Robert Bathurst

**Robert Guy Bathurst** (bɛ daa n dɔɣi o la silimin gɔli February biɛɣu pishi ni ayi dali, yuuni 1957 puuni) nyɛla British nima kpɛrikpɛrita. Bɛ daa n dɔɣila Bathurst The Gold Coast (din n pa nyɛ Ghana ŋɔ) tingbani puuni yuuni 1957 puuni saha shɛli o ba ni daa na n-nyɛ *management consultant*. Yuuni 1959 la puuni ka bɛ daŋ maa daa yi n chaŋ Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland, ka bɛ daa n kpɛhi Bathurst shukuru   Killiney ka daa ti n tuɣi n chaŋ Headfort, din nyɛ Irish boarding school la puuni. Yuuni 1966 la puuni, bɛ daŋ maa daa lahi nyɛla ban n labi England ka bɛ daa n yihi Bathurst gba n labisi Worth School din n be Sussex tingbani puuni la ka o daa ti n lɛbi amateur dramatics. O ni daa n nya yum'pia ni anii, o daa n chaŋla Pembroke College, Cambridge puuni n ti niŋ o bɔhimbu *law* puuni  ka daa chaŋ n ti n ti pahi bɛ ni n boli shɛba ni *the [[Footlights]] group* nima la zuɣu. 

O ni daa n niŋ o bɔhimbu n naai, o daa yi pa n zanimi n tuhi kpɛrigu kpɛribu ka daa n-niŋ o *professional stage debut* yuuni 1983 la puuni, ka daa n ŋmeri *Tim Allgood* Michael Frayn's *[[Noises Off]]*, din daa n tum yuuni Savoy Theatre puuni. O daa zaŋla o maŋa n tabili National Theatre ni o yɛligi o baŋsim akpaaku zuɣu diɛma ni. O akpaaku zuɣu kpaŋmaŋa daa n nabigimi yuuni 1980s la puuni ni ni o talevisa zuɣu zaashehi, di ni daa n niŋ ka o yina asafihili nima kamani the aborted pilot episode of *[[Blackadder]]*, *[[Chelmsford 123]]*, *[[The Lenny Henry Show]]* n ti pahi the first episode of *[[Red Dwarf]]*nima puuni la. Yuuni 1991 la puuni, o daa n dila o tuuli talevisa zuɣu zaashee n-ti o ni daa n ŋmeri Mark Taylor *semi-autobiographical [[BBC]] sitcom* *[[Joking Apart]]*, din daa n-nyɛ Steven Moffat ni n sabi shɛli puuni la. Di mini bɛ ni daa tooi n-niŋla di *episodes* bin pia ni ata (bin din n gbaai yuuni 1991 puuni mini yuuni 1995 puuni sunsuuni) maa zaa yoli, lala zaashee ŋɔ nyɛla din n kpalim Bathurst zaashee yorili o tuma zaa ni. Di ni daa n-niŋ ka *Joking Apart* daa n naagi, bɛ daa n-ti o la *pompous management consultant*, David Marsden zaashee  ITV asafihili kpɛrigu *[[Cold Feet]]* puuni ka di daa n tum tuma *series* dibaa anu puuni bin din n gbaai yuuni 1998 la puuni hali ni yuuni 2003 la puuni ka ŋa daa lahi n tuɣi n tum *series* dibaa anahi puuni bin din n gbaai yuuni 2016 puuni hali ni yuuni 2020 puuni.

Tum yuuni 2003 la puuni, Bathurst daa nyɛla ŋun n kpɛri *fictional* prime minister BBC sitcom *[[My Dad's the Prime Minister]]* puuni; Mark Thatcher *the fact-based drama* *Coup!* Puuni; n ti pahi do'so ŋun bipuɣinga barigi ITV thriller *The Stepfather* puuni.  O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun daa n labi *theatre roles* puuni n ti n ŋmeri Vershinin *[[The Three Sisters (play)|The Three Sisters]]* (2003) puuni, Adrien the two-hander *Members Only* (2006) puuni, government whip Alistair *Whipping it Up* (2006–07) puuni, n ti pahi *the title role* *[[Alex (comic strip)#Stage play|Alex]]* (2007, 2008) puuni. O daa nyɛla ŋun n daa n *starred*  talivisa zuɣu kpɛrigu nima ŋɔ,  *[[The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|The Pillars of the Earth]]* (2010), *[[Downton Abbey]]* (2010) mini *[[Hattie (film)|Hattie]]* (2011) ka daa n chaŋ n ti pahi kpɛrikpɛritiba zuɣu *[[Wild at Heart (British TV series)|Wild at Heart]]* yuuni 2012 la puuni yu'shɛŋa ŋan daa n doli maa na puuni. Bɛ daa ti n yihi o mi na o tuuli Noël Coward kpɛrigu puuni na, *[[Present Laughter]]*, yuuni 2010 puuni ka daa n lahi n zaŋ o zaashee *[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]* puuni n dolisi li lala yuuni maa puuni yaha mini yuuni 2011 puuni. O nyɛla ŋun mali paɣa ni bihi anahi.
## ''Filmography''

## Radio

* *[[Dick Barton#Revivals|Richard Barton: General Practitioner!]]* (1997)
*Bathurst daa n zaŋla Professor Charles Gardner – the ultra-conservative snob mini don ŋun daa n zaɣisi Archie din daa n yi Oxford la n tum tuma pirimila o ni daa bi mi o ni yɛn n niŋ shɛm ka n zaŋ fish knife n di the dinner table zuɣu –  *[[Hut 33]]* n-ti BBC Radio 4 puuni.
**The Golden Age* (2012) - 3 episodes. Din nyɛ Arthur Mathews ni daa n sabi shɛli. 
## O ni n sabi buku shɛŋa
*Bathurst, Robert (4 December 2001). "Yes, *Cold Feet* beat Trollope, but at what cost?". *[[The Daily Telegraph]]*: p.&nbsp;17.
*Bathurst, Robert (25 October 2008). "Alex tour: Getting Brezhnev to smile would have been easier". *[[The Daily Telegraph]]*: p.&nbsp;26 (*Review* section)
*Bathurst, Robert (7 March 2009). "It's their loss (but our pain)". *[[The Independent]]*
## Kundivihira