Richard Vranch

Richard Leslie Vranch (born June 29 1959 in Frome, England) is a British comedian, actor, musician and TV panel show participant.

Vranch improvises comedy on stage with the Comedy Store Players every Wednesday and Sunday at The Comedy Store in London. He has voiced British Airways TV and radio commercials since 2003, and he narrates TV documentaries. He has performed since 1979, and formed a comedy double-act with Tony Slattery in 1981. The duo hosted the Channel 4 quiz "The Music Game" and over 100 episodes of "Cue The Music" on ITV. He was the improvising pianist and guitarist on the original British television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" in 1988, but only a small proportion of his overall work is musical.

Acting work includes "Dogman", "The Dead Set", and sketch shows touring the world from Mexico to the Palestinian Territories. He has improvised comedy in the Middle East, Far East and India - 30 countries in all. He has written for stage, radio and TV, and made several animated films with artist Lucy Allen. They have had their cartoons published in "Maxim", "Punch", and "The Spectator".

He presented kids' shows "Let's Pretend" on ITV and "Jackanory" on BBC One, and was a contestant on a charity special of "The Weakest Link" in 2005. He guested on BBC Radio 4's long-running panel game "Just a Minute" in 1999. In 2002 he was commissioned by Tamasha Theatre (East is East) as a writer for their show "Ryman and the Sheik".

Vranch had a previous career as a research physicist, and he appears on lateral-thinking panel shows like "Puzzle Panel" on Radio 4 and "Mind Games" on BBC TV. He hosted his own science series "Beat That Einstein" on Channel 4 in 1994, and co-wrote and performed in The Paul Merton Show at the London Palladium.

In 2006 Vranch appeared at the Ars Nova theatre, New York. He is currently appearing in his improvised storytelling group The YarnBards and developing a new show for the Edinburgh Fringe.

External links

* [http://richardvranch.com/ Official page]
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