Editing Angus Deayton (section)

==Radio and television career==
Deayton began his career on ''[[Radio Active (radio series)|Radio Active]]'', a [[parody]] of British local radio stations broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] between 1981 and 1987, which he co-wrote and performed. It transferred to television as ''[[KYTV (TV series)|KYTV]]'' between 1989 and 1993. Deayton presented a tribute to ''Radio Active'' and KYTV colleague and friend (and long-time BBC producer) [[Geoffrey Perkins]] for BBC Radio 4 on 4 October 2008.

Deayton was frequently a [[Double act|straight man]] alongside [[Rowan Atkinson]]. He starred with Atkinson as a pool attendant and a man on a [[bench (furniture)|park bench]] in the ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' episode "[[The Curse of Mr. Bean]]" and appeared opposite Atkinson in the ''[[The Black Adder|Black Adder]]'' episode "[[Born to Be King (Blackadder)|Born to Be King]]" (1983) as one of the Jumping Jews of Jerusalem.

From 1988 to 1991, Deayton was a featured player in all three series of the [[Emmy]] award-winning sketch comedy programme ''[[Alexei Sayle's Stuff]].'' In 1990, Deayton was cast as the Meldrews' neighbour Patrick Trench in the British suburban sitcom ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and was selected as host of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. The same year, he featured on television advertising the [[Vauxhall Nova]]. [[Andre Ptaszynski]] tried to persuade him to take the lead role in [[Steven Moffat]]'s sitcom ''[[Chalk (TV series)|Chalk]]'', a role eventually taken by [[David Bamber]].<ref name="dust">''After the Chalk Dust Settled'', featurette on ''Chalk'' Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. & dir. [[Craig Robins 9producer)|Craig Robins]]</ref> Deayton worked with David Renwick again appearing in the miniseries ''[[If You See God, Tell Him]]''.

In an episode of ''[[Coupling (British TV series)|Coupling]]'', he appears in a fantasy sequence with [[Mariella Frostrup]]. He hosted the late-1990s BBC show ''Before They Were Famous'', which showed early and frequently embarrassing clips of TV and film stars (including Deayton himself) when they were relatively unknown. He was much in demand as a presenter of television specials including the [[BBC]]'s New Year's Eve show and the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] Awards. He also featured in a series of advertisements for [[Barclaycard]] and the films ''Savage Hearts'' and ''Elizabeth''.

===''Have I Got News for You''===
Deayton's suave manner as host of ''Have I Got News for You'' led to his being nicknamed "TV's Mr Sex", by a ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' listings writer.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2006399.stm
|title= Angus Deayton: Answering questions for a change
|work=BBC News|access-date=25 December 2006 | date=24 May 2002| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061206043653/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2006399.stm| archive-date= 6 December 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In May 2002, the British tabloid newspaper the ''[[News of the World]]'' reported he had taken [[cocaine]] and had sex with [[prostitutes]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2005881.stm |work=BBC News|first=Jonathan|last=Duffy |title=Deayton in the lion's den|date=24 May 2002}}</ref> He was ridiculed by [[Paul Merton]] and [[Ian Hislop]] in the following episode of ''Have I Got News for You'' but continued as presenter. Deayton began the episode with: "Good evening and welcome to ''Have I Got News for You'', where this week's loser is presenting it." He added later, "There is, by the way, no need to adjust your set, my face is this red."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2005881.stm |title=Sex Scandal |work=BBC News|date=24 May 2002 |access-date=30 May 2009 |first=Jonathan |last=Duffy}}</ref>

Following more allegations in October, Deayton was dismissed after two episodes of the new series. One online poll, on the BBC's own website, showed over three-quarters of respondents wanted Deayton to stay on as the programme's host.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2371021.stm|title=BBC : Was the BBC right to sack Angus Deayton?|work=BBC News|date=4 November 2002 |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> In April 2003, [[Stephen Fry]] supported Deayton by refusing to appear on the show again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2953181.stm |title=BBC : Fry boycotts 'pathetic' quiz |work=BBC News|date=16 April 2003 |access-date=30 May 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090416123832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2953181.stm| archive-date= 16 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Responding to Merton's "I didn't stab him in the back, I stabbed him in the front" line regarding the episode, in 2016 Deayton said: "Yes, I've heard this and [his comment] is a way of not answering the question. But it's such a tangled web to describe what happened. And Merton and Hislop probably don't know what was happening in the background."<ref name=herald/>

===Subsequent career===
After his stint on ''Have I Got News for You'' ended,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2373711.stm|work=BBC News|title=Quiz host Deayton fired by BBC|date=30 October 2002}}</ref> Deayton's work included a reunion of the ''Radio Active'' cast in a new episode in December 2002. In 2003, he guest-starred as [[Downing Street]]'s spin doctor in an episode of the BBC comedy ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'', starring [[Stephen Fry]] and [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]]. In January 2004, he starred in the BBC comedy ''[[Nighty Night]]''. Deayton had a cameo role as a hotel receptionist in the 2004 film ''[[Fat Slags (film)|Fat Slags]]''. A few months later, he presented the quiz ''[[Bognor or Bust]]''. In January 2006, he hosted an ITV show based upon [[self-help]] videos called ''Help Your Self''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Help Yourself, With Angus Deayton - ITV1 Sketch Show |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/help_yourself_with_angus_deayton/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

