Middlesbrough F. C. Fans Bob Mortimer, Chris Joseph (Autobiographer), Chris Rea, David Shayler, Jeff Winter, Kirsten O'Brien, Mark Benton, Mark Clemmi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Bob Mortimer, Chris Joseph (autobiographer), Chris Rea, David Shayler, Jeff Winter, Kirsten O'Brien, Mark Benton, Mark Clemmit, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Stephen Tompkinson, Stuart Brennan. Excerpt: Stephen Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor. He is best known for his work in television drama and comedy productions, such as DCI Banks, Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel, Grafters and Drop the Dead Donkey, and for the movie Brassed Off. For 25 years he has been seen year after year on British television in high-quality dramas that are both commercially successful and critically acclaimed. His stage performances have drawn equal acclaim as either "inspired comic genius" or menacing "devil in a Savile Row three piece" - an actor who "can be relied upon to play characters from all walks of life and make them memorable for audiences of television, film and radio." Stephen was born in Stockton-on-Tees on 15 October 1965. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. His parents - father Brian Tompkinson, who is a retired bank manager, and his mother Josephine, who was a school teacher - blessed him and his older brother, John, with a stable and traditional upbringing. He retains fond memories of an idyllic childhood, playing cricket and spending time on the pier after school, as well as holiday trips back to Stockton-on-Tees and to Scotland with his family. But his Dad tells the real story of his boyhood misadventures: "I remember going into his room to kiss him goodnight as I always did, and when I spoke to him there was no reply....I pulled back the covers and there was no Stephen, just the pillows. He'd snuck out of the...