Paul Shearer is a British actor who is best known as a minor member of the Fast Show team. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 His best-known roles on that programme are as a newscaster and a variety show host on the European television parody sketch 'Chanel 9'. Chanel 9 was a recurring sketch in the British Sketch comedy TV show The Fast Show.
He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Hugh Laurie. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker Anthony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English Actor. Emma Thompson (born April 15 1959 is an Academy Award - Emmy Award - BAFTA Award - and Golden Globe -winning Anglo-Scottish Actress James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer and Musician This team became the winners of the first ever Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Perrier Award may refer to Perrier Comedy Award Perrier Young Jazz Awards The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival.