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Pete Baikie's Biography Pete Baikie

Pete Baikie has written over 5000 TV shows including �Dixon of Dock Green�, �Opportunity Knocks�, and �Grandstand�. He also helped John Cleese to create �Fawlty Towers� and introduced Morecambe to Wise. When he was 12, he had his first No. 1 with �Love Grows (where my Rosemary goes)� and he has also acted in such films as �Apocalypse Now� and �Carry on Doctor�.

On a more interesting and impressive level, he has written over 73 television and radio themes including �Shooting Stars�, �Two Fat Ladies�, �2DTV�, �The Joan Rivers Position� �I am not an animal� and everything Absolutely ever does including �Mr. Don and Mr. George� and �Meg and Mog�.

He has also co-written, produced and presented the comedy nature series �Squawkietalkie�, has won 3 Welsh BAFTAS as the producer of 6 series of �Barry Welsh is Coming� for HTV Wales and won a 4th Welsh BAFTA in 2005 for producing Hugh Pugh�s History of Wales� for ITV Wales. He also produced �Pub Quiz�, �The Morwenna Banks show� and far too many editions of �The Jack Docherty show� for C5. He was co-host of �Saturday Night Jack� for Radio 2 and a long time ago in 1993, he acted with Kenny Branagh in the Disney film �Swing Kids� and did a terrible American accent

Pete is also the leader of �The Peteles� who were Jack Docherty�s house band and toured the world with the comedy pop combo �The Hairstyles�. He has humbly accompanied Glen Campbell on telly once and was also Mr. Muzak and the Fat Laughing Greek Bloke on a tractor in the four series of C4�s �Absolutely�. This summer Pete will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time since 1986 with Abso colleague John Sparkes in an as yet unwritten masterpiece at The Gilded Balloon around 8.30 in the evening.

He is a director of Absolutely Productions Ltd, has a Wurlitzer jukebox and is very keen on snorkelling.