References She joined the cast in 2012 and left the show in February 2020, after 8 years on the show. It was really, really boring stuff - just filling the time until I figured out what I properly wanted to do.Then, when I was 26, I got shingles and was signed off from work for two weeks. I love a bit of pampering,'' he said. He has performed all over the world, including across In 2014, he fronted a national television advert for On 20 August 2018, he appeared in the long running BBC soap opera On 18 October 2019, he appeared on BBC comedy panel show McCausland lives with his wife Patricia and young daughter Sophie. Patricia Evans Pleats Soft Furnishings. In 2012 he appeared alongside fellow comedians in Jimmy Carr's Deal of No Deal. Patricia was totally knackered after about five hours, and the toilet requirements were numerous and becoming increasingly frequent, including a couple of emergency toddler relief stops on grass verges along our diverted country route.
In Moving On, the acclaimed and long-running anthology series about people dealing with crucial pints in their lives, Chris appeared in an episode called Blind. "I have a driver and I do a brief summary of the theatre and where I am in relation to the stage. Chris McCausland; Birth name: Christopher John McCausland: Born ... Comedian, actor: Genres: Television, stand-up: Christopher John McCausland (born 15 June 1977) is a British stand-up comedian and actor, known to TV audiences for his role as Rudi in the CBeebies show ... McCausland lives with his wife Patricia and young daughter Sophie. His latest show, Speaky Blinder, was a smash hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Chris is now taking it on a UK tour, stopping off in Swindon in June. He says Live At The Apollo is an amazing show to appear on, and relishes bigger gigs. Originally Chris was a web developer until his sight deteriorated too much for him to carry on. The name of the show is a clue to his attitude.
CHRIS McCausland brings his Speaky Blinder stand-up tour to Swindon’s Arts Centre on Sunday, June 2. I was bored out of my head and as a dare from myself I decided to have a go at stand-up.”Speaking about his first gig he said: “I don’t think it could have been scarier. I knocked it on the head and tried to find something else to do. Being blind adds a unique perspective to the conflicts and difficulties of parenthood.” Once I knocked the mic over, but it made people laugh.'' His Twitter feed casually announces him as: “That blind comedian – Chris McCausland.” After performing stand-up since 2003, he is firmly established at the very top of the UK’s live comedy circuit. If they’re laughing that’s good enough.I make sure that my material is not all about eyesight stuff - as I think that’s what people expect.If he wasn’t doing stand-up Chris says he would probably be doing something computer related.He said: “the thing with comedy though is that once you start doing it it opens a lot of doors to other things.Last year I acted in a BBC1 Jimmy McGovern drama called ‘Moving On’, set in Liverpool. It’s good to do something as part of a team as stand-up’s quite solitaryI used a computer to learn my lines. I love a bit of pampering,’’ he said. Although QI would be his number one panel show to star in, he does regret that they tried but failed to get him on Mock The Week. "We can't time travel or go back to change horrible things because that could change the whole path. In terms of comedy there isn’t a big distinction between Liverpool and Manchester, not like there is with football.“I think Liverpool, Manchester and the surrounding areas like a home-grown north west comedian.