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Tony Bilbow

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“Isn’t a race to see who can walk the quickest like a contest to see who can whisper the loudest?” This off-air indiscretion was asked by NBC’s Bob Costas, the acknowledged doyen of sports pundits. Race Walkers are much-maligned, and their sport is often ridiculed. Is this bullying fair? We thought not. This film is for the misunderstood in all walks of life... it just happens to be about those who walk... very quickly! BLISTERS FOR BLIGHTY: The Curious World of Race Walking might just do for athletics what Spinal Tap did for heavy metal.
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Tony Bilbow was born on 17 April 1932 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Please Sir! (1968) and Comedy Playhouse (1961).
BornApril 17, 1932
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    • Known for

    EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    John Alderton, Peter Cleall, Richard Davies, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, and Joan Sanderson in Please Sir! (1968)
    Please Sir!
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Comedy Playhouse (1961)
    Comedy Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Barry Took in Took and Co. (1977)
    Took and Co.
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1977

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    Writer

    • Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996)
      Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 1996
    • Without Walls (1990)
      Without Walls
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Anthony Bilbow)
      • 1994
    • Diana Dors in Dors: The Other Diana (1990)
      Dors: The Other Diana
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 1990
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1986
    • Toni Arthur and Brian Cant in Play Away (1971)
      Play Away
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1981
    • The Night Grace Archer Died
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 1977
    • Sink or Swim
      Short
      • script (as Anthony Bilbow)
      • 1977
    • Barry Took in Took and Co. (1977)
      Took and Co.
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1977
    • Film Extra
      TV Mini Series
      • narrative script
      • 1973
    • World Cinema
      TV Series
      • narrative script
      • 1973
    • John Alderton, Peter Cleall, Richard Davies, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, and Joan Sanderson in Please Sir! (1968)
      Please Sir!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1971–1972
    • John Alderton, David Barry, Peter Cleall, Peter Denyer, Liz Gebhardt, Carol Hawkins, and Leon Vitali in The Fenn Street Gang (1971)
      The Fenn Street Gang
      6.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1971
    • Comedy Playhouse (1961)
      Comedy Playhouse
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1970
    • Film Night (1970)
      Film Night
      6.0
      TV Series
      • narrative script
      • 1968
    • Late Night Line-Up (1964)
      Late Night Line-Up
      7.0
      TV Series
      • narrative script
      • 1967–1968

    Actor

    • Blisters for Blighty: The Curious World of Race Walking (2013)
      Blisters for Blighty: The Curious World of Race Walking
      • Ron Milton
      • 2013
    • A Set of Six (1990)
      A Set of Six
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • 1990
    • Screen Two (1984)
      Screen Two
      6.3
      TV Series
      • TV interviewer
      • 1989
    • Joan Aiken
      Short
      • The Reader
      • 1969
    • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
      Thirty-Minute Theatre
      7.1
      TV Series
      • A Guest
      • 1969
    • Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)
      The Saint
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Commentator (uncredited)
      • 1964
    • Moonstrike (1963)
      Moonstrike
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Squadron Leader Huggins
      • 1963

    Director

    • Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report (1974)
      Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
      7.2
      TV Short
      • Director (uncredited)
      • 1974

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      • Anthony Bilbow
    • Born
      • April 17, 1932
      • Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Other works
      Late Night Line- Up Presenter

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      Brother of Marjorie Bilbow.

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