Editing Roger Mellie (section)

==Background==
''Viz'''s founder and main contributor [[Chris Donald]] has said that the character of Roger Mellie was inspired by the off-screen behaviour of Rod Griffith, a 1980s [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]] presenter,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2000/08/23/7132190.Former_face_of_Tyne_Tees_TV_dies_aged_74/?ref=arc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140608162349/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2000/08/23/7132190.Former_face_of_Tyne_Tees_TV_dies_aged_74/?ref=arc|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2014|title=Former face of Tyne Tees TV dies aged 74|newspaper=[[The Northern Echo]]|date=23 August 2000}}</ref> but that Mellie is "nothing like" Griffith and other presenters have been worked into the character, including ''[[BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria)|Look North]]'' presenter [[Mike Neville (anchorman)|Mike Neville]]. One issue gave Roger's name as "Roger Michael Neville Mellie".

An [[animation|animated]] [[television program|TV series]] was released on VHS and also broadcast on [[Channel 4]] in 1991, with [[Peter Cook]] providing the voice of Roger, and [[Harry Enfield]] voicing all the other characters. Roger also appeared in the 1991 [[Viz: The Game|''Viz'' video game]] as the commentator for all the races.

It was said on a few occasions that Roger drove a [[Suzuki Swift]] 1.3GTi.