Tony Slattery - 8pm Greene Room Kings Arms 147 High St, Berkhamsted HP4 3HL

Tony Slattery was born in London in 1959 and studied mediaeval and modern languages at Cambridge University, where he joined the Footlights revue society, later becoming president. His contemporaries included Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, some of whom are almost certainly still working in show business today. Their annual show, later filmed as The Cellar Tapes by the BBC, won the group the inaugural Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1981.

 From university Tony went on to become a household name in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in a host of television shows including The Bill, Jackanory and Red Dwarf. He also appeared in films including The Crying Game, which won six Academy Awards, and Up and Under with Neil Morrisey and Womack, which very much did not.

 On the stage, Tony has appeared in the musicals My Fair Lady and Radio Times. He was nominated for a Tony award, which is not named after him whatever he may claim, for originating the role of Gordon in Tim Firth's comedy Neville's Island.

 However, it was for his appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? that Tony became most popular. Appearing alongside such luminaries as Jonathan Pryce, Sandi Toksvig, Paul Merton and his old collaborator Stephen Fry, Tony's quickfire wit and cheeky sense of humour attracted as many people as his outfits repulsed.

 Today Tony lives in Edgeware, North London, which he describes as "like Blade Runner without the fun". He lives with his partner, Mark, and a belligerent feline called Molly. He is currently touring a live improv show, Tony Slattery: Resuscitated.