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	Rowley Birkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rowley Birkin QC is a fictional character played by the comedian Paul Whitehouse in the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show.
		Rowley Birkin was an elderly barrister (the post-nominal letters "QC" stand for "Queen's Counsel") with grey hair and a puffy red nose from drinking too much.
		His sketches consisted of him seated in an old-fashioned sitting room in front of the fireplace with a drink in his hand, regaling the person in the opposite chair (of whom only the legs could be seen) with stories about his past exploits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowley_Birkin (314 words)

	Rowley Birkin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rowley Birkin was an elderly (A British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law) barrister (the (additional info and facts about post-nominal letters) post-nominal letters "QC" stand for " (additional info and facts about Queen's Counsel) Queen's Counsel") with grey hair and a puffy red nose from drinking too much.
		The BBC webpage on Rowley Birkin tells of the character's origins, saying, "Rowley was based on a man, named Andrew Rollo, who Paul Whitehouse met on a (The act of someone who fishes as a diversion) fishing trip to (An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944) Iceland."
		In a BBC documentary about the Fast Show called The Inside Leg of the Fast Show, actor, and fan of the show, (additional info and facts about Johnny Depp) Johnny Depp said that he thought the Rowley Birkin character was a creation of 'genius'.
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	Rowley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Rowley Birkin - TheBestLinks.com - Rowley Birkin QC, Abbreviation, Barrister, Drink,...
		Rowley Birkin was an elderly barrister with grey hair and a puffy red nose from drinking too much.
		His sketches consisted of him seated in an old-fashioned sitting room in front of the fireplace with a drink in his hand, regaling the viewer with stories about his past exploits.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Rowley_Birkin_QC.html (265 words)

	Robotfist: TV Feature: Show Me the Funny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the recurring characters, bucolic raconteur Rowley Birkin QC (played by Paul Whitehouse), whose usual schtick consisted of mumbled drunken gibberish punctuated by hilarious pronouncements, came on with less ebullience than usual.
		Instead of smirking into the camera every now and then, and reciting his catchphrase "I'm afraid that I was very, very drunk," he merely offered the viewer a wounded look every now and then, as if that week's memoir was particularly painful to recall.
		The mumbling went on for about a minute, whereupon Birkin turned to the camera, said "and she was gone," half-breathed his motto, and sat back in silence.
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	BBC - The Fast Show - Character Guide
		Sozzled, rambling old barrister, Rowley Birkin QC, sits in his chair and spins yarns of foreign adventures, mysterious women and exotic beasts, attended only by his equally ancient butler.
		During his nonsensical mutterings you can make out the occasional phrase - 'took it off below the knee'...
		Rowley was based on a man, named Andrew Rollo, who Paul Whitehouse met on a fishing trip to Iceland.
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/fastshow/characters/rowley_birkin.shtml (85 words)

	The Fast Show - Series One [1994] DVD at Shop Ireland
		The jokes in every episode are exactly the same, every sketch an only slightly different path to one of a few familiar punchlines ("I'll get me coat", "Where's me washboard?", "Scorchio!", "Suits you, Sir," and so on): once the viewer or reader is in with the jokes, they feel part of the club.
		However, aficionados will regard this collection as indispensable for the beginning of the saga of awkward young aristocrat Ralph and his unrequited passion for his gardener, Ted: a funny yet oddly affecting rendering of love thwarted by circumstance.
		There are a lot of ideas here which are weak by comparison with, for example, Rowley Birkin or Swiss Toni who didn't materialise until later.
	www.shopireland.ie /dvd/detail/B000067A9X/The-Fast-ShowSeries (658 words)

