun
77 %|Apr 11, 1995
Comedy
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Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
77.14 %|Sep 16, 1994
Comedy, Talk