Craig Charles

AKA: Charles Craig
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1964-07-11

Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is a British actor, television presenter and disc jockey. He is best known for his role as Dave Lister in the science-fiction comedy, Red Dwarf, as well as his work on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio.

Crew Roles

Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V
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Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI
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Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV
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Red Dwarf A–Z
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Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII
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Launching Red Dwarf
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Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {66}

Lister

1998-02-14 0

Can't Smeg Won't Smeg

20th century television chef Ainsley Harriott beams himself aboard the space vessel Starbug in order to test the crew's culinary skills. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Lister

1994-01-01 8

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Documentary

Self

2004-11-08 0

Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V

A documentary about the fifth series of Red Dwarf (1992). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2004-02-16 6.5

Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV

A documentary about the fourth series of Red Dwarf (1991). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-02-21 7

Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI

A documentary about the sixth series of Red Dwarf (1993). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-11-07 5

Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII

A documentary about the seventh series of Red Dwarf (1997). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2003-02-10 8.5

Red Dwarf A–Z

A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998, and subsequently included on the DVD release of Red Dwarf series ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Narrator (voice)

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Tor! Total Football

Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, The brothers Koeman… These were some of the superstars from Holland whose blazing talents made the European Championship of 1988 so memorable and one to log indelibly in ...
Genre :Documentary

Interviewer

1992-10-31 6.994

Ghostwatch

For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) a ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery, TV Movie

Self

2012-10-31 0

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

Two decades after its unprecedented television broadcast, the cast, crew and fans of the notorious BBC 'Halloween Hoax' Ghostwatch look back at the show's unique production and legendary aftermath in ...
Genre :Documentary

Doug

2023-09-11 6.5

Sam and Doug

In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperate mother forms an unlikely friendship in order to return home and save her family. ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

Narrator

2000-01-01 0

Don't Walk

Larry, a young criminal, is taught to walk away from a crime scene and never run by his Uncle Henry, a hitman. However he is a purse snatcher and soon learns that it is better to run away instead. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

Self / Lister (archive footage)

2002-11-02 8

Launching Red Dwarf

A documentary about the making of the first series of "Red Dwarf" (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Lister

2009-04-12 6

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

Hurled through a portal, the Red Dwarf crew discover they’re just characters in a TV series. Can they track down their creators and discover how long they have left to live? ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie, Science Fiction

Eddie

1987-01-01 6

Business as Usual

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice o ...
Genre :Drama

Dave Lister

1991-12-28 4

Amnesty International's Big 30

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

1995-10-04 0

Craig Charles: Live on Earth!

Craig Charles's one man stand-up show, Craig Charles: Live on Earth, began its run in 1995 at the Duke of York Theatre in London’s West End with four sell-out nights. It was followed by three sell-out ...
Genre :

Carl Begsley

2008-01-01 0

Clubbing to Death

Set in the murky world of club culture, where Dench, a low life gangster runs the five biggest clubs in London, and supplies drugs to all of them. Everything seems to be going well until he gets greed ...
Genre :Crime

Scott Flower

2006-01-10 0

The Dealer

Hard-core villain Danny "The Dealer" Dempsey, awakes one morning, in his heavily secured home, to find a letter resting on his pillow. The dealer is totally bewildered how it got there, as there are n ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Lister

1995-01-01 8

Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs

A video release containing toxic waste from the first three series of space comedy Red Dwarf. Witness the cast, and a number of guest stars, forget lines, reach for misplaced props, or accidentally fa ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Documentary

Self

2009-04-12 0

Red Dwarf: The Making of Back to Earth

A documentary about the making of the Red Dwarf mini-series 'Back to Earth'. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-11-14 0

Red Dwarf: Behind the Scenes - Series XI

A documentary about the making of the eleventh series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :

Self

2017-11-20 0

Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII

A documentary of the making of the twelfth series of Red Dwarf (2017). ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2012-05-30 9

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

2018-12-26 0

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were tells Sir Ken’s story from his boyhood growing up in the 1930s in Knotty Ash, through his big break into show business and then on to his unrivalled career in entertainme ...
Genre :TV Movie, Documentary, Comedy

Self

2007-11-12 6.3

Red Dwarf: The Beginning - Series I

A documentary about the first series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2003-11-03 7.7

Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III

A documentary about the third series of Red Dwarf (1989). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2007-11-12 6.5

Red Dwarf: It's Cold Outside - Series II

A documentary about the second series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

1997-10-01 0

Swirly Thing Alert

Swirly Thing Alert is a special put together by KCTS following Robert Llewellyn and Craig Charles around in their visit to Seattle in 1997. It includes telethon, interview and convention footage. ...
Genre :Documentary

David Lister

2020-04-09 6.364

Red Dwarf: The Promised Land

The posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister as their God. Lister vows to help them as they're being hunted by Rodon, the ruthless feral cat leader who has vowed to wipe out all cats who worshi ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Pedro

2006-11-24 5

Fated

When the charismatic and eccentric art teacher Tatty falls in love with Amy, one of his students, he believes he has met the love of his life. Unfortunately Amy dies in an accident. Distraught and bla ...
Genre :Fantasy, Romance

