UKAFTA AWARDS NEWS!!

[Marino]

To all readers of thses forums.

Just to let you know we have secured the services of our guest presenter singer/comediene KATE ROBBINS (Had number one hit singles, and was one of the Spitting Image puppet voices) if you don't know her and live band ROUTE 66. (fronted by The Doctor from Dr and the Medics)

So the night will have a much better feel then previous events.

I would like to make clear that none of the people who helped fuck up last years event are involved with UKAFTA and I personally am making sure all is well and honest behind the the scenes.

Yes we are late to press due to being fucked about by so called agents and managers but we are now full steam ahead.

We look forward to a great night and hope we will be well supported by our fellow adult proffesionals and friends.

[Annap]

Marino .

i do remember Kate Robbins didnt think much to her voice, also has a brother is it Ted? is name

Anna P

[Marino]

Never mind Anna, it won't be a concert. she is also a multi award winning comedienne.

So nice for such a positive response. well done.

[mark cremona]

a more trusted hand at the tiller I cannot imagine. Good Luck Marino. Im sure the night will be a great success.

[Ron T. Storm]

Good luck Marino,

I am sure it will be a well organised event and wish you the best,

Stormchild69

[Marino]

We are certianly doing our best.
Thanks for the support

Shame we had weeks wasted by agents and managers. Jesus you would think we were asking for them to take a shit on the stage and eat it. (any takers?)

[ATS]

Annap wrote:

> Marino .
>
> i do remember Kate Robbins didnt think much to her voice, also
> has a brother is it Ted? is name
>
> Anna P

Quite right Anna. Ted was the man (Den Perry) in Phoenix Nights
who torched Brian Potter's club

[Marino]

Here is a ittle information on Kate Robbins.
As you can see she is still very much an entertainer.


Kate has recently finished filming the movie Flyboys starring Jean Reno, directed by Tony Bill which will be released later this year. She was also seen as the murderess in a recent episode of Heart Beat.

Being the 2nd cousin of Paul McCartney (Kate's grandmother Annie McCartney and Paul's Father Jim McCartney were brother and sister) meant that Kate was born into a long musical tradition..references to her parents Bett and Mike Robbins are in the Beatles anthology- (Mike being the first "show business person" that John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew when they were teenagers- booking them to perform in his pub and billing them as The Nurk twins) Paul McCartney employed Kate as a backing singer many years later on the album Press To Play.

When Kate Robbins set out on the road to success back in the early eighties she was primarily a singer and represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 as part of the group Prima Donna (they came third!!) ..then in 1981 Kate had a number 2 hit which sold half a million copies with the song More Than In Love. Her own TV series followed featuring her brother Ted Robbins . This was The Kate and Ted Show, follwed by The Kate Robbins Show where Kate showed her array of vocal skills as an impressionist. It was around this time that she became a regular voice on Spitting Image.

Kate has been a regular guest on the Radio2 Saturday show Jammin' where she enjoyed playing the piano and working with Roland Rivron, and her collaboration with Guy Pratt has proved successful as she now directs Guy's one man theatre show My Bass and Other Animals (which starts this Monday 13th November ?06 at the King?s Head in Islington) and is taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe festival ( see www.guypratt.com under 'links' for details).

Playing the strange "I Come From Urmston" Babs in both series of Victoria Wood's Dinner Ladies. Kate later went on to star in Victoria Wood 's Big Fat Documentary for BBC1. She can currently be heard in the Radio 4 comedy/drama series Three Off The Tee written by David Spicer.
Kate plays Kathleen in Fated (Ace Films2006)

[Terry999]

Night will be brill mate. Look forward

Tel
xx