Howard Read

Howard Oliver Drinkwater Read is a British comedian, animator and aspiring song writer best known for his work with his animated sidekick, Little Howard. His other creations include an angry manager with a conversational style and the worldview of Bernard Manning, Roger T Pigeon, and H:BOT 2000, a robot from the future. Each of these characters interact with both Big Howard and each other.

Howard Read is also known for his on-stage human Guess Who? act: the audience guesses who he has drawn on a large pad of paper, sitting down as their questions exclude those of a certain appearance until only one person is left standing.

In 1993, Howard Read invented NikNakNoodles - an amalgamation of Golden Wonder's Pot Noodle and Golden Wonder's other oddly-flavoured product, Nik Naks. Unfortunately the product was never mass-produced.

Read is a regular contributor to Robin Ince's Book Club.

Read also went on to work as a current writer for a Disney XD series Counterfeit Cat and is also a current writer for the new Danger Mouse series on CBBC.

Little Howard

Little Howard is a sketched cartoon child aged 6 who is a "standing-up comedian". He appears on a laptop or projection screen except on his own TV show, interacting either with Big Howard, the audience, or with other animated characters (including the pigeon Roger, his manager, and H:BOT 2000 (named as MOTHER on Little Howard's Big Question), a computer). He is adept at interrupting Big Howard, dealing with hecklers and doing tarot readings with a pack of Top Trumps. His favourite food is fish and chips and he is currently learning the ukulele.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Big Howard and Little Howard Show was nominated for a Perrier Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In 2005, Read staged his own Comeback Special where he performed his first solo Festival show.[1]

TV credits
  • 2004 "Celebdaq" (BBC Choice/BBC3)
  • 2005 "The World Stands Up" (Paramount Comedy/BBC America)
  • 2005-06 Two Posh Old Men (UKTV G2)
  • 2006 "Stairlift To Heaven" (CBBC/BBC1)
  • 2007 Comedy Cuts (ITV2)
  • 2007 The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1)
  • 2009 Little Howard's Big Question (BBC1/CBBC/BBC2)

Theatre credits
  • 2002 Words and Pictures
  • 2003 The Big Howard and Little Howard Show
  • 2004 At Home With The Howards
  • 2005 The Little Howard Appeal
  • 2005 2005 Comeback Special
  • 2007 Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death
  • 2011 Aladdin
  • 2012 Little Howard's Big Show
  • 2013 Howard Read - Hide and Speak

Radio credits
  • 2005 The Milk Run (Radio 1)
  • 2007 An A-Z Of The British Countryside (BBC 7)
  • 2007 Peacefully In Their Sleeps (Radio 4)

References
  1. "Howard Read: 2005 Comeback Special - Description". Chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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