Ben Richards (actor)
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Ben Richards is an English actor best known for his role on ITV
's Footballers' Wives
in which he played brooding sexy footballer Bruno Milligan, ITV2
spin-off
drama Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
and BBC1's Holby City
. He also has a background in dancing, has appeared in numerous West End shows and was a judge in the second series of Strictly Dance Fever
in 2006.
He is a former pupil of Felpham Community College
.
Richards played Sky Masterson in the uk tour of Guys and Dolls in 2006
He appeared in a home-made film called "Love in the Afternoon" as confirmed by his wife on Family Fortunes
.
He now plays PC Nate Roberts in ITV
police drama The Bill
.
From the 1st of June 2010 he will be appearing in the musical 'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert' in London.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...
in which he played brooding sexy footballer Bruno Milligan, ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
drama Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series...
and BBC1's Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
. He also has a background in dancing, has appeared in numerous West End shows and was a judge in the second series of Strictly Dance Fever
Strictly Dance Fever
Strictly Dance Fever is a British television programme, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday evenings. It was an amateur dance talent competition, hosted by Graham Norton, which ran during Spring 2005 and Spring 2006. It was, in many ways, similar to the BBC's popular Strictly Come Dancing, a celebrity...
in 2006.
He is a former pupil of Felpham Community College
Felpham Community College
Felpham Community College is a maintained comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18. It caters to approximately 1400 pupils in Years 7 to 13, including nearly 200 in its sixth form. It is now a mathematics and computing college-History:...
.
Richards played Sky Masterson in the uk tour of Guys and Dolls in 2006
He appeared in a home-made film called "Love in the Afternoon" as confirmed by his wife on Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes...
.
He now plays PC Nate Roberts in ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
police drama The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
.
From the 1st of June 2010 he will be appearing in the musical 'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert' in London.