Christopher Biggins Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Net Worth, Porridge, Panto, BBC Radio 2

Christopher Biggins Biography

Christopher Biggins is a television host and actor from England. At the age of 17, he played the lead in a Stage ’65 production of Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui, which led to work with a local repertory theatre company.

How old is Christopher Biggins?- Age

He is 74 years old as of 16 December 2022. He was born in 1948 in Oldham, United Kingdom. His real name is Christopher Kenneth Biggins.

Christopher Biggins Family – Education

Biggins was born in the United Kingdom as the son of William and Pamela Biggins. He grew up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and attended St Probus School, where he studied elocution and participated in local drama groups. At the age of 17, he played the lead in a Stage ’65 production of Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui, which led to work with a local repertory theatre company.

Christopher Biggins Wife – Children

From 1971 to 1974, Biggins was married to Australian actress Beatrice Norbury. He is now openly gay and married his partner, Neil Sinclair, on December 30, 2006, at Hackney Register Office.

Christopher Biggins Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.

Christopher Biggins Rocky Horror

Biggins appeared as a guest star narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in various theatres across the United Kingdom in 2010.

Christopher Biggins porridge

In the situation comedy Porridge (1974-1977), he played the regular character Lukewarm, played by Ronnie Barker. Lukewarm is a rotund young man from the Midlands with a calm and personable demeanor. He is openly gay. He is Fletcher’s trusted friend and confidant, but he is rarely directly involved in his schemes.

Christopher Biggins Photo
Christopher Biggins Photo

He works in the kitchens alongside Godber and is a passionate but notoriously inept cook. He was released three months before Fletcher in Going Straight, and shared a cell with the elderly Blanco. In the mockumentary “Life Beyond The Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher,” his real name is revealed to be Timothy Underwood, but in “Just Desserts,” he is addressed as Lewis by a warder. He is now happily married to Trevor and resides in Denmark.

Christopher Biggins Panto

Biggins has participated in pantomime. He has performed as Widow Twankey in Aladdin (at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton in 2008 and the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton in 2010), Buttons in Cinderella (at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton in 2008), and the title role in Winnie the Pooh. Biggins played Mrs Crusoe in the Robinson Crusoe pantomime at the New Theatre in Cardiff in 2011, and she returned to the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in Dick Whittington in December 2012.

In December 2013, he was cast as Dame Trot alongside Bob Carolgees in a New Theatre, Hull production of Jack and the Beanstalk. In 2014, he played Mrs Smee in a production of Peter Pan in Southend, Essex. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award at The Great British Pantomime Awards in 2017.

Christopher Biggins BBC Radio 2

He and Lesley Joseph co-hosted a Sunday morning radio show on BBC London in 2008 for a brief time. Biggins substituted for Liza Tarbuck on BBC Radio 2 during her absences in 2014 and 2015. He returned to BBC Radio 2 in May 2017 to substitute for Paul O’Grady on his Sunday early evening show.