Question: When was the English actor born who is best known for his roles in a British television sitcom produced by ITV Studios for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998-2000, and specials from 2006-12?

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Not with a Bang: Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by LWT for ITV in 1990.  It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long.  The show was a dark science fiction comedy, focusing on the end of the human race on Earth.  The title comes from the last line of T. S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men ""not with a bang, but a whimper"".

The Royle Family: The Royle Family is a British television sitcom produced by ITV Studios for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998-2000, and specials from 2006-12.  It centres on the lives of a scruffy television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising family patriarch Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), his wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), their daughter Denise (Caroline Aherne), their son Antony (Ralf Little) and Denise's fiancé (later husband) David (Craig Cash).

List of The Royle Family episodes: "The Royle Family" is a popular, BAFTA award-winning television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000, with special episodes between 2006 and 2012.  Two sketches for Children in Need (2008) and Comic Relief (2009) have also been aired.

Family Tools: Family Tools is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from May 1 to July 10, 2013, and aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET.  The series, created by Bobby Bowman, is produced by Mark Gordon, ABC Studios and ITV Studios America.  It is based on the British sitcom "White Van Man" aired on the now defunct BBC 3 and produced by ITV Studios America's parent company, ITV Studios, and whose creator, Adrian Poynton, is also a co-creator and producer of the American version.

List of The Vicar of Dibley episodes: "The Vicar of Dibley" is a British sitcom which premiered on BBC One on 10 November, 1994.  From 1994 to 1998, two series and two specials had been produced and broadcast.  No further series were produced.  Following this, a number of specials were broadcast.  Over the seasonal period between Christmas 1999 and early 2000, four specials aired.  This collection of specials are often referred to as the third series, however, it was not produced as an official series.  Another four specials were aired between 2004/2005 and 2006/2007.  The series ended on 1 January 2007.  This was, however, followed by three short Comic Relief episodes, aired on 16 March 2007, 15 March 2013 and 13 March 2015.  In all, 20 episodes and six shorter Comic Relief specials have been produced.

Andrew Whyment: Andrew Whyment (born 2 April 1981) is an English actor, best known for his roles in "The Royle Family" and "Coronation Street".

List of shows produced by ITV Studios: This is a list of shows produced by ITV Studios, the television production company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc.  This list includes shows from the American division with labels Tomorrow Studios and Leftfield Pictures among others, the UK division with Potato and 12 Yard and many other divisions from countries all over the world past and present.

The Dustbinmen: The Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield and Tim Wylton.  The show was a spin-off from a one-off 90-minute television film "There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah" (1968) written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Michael Apted.  This led to the sitcom which ran for three series between 1969 and 1970.  Rosenthal wrote all of the episodes of the first two series.

'Orrible: 'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC.  Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan.  Vaughan stars as a cheeky chappy taxi-cab driver and wannabe small-time criminal in Acton (west London).  Despite the BBC being confident and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics for the script and Vaughan's acting ability.  It achieved very low viewing figures and ran for one series, and has never been repeated by the BBC.  "Ultimately, it was shit" said Vaughan in a 2004 interview in "The Stage".  James Buckley made his acting debut playing Sean's son (and Paul's godson) in the sixth episode, "Two Men and a Bastard".

Endeavour (TV series): Endeavour is a British television detective drama series.  It is a prequel to the long-running "Inspector Morse" and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford.  Shaun Evans portrays a young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID.  The series is produced for ITV as a Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios.  Following a pilot episode in 2012, the first series was broadcast in 2013, the second in 2014 and the third in January 2016.  A fourth series was ordered by ITV, began filming in late spring 2016, and premiered on 8 January 2017.

Supporting paragraphs: Andrew Whyment The Royle Family
Answer: 2 April 1981