Philip Pope is a British
composer
and actor.
He has performed the BBC
comedy series Radio Active
and has also appeared in a number of TV comedy shows, including Who Dares Wins,
Chelmsford 123
and KYTV.
He made guest appearances on Shelley
as pop star Hobo with Hywel Bennett as James Shelley, and
Pope also starred as Tony Angelino in the Only
Fools and Horses episode 'Stage Fright' with David
Jason & Nicholas Lyndhurst — written by John Sullivan.
Philip Pope has composed a large amount of music for radio and
television including the theme tunes for Through
the Keyhole, Whose Line Is It Anyway?,
KYTV,
My Hero,
The
Bill and Ruddy Hell! It's
Harry and Paul. He also co-wrote with Richard
Curtis the Hee Bee Gee Bees' single
"Meaningless Songs" (B-side "Posing in the Moonlight") released in 1980
to parody the style of a series of Bee Gees disco hits. The Hee Bee
Gee Bees went on to record two albums spoofing numerous acts including Eagles, Michael
Jackson, The Police, Status
Quo and Supertramp. Philip was the
musical director and composer for The Fast Show as well as the popular
BBC children's programmes Fimbles and The
Roly Mo Show.
Pope has scored numerous dramas and comedy-dramas for film and
TV including Ted & Ralph,
Midnight Flight, Crazy for A Kiss,
Hospital! and Margery & Gladys
as well as the film Kevin & Perry Go Large.
He also wrote or co-wrote many comic songs for Not the Nine O'Clock News
and Spitting Image
including British Number 1 hit single The
Chicken Song with Rob
Grant & Doug Naylor.
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