Tim Whitnall

**Timothy Charles "Tim" Whitnall** (born 27 June 1961 in Canvey Island, Essex) is an English playwright, screenwriter, and actor known for playing Angelo in the long-running CITV series _Mike and Angelo_ and narrating the BBC children's TV programme _Teletubbies_ (UK and Canada). In the US, the USA narrator was Rolf Saxon. He currently co-provides voices in _Thomas & Friends_.

## Career

He has starred in many West End musicals including _Elvis_, _Grease_, _The Rocky Horror Show_, and _Good Rockin' Tonight_.

He worked extensively in film, TV, and radio and presented (and wrote for) the BBC School's series, "The Music Arcade" (with Lucie Skeaping), "Into Music", "Time and Tune", "Music Workshop", and "Let's Sing". He has provided many voice-overs and vocals for TV commercials, animations, and jingles.

Whitnall's theatre play _The Sociable Plover_, first performed at Old Red Lion Theatre in 2005, was made into a feature film by Poisson Rouge Pictures and Solution Films (re-titled as _The Hide_) and received its UK première on Film4 in February 2009. Following its screen release at the ICA Cinema, London, the film was released on DVD in January 2010. For this work, Whitnall was nominated for Best First Feature Length Screenplay category in the 2010 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards.

Whitnall's stage-play _Morecambe_ – a tribute to the late comedian Eric Morecambe – won a Fringe First Award for 'innovation and excellence in new writing' at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show opened at London's Duchess Theatre the following December and toured the UK through 2010. The piece was nominated in two separate categories in the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards and won the 'Best Entertainment' category.

In 2012, BBC Four screened Whitnall's 90-minute drama _Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story_, which examined and celebrated the life of Kenny Everett. It was directed by James Strong, produced by Paul Frift and starred Oliver Lansley and Katherine Kelly. For it, Whitnall won the Breakthrough Talent Award in the 2013 BAFTA Television Craft Awards.

During 2014, Whitnall joined the cast of the CGI version of the British TV series _Thomas & Friends_, and has provided the voices of the characters Timothy and Reg (in the UK/US), and since 2015–6, Mike, Jerome and Oliver the Excavator in the UK/US.

## Personal life

He lives in Richmond, Surrey with his partner, Anna Murphy, with whom he has a production company, Feather Productions Ltd.

#### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|_Famous Fred_|Additional Vocals||
|2000|_Teletubbies: Christmas in the Snow_|Narrator|Direct-to-video|
|2008|_Like Other People Do_|Rich Man|Short|
|2010|_Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island_|Edison King Oberon Snow Beast Bitten ||||
|_Devil's Playground_|News Anchor|||
|2014|_Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave_|Timothy and Reg|UK/US voice; Direct-to-video|
|2015|_Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins_|Jerome|UK/US voice; Direct-to-video|
|_Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure_|Mike and Oliver the Excavator|UK/US voice||
|2016|_Thomas & Friends: The Great Race_|Timothy and Mike|UK/US voice|

#### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_Play with the Teletubbies_|Narrator|
|_The World Is Not Enough_ (Nintendo 64 and PlayStation)|Davidov||

#### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|_The Hide_|"The Sociable Plover"||

#### Television

|Year|Title|Role(s)|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985–1986|_And There's More_|||
|1989|_The Bill_|Rodgers|Episode: "Found Offending"|
|1990|_Bergerac_|Desk Constable|Episode: "A True Detective"|
|1989–2000|_Mike and Angelo_|Angelo||
|1997–2001|_Teletubbies_|Narrator|(UK version)|
|2005-2009|_Fifi and the Flowertots_|Aunt Tulip, Stingo|Recurring cast|
|2006–2009|_Underground Ernie_|Hammersmith, Jubilee, Paris, and Osaka|Voice over|
|2007|_The Beeps_|Sleepy Beep||
|2007–2010|_Roary the Racing Car_|Plugger, Mr. Carburettor, Farmer Green, Farmer Will and Dinkie|UK/US Voice cast|
|2008–2009|_The Mr. Men Show_|Mr. Lazy and Mr. Nervous|(UK version)|
|2010|_Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story_ || || TV movie|||
|2012–2015|_Tree Fu Tom_|Zigzoo, Stink, Squirmtum, Chezz, and Rickety McGluman|Main cast|
|2013|_Agatha Christie's Marple_||Episode: "Greenshaw's Folly"|
|2014–present|_Thomas & Friends_|Timothy (UK/US), Reg (UK/US), Mike (UK/US), Jerome (UK/US), Oliver the Excavator (UK/US) and The Deputy Minister (UK/US)|Recurring role; UK/US|
|2015|_Jake and the Never Land Pirates_|Captain Ander|Recurring cast|

## Awards and nominations

|2009|"The Scotsman" Fringe First Award|Innovation and outstanding new writing|Morecambe||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award|Best First Feature-Length Film Screenplay|_The Hide_||
|2013|British Academy Television Craft Award|Breakthrough Talent|_Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story_||
|2013|Broadcasting Press Guild Award|Best Single Drama <small>Shared with Paul Frift and James Strong</small> |||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Tim Whitnall
- **image**: Tim Whitnall.jpg
- **caption**: Whitnall at BFI London in 2013
- **birth name**: Timothy Charles Whitnall
- **birth place**: Canvey Island, Essex, England
- **nationality**: British
- **occupation**: Playwright, screenwriter, actor, musician
- **years active**: 1977–present