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		Rowley Birkin QC told a perfectly coherent story about being sober.
		Only in our memory (and in repeats) will Ralph, Ted, Rowley and Swiss Toni live on in gloriously unresolved purgatory.
		The League of Gentlemen, mercifully, remained in its unfathomable prime.
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	St Paul meets Ethel the Frog
		What we find is not just jokes, but some things that tell us who we are, what is wrong with us and sometimes (though not often enough) a clue as to how to make things better.
		For those who haven't heard of him, he is a drunken, pompous barrister who tells rambling stories where you can only understand about one word in five, because he mutters and he is very, very drunk.
		However, in the last episode of that series, Rowley reminisced about a failed love affair in his youth, a poignant, non-funny piece of drama which suddenly made you care very deeply about this character.
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	comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of my favourite characters is Paul's 'Rowley Birkin QC' - the old bloke who sits in his chair by the fireplace murmuring.
		My fave quotes from him are 'I hit my head RATHER sharply', 'and I found I'd got married to three of them', 'and we found it wasn't ACTUALLY cheese at all', 'a long and pointy nose!' and, of course, 'I'm afraid I was very...
		It's well worth it - the sketches they did were fantastic - the Dodgy Geezer was brilliant, Rowley was spot-on, the dancing Cheezy Peaz were...
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		Featuring all the favourite characters from the previous two series; Ted and Ralph, Jessie's Diets, Competitive Dad, Suits You Sir, Off Roaders, Rowley Birkin QC and Mr Nice, to name but a few.
		And who would hve expected to find me - the 13th Duke of Wybourne - in the Royal box with a magnum of fizzy, a box of Havanas and a clutch of the finest fillies from the chorus line...
		And who would have expected to find me - the 13th Duke of Wybourne - in the Royal box with a magnum of fizzy, a box of havanas and a clutch of the finest fillies from the chorus line.
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	The Online Temple of Chris Parkes
		I got up this morning and found my trousers in the middle of the kitchen.
		Needless to say, [Rowley Birkin, QC voice] I was very, very drunk indeed.[/Rowley Birkin, QC voice]
		I reckon if the croc had snapped up Steve Irwin's...
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	Culture: ‘Help’: Not just any comedy
		For those who recognise the names but aren’t instantly able to place them, Whitehouse was Harry Enfield’s 1990s sidekick and played pop-picker Mike Smash to Harry’s Dave Nice.
		But his acting was challenged to a greater degree by The Fast Show, for which he created characters such as the semi-coherent Rowley Birkin QC, who was always “very drunk”.
		Chris Langham co-wrote Help with Whitehouse and was perfectly cast in the series as Peter, the psychiatrist.
	www.nzbc.net.nz /culture/2005/11/help-not-just-any-comedy.html (921 words)

	Whitehouse Address
		The Gay News Fighting Fund was set up in December 1976.
		Judge Alan King-Hamilton QC heard the trial at the Old Bailey on 4 July 1977, with John Mortimer QC and Geoffrey Robertson representing the accused and John Smyth representing Mary Whitehouse.
		On Monday 11 July the jury found both defendants guilty.
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	Sir Rowley Birkin QC on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		For them, the Savoy Operas are a cosy, unchanged, untroubled Victorian idyll; their biggest proponents seem to be clergymen, businessmen, and silly Americans.
		Too many old fogeys reminisce Rowley Birkin, QC-style about the dear things, and you feel, to your horror, that you're turning into your grandparents because you adore GandS.
		One similarly-minded critic bemoans this 'ossified' treatment, suggesting an injection of new blood with the use of comedians such as Stephen Fry or Harry Enfield.
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	Brilliant! (The Fast Show) - British Television
		The Ralph and Ted sketches in particular are so brilliantly written and acted they are difficult to watch.
		When Rowley Birkin QC talked about a romantic relationship, which went wrong because he was, inevitably, “Very, very drunk,” it made me cry.
		For a show that was initially accused of being “just catchphrases” to go on to move the audience to tears while still remaining pant-wettingly funny is an incredible achievement.
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	Memorable TV The TV Shows (1990's) The Fast Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Very popular sketch series filled with memorable characters and catchphrases ('Suit You Sir', 'Bugger' and 'Scorchio' are just a few of the many catchphrases.
		Classic characters included Unlucky Alf, Rowley Birkin QC, Ted and Ralph, Monkfish, Chip Cobb the Deaf Stuntman, Swiss Toni and many many more.
		The cast was headed by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson (who had come to prominence working with Harry Enfield on his sketch shows) and also included John Thomson, Mark Williams, Arabella Weir, Simon Day and Caroline Aherne.
	www.memorabletv.com /showsaz/fastshow.htm (256 words)

	Television & Documentary > TV Series > Fast Show
		The seven episodes also add further depth to many of the catchphrase-reliant characters.
		Rowley Birkin QC finds a touching reason to wish he hadn't been "very, very drunk", Ted and Ralph's...
		The formula should be known by now; extremely short sketches by known characters (very often just one catchphrase).
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		COX: ROWLEY BIRKIN QC, ''I said pull harder, urgh swin swin swin, three pairs of socks, pow pow, on the legs, and he said shoot her shoot her!""
		STROKE: OLIVER REED, "My only regret is that I didn't drink every pub dry and sleep with every woman on the planet." What a man and what a stroke!
		BOW: THE BEER FRIDGE, This crew is willing to forsake a bowman for in boat refreshments.
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		I will move this over to the consumables board, more people will look for it there.
		Rowley: you want to check out www.northdevoncomputers.com/shop you can get them for £4.99 inc delivery for a full set and the ink is top quality.
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	FLYING INKPOT THEATRE REVIEW: Twelfth Night or What You Will by The Stage Club
		I have often been less than kind to The Stage Club when they have used British regional accents in the past, but here I think they made the right choice.
		Woolhead's performance reminded me of a character called the Honourable Rowley Birkin, QC, from The Fast Show, a BBC sketch comedy.
		Similarly, Woolhead's performance fitted the character, the setting and the requirements of the play so exactly that a few lost words here and there were inconsequential (and anyway, you could get a lot of what Woolhead was saying from his excellent physical acting).
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	Paston School Forum - 'Real' OPs. Your chance to become a Guvnor. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I'll do it, I'm stupid with time on my hands.
		I expect so - I seem to recall that most of the old darlings were, like Rowley Birkin, QC, "ver', ver', drunk" - or at least gave a good impression of same.
		Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne found a sixth form girls' dormitory.
	www.pastonschool.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20 (234 words)

	British Army Rumour Service > > Forums > > RLC - Responsible for making sure the boots don't fit and the ...
		Are you sure some of the No2s would be able to turn a PC on let alone string words together to make some sense?
		Last edited by Sir Rowley Birkin QC on Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:50 pm; edited 1 time in total
		Mr Birkin, never a truer word said in jest.........how the hell did I get locked in there let alone get out, plus where dthe fcuk did 12hrs go?.
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	Comedy Review, Alan's diet of cheesy peas at The Fast Show
		Fans of the series were well rewarded with this live tour.
		All the old favourites were there, Big Dave Angel — Eco Warrior, Rowley Birkin QC, Swiss Tony, Ron Manager and The set piece finale, The Channel Nine Nativity.
		When a donkey’s head stuck it’s head round the manger door and said, “That’s the hardest job in the world that is — The Messiah, Son of God” I nearly wet myself.
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	The Fast Show Farewell Tour (2003) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But the funniest bit was the Rowley Birkin QC ("I was very, very drunk") one - absolutely hilarious!
		The best one (with Rowley Birkin QC) ever!
		The lines (well, the ones that you can understand!) are hilarious.
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	The Moscow Expat Forums - When you get old who would you most like to be .... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When you get old who would you most like to be....
		Following on from a lager fuelled conversation last night, where I stated that my ambition later in life is to be a cross between the Major Gowen in Fawlty Towers and Rowley Birkin QC from the fast show
		Lets hear'em people - who is your desired role model for those twilight years when you get to be a burden to your children....
	www.expat.ru /forum/showthread.php?t=12008 (334 words)

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