Zipper - Cat (voice)

1993-12-27 0

Prince Cinders

Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man into an ugly ape. Prince Cinders then spends all ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Family

Liverpool Joe

2025-11-08 4.3

Zombie Apache

A greedy real estate developer desecrates a sacred Viking burial ground, unleashing a comical nightmare upon the unsuspecting locals. ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Self

2012-11-09 0

Red Dwarf: We're Smegged - Series X

A documentary about the making of the tenth series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2006-03-27 4

Red Dwarf: The Tank - Series VIII

A documentary about the eighth series of Red Dwarf (1999). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1988-10-03 5.2

This Morning

This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions. ...
Genre :Talk, News

1998-01-02 6.8

Robot Wars

Teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out over a series of rounds in a huge purpose-built arena aiming to become the Robot Wars Champion. ...
Genre :Reality

Dave Lister

1988-02-15 8.051

Red Dwarf

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. ...
Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Self

2003-09-01 6

The Games

The Games is a British reality television series that ran on Channel 4 for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic-style events, such as weight lifting, gymn ...
Genre :Reality

Self

2017-01-04 0

We Have Been Watching

This series features some of Britain's best-loved comedians and funniest comedy actors gathering together for a jolly night in front of the telly, watching clips from classic sitcoms and sketch shows ...
Genre :

2002-11-01 7.8

Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up diff ...
Genre :Comedy, Reality

Space Captain

1997-07-15 7.5

Space Cadets

Space Cadets is a comedy panel game broadcast on Channel 4 in 1997. It was presented by "High Commander" Greg Proops with Bill Bailey and Craig Charles as the "Space Captains". It ran for just one ser ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

1997-01-03 6.7

Captain Butler

Captain Butler was a British sitcom starring Craig Charles as Butler, the captain of a motley crew of pirates which included Roger Griffiths, Shaun Curry, Lewis Rae and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Created by Joh ...
Genre :Comedy

2001-10-08 0

Robot Wars Extreme

Robot Wars Extreme was a series of special episodes of the television game show Robot Wars. ...
Genre :Reality

Self

1991-10-14 3.1

Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October ...
Genre :Talk

1987-04-25 0

It's Wicked

Genre :

1987-10-21 3.5

Daytime Live

Genre :

Craig Charles

2020-02-27 6.867

Meet the Richardsons

Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers get a glimpse into their home and work lives, surrounded by their celebrity friends and their Hebden Bridg ...
Genre :Comedy

MacFadden

1987-12-04 0

The Marksman

Twelve-year-old Gordon Weaver is killed on waste-ground in Liverpool. His grandfather, Doyle, sends for the boy's father, who returns from Spain to search for the killers. He goes to an old friend to ...
Genre :Drama

The Warden

1997-04-18 7

Lexx

A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Self

2021-11-09 1

Moneybags

Craig Charles hosts the daytime game show where contestants grab from a conveyor belt the moneybag with the correct answer to the question written on it - grab the right answer win the value of the ba ...
Genre :Reality

Self

1978-01-08 5.3

An Audience with...

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guest ...
Genre :Talk

Self

2022-01-11 8

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

Craig Charles, the BBC 6 Music Radio DJ, star of Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, hosts the show alongside world renowned space journalist astrophysicist, and award-winning author Sarah Cruddas. Craig ...
Genre :Documentary, Mystery

Self

1992-10-09 5

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Genre :Talk

Self - Host

2004-06-07 6.7

The Gadget Show

The Gadget Show is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5 is currently presented by Jason Bradbury and Rachel Riley with Jon Bentle ...
Genre :News, Documentary

Self

2007-06-16 7.8

Would I Lie to You?

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrage ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Participant

2011-10-24 5

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction ...
Genre :Talk

Self

2016-09-01 7

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires. ...
Genre :Talk

Self - Panelist

2013-08-31 6

Through the Keyhole

What would happen if Keith Lemon had permission to snoop around celebrities' homes? Find out as Through The Keyhole returns, with everyone's favourite strawberry-blonde presenter at the helm! ...
Genre :Comedy, Reality

Self

1999-09-06 3.2

Loose Women

A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip. ...
Genre :Talk

Lloyd Mullaney

1960-12-09 5.3

Coronation Street

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the R ...
Genre :Soap

Self

2020-08-06 6.833

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

The definitive overview of the adventures of the legendary Boys from the Dwarf. This three-part series charts the origins, production and legacy of everything associated with the sci-fi comedy. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022-12-28 0

Best Year Ever

Can't imagine a world without Wi-Fi, smart phones or social media? You don't have to, as Craig Charles takes us on a nostalgic journey through some stand-out years that changed the course of history! ...
Genre :

Self

2002-08-25 6.1

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally. ...
Genre :Comedy, Reality

Zone Warden

1993-01-04 5

Cyberzone

A virtual reality adventure game show in which sporting champions face challengers testing their stamina and mental agility in worlds created by advanced computer technology. ...
Genre :

Self

1990-09-28 7.1

Have I Got News for You

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs. ...
Genre :Comedy, News