Robert "Doc" Cox (born 1 July 1946 in Sheffield, Yorkshire), also known as Ivor Biggun, is a British musician and former television journalist. Year 1 ( I) was a Common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC TV programme That's Life! from 1982 to 1989. That's Life! was a magazine-style Television series on BBC between 1973 and 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen

"Coxy", as he was known at school was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar school Retford, Nottinghamshire and at one point became prefect. Retford is a Market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England, located 31 miles from the County town of Nottingham Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire He was active as the writer and singer of such classics as Charlotte the Harlot whilst at school and performed as the lead singer of Nurk Widebeest and the Mutations. This was in the mid 1960s. Their performances were mostly at various local village hall dances and were quite bold at the time for the use of risque lyrics but not as explicit as now allowed.

Under the Biggun name, he fronts a humorous band that is sometimes billed simply as "Ivor Biggun", or with varying band names, eg "Ivor Biggun and Red-nosed Burglars" or "Ivor Biggun and the Left-Handed Wankers". His specialty is innuendo-laden smutty songs. One song, "The Winker's Song (Misprint)" was released as a single in 1978 and sold well. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon However, it was banned by nearly all radio stations due to its explicit content. He has since made four albums of bawdy songs (and recorded with Judge Dread and David "Screaming Lord" Sutch), the latest being Handling Swollen Goods, released by Stiff Weapon records in 2005. For the comic book character see Judge Dredd Alexander Minto Hughes ( 2 May 1945 - 13 March 1998 Screaming Lord Sutch 3rd Earl of Harrow, known as Screaming Lord Sutch, born David Edward Sutch ( 10 November 1940 &ndash In 2000, under the name Ivor Biggun and the D-Kups, the song "Bras on 45" (aka "Bra Size 45") was released as a part of the Dementia 2000! collection.

In 1999, he released a best-of CD entitled The Fruity Bits of Ivor Biggun, which included four sets of lewd artwork:

• The Fruity Bits of Ivor Biggun
• The Breast of Ivor Biggun
• The Beast of Ivor Biggun
• The Wurst of Ivor Biggun

Songs on the CD include

• "Bras on 45"
• "The Wanker's Song" (the original title of "The Wanker's Song")
• "Wanker Rock 'n Roll"

In October 2006, record label Stiff Weapon released a second best-of release, double CD titled More Fruity Bits! The Rest of Ivor Biggun. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

Ivor Biggun is sometimes compared and even confused with George Formby as "The Winker's Song (Misprint)" is quite clearly a parody of George Formby's comical musical style. George Formby Jr, OBE ( 26 May, 1904 &ndash 6 March, 1961) was an English ukulele player (banjolele George Formby Jr, OBE ( 26 May, 1904 &ndash 6 March, 1961) was an English ukulele player (banjolele

External links

• Doc Cox at the Internet Movie Database