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'''Graham Seed''' (born 12 July 1950) is an [[England|English]] actor.
'''Graham Seed''' (born 12 July 1950) is an [[England|English]] actor.


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==Career==
==Career==
Seed is best known for playing Nigel Pargetter in the [[BBC radio]] series ''[[The Archers]]'' from 1983<ref name=r4>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/whos_who/actors/grahamseed.shtm |title=Radio 4 – The Archers – Who's Who : A–D |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref> until January 2011, although actor Nigel Carrington briefly played the role when Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Seed appeared in the well-known "Is it on the Trolley?" sketch, alongside [[Victoria Wood]] (its author) and [[Duncan Preston]] in the series ''[[Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keri Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/graham_seed_on_playing_and_lea.html |title=The Archers Blog: Graham Seed on playing, and leaving, Nigel Pargetter |publisher=BBC |date=2011-01-03 |accessdate=2016-01-03}}</ref>
Seed is best known for playing Nigel Pargetter in the [[BBC radio]] series ''[[The Archers]]'' from 1983<ref name=r4>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/whos_who/actors/grahamseed.shtm |title=Radio 4 – The Archers – Who's Who : A–D |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> until January 2011, although actor Nigel Carrington briefly played the role when Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Seed appeared in the well-known "Is it on the Trolley?" sketch, alongside [[Victoria Wood]] (its author) and [[Duncan Preston]] in the series ''[[Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keri Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/graham_seed_on_playing_and_lea.html |title=The Archers Blog: Graham Seed on playing, and leaving, Nigel Pargetter |publisher=BBC |date=3 January 2011 |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref>


After his character's death in ''The Archers'' in 2011, Seed played himself as the villain in a Radio 4 pantomime who plans to bring down [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] by releasing the [[Greenwich Time Signal|Pips]], but ultimately falls to his death whilst retrieving a banner, paralleling his Archers character. In addition to ''The Archers'', Seed has appeared in the TV soap operas ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' (1995–97, as Dick Thornton), ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1981, as a solicitor) and ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1985–88, as Charlie Mycroft).<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1357829/credits.html "Crossroads – The 1980s"], BFI screenonline</ref><ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|title=Graham Seed |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781476/|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref>
After his character's death in ''The Archers'' in 2011, Seed played himself as the villain in a Radio 4 pantomime who plans to bring down [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] by releasing the [[Greenwich Time Signal|Pips]], but ultimately falls to his death whilst retrieving a banner, paralleling his Archers character. In addition to ''The Archers'', Seed has appeared in the TV soap operas ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' (1995–97, as Dick Thornton), ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1981, as a solicitor) and ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1985–88, as Charlie Mycroft).<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1357829/credits.html "Crossroads – The 1980s"], BFI screenonline</ref><ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|title=Graham Seed |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781476/|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref>

Revision as of 21:41, 8 November 2024

Graham Seed (born 12 July 1950) is an English actor.

Education

Seed was educated at Charterhouse School, an independent boarding school in the market town of Godalming in Surrey, followed by RADA in London.

Career

Seed is best known for playing Nigel Pargetter in the BBC radio series The Archers from 1983[1] until January 2011, although actor Nigel Carrington briefly played the role when Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Seed appeared in the well-known "Is it on the Trolley?" sketch, alongside Victoria Wood (its author) and Duncan Preston in the series Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV.[2]

After his character's death in The Archers in 2011, Seed played himself as the villain in a Radio 4 pantomime who plans to bring down Radio 4 by releasing the Pips, but ultimately falls to his death whilst retrieving a banner, paralleling his Archers character. In addition to The Archers, Seed has appeared in the TV soap operas Brookside (1995–97, as Dick Thornton), Coronation Street (1981, as a solicitor) and Crossroads (1985–88, as Charlie Mycroft).[3][4]

Seed's roles include the teenage Britannicus, son of the emperor Claudius in the BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius (1976), Harrop in William Boyd's Channel 4 Film Good and Bad at Games (1983) and Jorkins in the first episode "Et in Arcadia ego" of the Granada Television television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited (1981). He also appeared in ATV's Edward the Seventh (1975), Bergerac (1981), C.A.B. (1986) Midsomer Murders (2009) and Wild Target (2010).[1]

Personal life

Seed and his first wife, Claire Colvin, were parents to theatre producer Nicola, and jazz guitarist Toby (1988–2018).[5][6][7] In 2013, Seed married theatre producer Denise Silvey.[8][9]

Filmography

  • Gandhi (1982) – Wicket-keeper

References

  1. ^ a b "Radio 4 – The Archers – Who's Who : A–D". BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Keri Davies (3 January 2011). "The Archers Blog: Graham Seed on playing, and leaving, Nigel Pargetter". BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Crossroads – The 1980s", BFI screenonline
  4. ^ "Graham Seed". Internet Movie Database. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Graham Seed on life after The Archers - Birmingham Live". 9 January 2011.
  6. ^ @Grahamseed (10 October 2018). "My brave beautiful boy. Toby Seed. 11.2.88 - 4.10.18" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "How We Met: Graham Seed & Mavis Cheek". Independent.co.uk. 30 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Askew Mag : Meet Your Neighbours : Denise Silvey".
  9. ^ "Stage One".


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