Steven Wickham is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor known largely for his roles in Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...

audio dramas as well as guest appearances in Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...

, Casualty, The Bill

The Bill

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, Eastenders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

 and Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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 in a career which began in 1984.

Career

Steven Wickham began his career after leaving college and joining a theatre in education group called Bucket Theatre, touring schools in Buckinghamshire, performing at one occasion for HRH Princess Anne.

For 18 months he played The Baker in Bill Kenwright's memorable national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and many theatre jobs followed. This includes playing Judas in a national tour of Godspell

Godspell

Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...

, Big Jule in Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

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 at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Reuben Starkadder in Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

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 at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Oscar Wilde in The Mirror of the Moon at the Edinburgh Festival, and Hiram Otis in the national tour of The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

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 opposite Ron Moody. He has played in such diverse roles as Hamlet and Abanazar, Mr Peachum and Lady Bracknell.

His has made many television appearances from Eastenders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

, to Heartbeat from London's Burning

London's Burning

London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...

 to 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...

 (on four separate times) and from Outside Edge

Outside Edge

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 to Casualty

Casualty (TV series)

Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...

 (twice). In Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...

 he appeared as a GELF set to marry the leading protagonist Dave Lister and it garnered him some cult notoriety. He became the only character other than the four primary regulars to appear in the title sequence.

In 2010, he started alongside Rufus Hound in the CBBC

CBBC

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 sitcom Hounded (CBBC)

Hounded (CBBC)

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, starring as the character Future Rufus in all 13 episodes, as well as playing a Russian conker champion in an episode of Hotel Trubble (CBBC) and Mr Cobb in the Little Britain

Little Britain

Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...

 spin-off Come Fly with Me

Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)

Come Fly with Me is a British mockumentary television comedy series created by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Narrated by Lindsay Duncan, the series launched on 25 December 2010 on BBC One and BBC One HD...

 with David Walliams and Matt Lucas.

He has made many commercials for many countries including for Israel, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway and the UK, and has appeared in numerous Big Finish Audio dramas, in many guises, most notably JOSEPH and DOGGLES in the Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Summerfield

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 series and CHANCELLOR VALYES in Gallifrey

Gallifrey

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Audio career

Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Dramas

• Phantasmagoria (as Dr. Samuel Holywell)
• The Fires of Vulcan (as Murranus)
• The Dark Flame (as Joseph/Victor)
• Son of the Dragon (as various characters)
• The Veiled Leopard (as Gavin Walker)
• Red (as Uviol)
• Urban Myths (as Harom)
• Seven Keys to Doomsday (as The Master of Karn/Garm)
• The Settling (as Turner)

Bernice Summerfield Series

• Walking to Babylon (as The Drone)
• The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy
• The Green-Eyed Monsters
• The Mirror Effect
• The Bellotron Incident
• The Draconian Rage
• Death and the Daleks
• The Grel Escape
• The Crystal of Cantus
• The Tartarus Gate
• Summer of Love
• The Judas Gift
• Freedom of Information
• The Final Amendment
• The Wake
• Escaping the Future
• Resurrecting the Past

Sarah Jane Smith

• The Tao Connection (as Mr Sharpe)

Gallifrey

• Lies
• Fractures
• Warfare
• Appropriation
• Mindbomb
• Panacea (All as Chancellor Valyes)

Judge Dredd

• Get Karter! (as Harry Karter)

Iris Wildthyme

• The Land of Wonder (as Professor Ramsbottom)

James Follett's Mindwarp
(as Mr Belan/The Chairman)

Television and filmography

• Come Fly With Me (2010)
• Hounded - CBBC (2010)
• Hotel Trubble - CBBC (2010)
• The Wrong Door (2008)
  • "The Wizard of Office"
  • "Lose Weight Now"
• Casualty (2002–2006)
  • "The Sunny Side of the Street: Part 2"
  • "The Sunny Side of the Street: Part 1"
  • "What Becomes of the BrokenHearted"
• Time Trumpet (2006)
• Eastenders (2004)
• Chocolate - Bollywood movie
• Orrible
• Ellington
• Outside Edge
• Chandler and Co
• The Knock
• London's Burning
• The Bill
• Doctors
• Heartbeat
• Red Dwarf
  • "Emohawk: Polymorph II"
• Doctor Who
  • "The Twin Dilemma" (Giant Gastropod)
  • "The Caves of Androzani" (uncredited soldier)