Deayton is associated with [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]/[[Sport Relief]] and featured in its broadcasts. He co-presented the Sport Relief charity programme ''[[Only Fools on Horses]]'' in July 2006. Deayton appeared for the England team as a second-half substitute in the [[Soccer Aid]] match in support of [[UNICEF]] on 27 May 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5022746.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223041032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5022746.stm |archive-date=23 December 2021 |title=England stars in Soccer Aid win |date=27 May 2006 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> He returned as a starting player for England in a 7 September 2008 rematch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/55285-soccer-aid-2008-a-real-problem-for-football |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612212901/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/55285-soccer-aid-2008-a-real-problem-for-football |archive-date=12 June 2022 |title=Soccer Aid 2008: A Real Problem For Football |date=8 September 2008 |last=McNair |first=Andrew |publisher=[[Bleacher Report]] |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

In 2007, he was in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', playing an exaggerated version of himself in a Comic Relief-related story.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} In June 2007, Deayton returned to the BBC to host panel show, ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]''. In November 2007, he was censured by the BBC for making a "pungently personal" joke about [[Jimmy Savile]] and his mother on the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/05/bbc.television1?gusrc=rss&feed=media |title=Deayton rapped for 'pungently personal' Jimmy Savile gag |work=The Guardian |access-date=30 May 2009 | location=London | first=John | last=Plunkett | date=5 November 2007}}</ref> Deayton quietly left the show in 2009 and was replaced by [[Rob Brydon]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Parker, Robin|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2009/03/brydon_to_host_bbc1_quiz.html|title=Brydon to host BBC1 quiz|work=[[Broadcastnow]]|date=11 March 2009|access-date=11 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090317085130/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2009/03/brydon_to_host_bbc1_quiz.html| archive-date= 17 March 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 3 September 2007,{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} Deayton hosted the third series of ''Hell's Kitchen'', but was dismissed in 2009 after arguments with chef [[Marco Pierre White]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a147502/deayton-axed-from-hells-kitchen.html |title=Deayton 'axed' from 'Hell's Kitchen' |last=Rollo |first=Sarah
|website=Digital Spy |date=22 February 2009}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Claudia Winkleman]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7959120.stm |title=Winkleman to be new Kitchen host |work=BBC News|date=23 February 2009}}</ref>

In 2008, Deayton also presented ''Comedy Sketchbook'', a nostalgic look at classic comedy sketches, on BBC1. On 6 December 2008, he presented the 2008 [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]], after host [[Jonathan Ross]] stepped down because of controversy surrounding [[The Russell Brand Show prank calls|''The Russell Brand Show'' prank calls row]].<ref name=RussellBrand>{{Cite news |author=Tara Conlan |title=Jonathan Ross pulls out of hosting British Comedy Awards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/31/jonathan-ross-itv|work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=guardian.co.uk/media |date=31 October 2008|access-date=31 October 2008 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081103092135/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/31/jonathan-ross-itv| archive-date= 3 November 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

His feature film appearances include the mysterious, all-knowing man in ''That Deadwood Feeling'' (2009, co-starring [[Jack Davenport]], [[Dexter Fletcher]] and [[David Soul]]), ''[[Swinging with the Finkels]]'' (2011, written and directed by [[Jonathan Newman]], with [[Mandy Moore]] and [[Martin Freeman]]),{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} and ''[[Playing the Moldovans at Tennis]]'' (2012). He returned to [[BBC Radio 4]] in 2011 to host the panel show ''[[It's Your Round]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yrv9d|title=It's Your Round|work=Radio 4 programmes|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110304030207/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yrv9d| archive-date= 4 March 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 12 December 2012, Deayton joined the [[BBC]] drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' as a cynical teacher and for a further series as deputy head, George Windsor. He made his first appearance in episode 27 of the eighth series in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a444663/angus-deayton-joins-teaching-staff-of-waterloo-road.html|title=Angus Deayton joins teaching staff of 'Waterloo Road'|author=Paul Millar|work=Digital Spy|date=12 December 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, he appeared on the BBC Two programme ''[[World's Most Dangerous Roads]]'', in which he and [[Mariella Frostrup]] were filmed driving along the east coast of [[Madagascar]].<ref name="roads">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kwgsp/episodes/guide#b014hnlb |title=World's Most Dangerous Roads: Episode Guide |publisher=BBC Two |access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> He co-starred with [[Anna Chancellor]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Pramface]]'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-13 |title=Angus Deayton, Anna Chancellor join BBC Three comedy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a324635/angus-deayton-anna-chancellor-join-bbc-three-comedy/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In August 2016, at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], Deayton wrote and performed in a revival of ''Radio Active''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/aug/06/radio-active-at-edinburgh-festival-review-angus-deayton-radio-4|title=Radio Active at Edinburgh festival review – Angus Deayton's mild media mockery'|author=Brian Logan|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 August 2016|date=6 August 2016}}</ref>

From 2017 to 2022, he featured in Moray Hunter's radio sitcom ''[[Alone (radio series)|Alone]]'' on BBC Radio 4 playing as Mitch, a widower and part-time therapist.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/alone/interview/moray_hunter/ | title=Moray Hunter interview – Alone| website=[[British Comedy Guide]]| date=19 April 2018}}</ref>