Aiden J. Harvey
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Aiden J Harvey is an angular English north country comedian and impersonator who got his break on the mid 1970s ATV
talent show New Faces
. He was subsequently in demand on TV comedy and variety shows throughout the following decade.
He is probably most famous as a member of the Copy Cats team, a popular comedy programme of the late 1980s. Produced by LWT, it centred around a group of impressionists and remained a staple of ITV1
's early evening Saturday night schedule for several seasons. Harvey was also frequently seen as a guest performer on some of the big budget televised variety spectacles of the same era (e.g. Live from the Piccadilly).
In 2005, he was carving out a living working as a comedian on the cabaret circuit in the Costa Del Sol., and also as a cruise ship entertainer.
In 2007 he appeared in the pantomime
version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
at the Southport Theatre
.
Associated TeleVision
Associated Television, often referred to as ATV, was a British television company, holder of various licences to broadcast on the ITV network from 24 September 1955 until 00:34 on 1 January 1982...
talent show New Faces
New Faces
New Faces was a British television talent show popular in the 1970s and 1980s, presented originally by Derek Hobson. It was produced by ATV Network Limited for the ITV Network. The first run of the show was from 29 September 1973 to 2 April 1978 and was recorded at the ATV Centre, Birmingham...
. He was subsequently in demand on TV comedy and variety shows throughout the following decade.
He is probably most famous as a member of the Copy Cats team, a popular comedy programme of the late 1980s. Produced by LWT, it centred around a group of impressionists and remained a staple of ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
's early evening Saturday night schedule for several seasons. Harvey was also frequently seen as a guest performer on some of the big budget televised variety spectacles of the same era (e.g. Live from the Piccadilly).
In 2005, he was carving out a living working as a comedian on the cabaret circuit in the Costa Del Sol., and also as a cruise ship entertainer.
In 2007 he appeared in the pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
at the Southport Theatre
Southport Theatre
Southport Theatre is a theatre in Southport, England that is owned by Sefton Council and managed by Live Nation. The theatre presents a programme of touring shows, opera and children's shows throughout the year...
.