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'''Timmy Mallett''' (born 18 October 1955{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}) is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses and shirts, and a giant pink foam ] (known as "Mallett's Mallet"), as well as his "utterly brilliant!" and "blaaah!" ]s.


==Career==
'''Timmy Mallett''' (born ], ] , ], ], ]) is a ] presenter and broadcaster who achieved ] status in the ] during the ] on Manchester's ] and then later on ].


===Radio===
Mallett is most notable for his striking visual style, involving loud shirts, comedy glasses and the giant pink foam ], labeled ''Mallett's Mallet'' that he carried with him, sometimes bonking children on their heads with it, as well as his 'utterly brilliant!' and 'bleurgh!' ]s.
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Mallett was born in ], ]. He attended Rose Hill Primary School in ], Earnseat Prep School in ], and ] Grammar School.


The son of a ], he attended ] Grammar School. His media career started while he was a student at the ], where he worked for the ] station, ]. After graduating with a degree in History, he started work straight after his graduation day at ]. He later moved to ]'s ] where his energetic style won him many fans and ]. The program he hosted at Piccadilly was '']'', a popular weekday evening show that ran from 8pm-11pm. ] as his radio persona ] was a regular on the programme. This led to Mallett presenting the Manchester based ] youth music show ''Oxford Road Show'' for a year in 1984. His media career started while he was a student at the ] where he worked on the ] station, ]. After graduating with a degree in History, he started working at ]. He later moved to Centre Radio (now ]) as the station's launch presenter. He also presented on ] and ]'s ].


In 1982 Timmy was also part of the "Stayin' Alive" team on BBC Radio 1 <ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-07-12#at-19.00</ref><ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-08-02#at-19.00</ref>
It was in television that he was to see his biggest success. In ] he became a presenter of '']'', a new Saturday morning children's programme on ]'s breakfast station, ], which also launched the career of ] actor ]. Mallett's personality came to dominate the show to such an extent that when TV-am found itself lacking a school holidays programme after ] left to join the ], he was offered the chance to present the replacement solo. The replacement, a spin-off of ''Wide Awake Club'', was called '']'' (based on the addition of 'aday' to the initials 'WAC' for ''Wide Awake Club'') and began broadcasting in ].


The programme he hosted at Piccadilly was ''Timmy on the Tranny'', a weekday evening show that ran from 8.00pm–11.00pm and took its name from Mallett's lunchtime and later afternoon shows on Radio Oxford. Among Mallett's team of helpers were ] (known as 'Nobby Nolevel'), ] (who played the pirate radio character 'Radio Diggle') and Karen Walsh (the original 'Aunty Boney kneecaps'). This led to Mallett co-presenting the Manchester-based ] youth music show '']'' for 1985 series .<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1985-01-25#at-19.15 From January 1985</ref>
Wacaday was even more successful than its parent. The programme was characterised by games such as ''Mallett's Mallet'', a word association game where contestants were hit over the head by his famed mallet for getting answers wrong. In later years, a talking mini version of the mallet called ''Pinky Punky'' was introduced and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet ] (the name ''Pinky Punky'' was chosen after Timmy asked viewers to write in with their ideas for a name).


Mallett won two ] for Best Local Radio Presenter (1984) |{{sfn|Donovan|1991|p=247}} and Best Pop Music Show (1986).
In 1986 he also became a presenter on pan-european music channel ] hosting the show called ''The Maggot'', and for this reason he also took part in a sort of music group called '']'' made up of some of ]'s presenters, who released a single called ''Back To The Rhythm'' along with the accompanying video.


===Television===
]
In 1983, Timmy joined ], where he interviewed the musical act and bands of the day for the pop news strand, Timmy also presented ''Summer Run'' on Saturday mornings for the new breakfast television station. In Autumn 1984, he became a presenter of '']'', a new Saturday morning children's programme on TV-am, with co-presenters ], James Baker, Arabella Warner and ]. Future actor ] also had a minor role alongside ]. TV-am found itself lacking a school holidays programme after ] moved to the ], and he was offered the chance to present it. The replacement, a spin-off of ''Wide Awake Club'', was called '']'' (based on the addition of 'aday' to the initials 'WAC' for ''Wide Awake Club'') and began broadcasting in October 1985.


In the Wide Awake Club, contestants were hit over the head by his famed mallet for getting answers wrong. In later years, a talking mini-version of the mallet called "Pinky Punky" was introduced (the name chosen after Mallett asked viewers to write in with their ideas) and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet ]. ''Wacaday'' ended in 1992 when TV-am lost its franchise to broadcast.<ref>. Brillianttv.co.uk. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>
In 1990 there was an official magazine called ''The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett''.


Since then, Mallett has run his own production company, Brilliant TV.<ref>. Brilliant TV. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>
==Bombalurina==


In 1993, Mallett starred in ]'s ''Around the World in 80 seconds'' as Captain Everything.<ref>. Brillianttv.co.uk. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>
Mallett formed the band Bombalurina, along with female vocalists / dancers Dawn and Annie Dunkley, and released the single ''].'' The song, produced by ], entered the UK charts at number 23, rose to 13 the next week, then to 3 and finally to number 1 on ] ], where it stayed for three weeks. More than 1,000,000 copies of the single were sold around the World and it topped the charts in over a dozen countries. Follow ups included "7 little Girls sitting in the back seat" "The Bump" , as well as an album, ''Huggin' an' a Kissin'''.


From 1997 until 2002, he acted in '']'', for ].<ref>. Brillianttv.co.uk. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>
Another memorable moment occurred when Mallett met the then-Prime Minister, ] - and introduced her to the mallet.


===Other===
''Wacaday'' ended in ] when TV-am lost its licence. Since then Mallett has made limited TV appearances, preferring to concentrate on his behind-the-camera career centred around his production company, ].
During 1983 until 1990 Mallett also co-presented numerous BBC School programmes included Radio series "Looking at Nature"<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/60/20?order=first&q=Timmy+Mallett#top</ref> and Radio Club.<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Timmy+Mallett#top</ref> While on Television: Walrus. What Should I Do?,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldoppXmQ3w</ref> "Wondermaths", Logo Gogo Logo and Questions<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dcc322b3ce074714b29b9464d76ff8c8</ref>


In 2002, Mallett made ] agree to stop selling copies of their mascot, Herbie the Hammer, in their club shop after he complained that it looked too similar to Pinky Punky. West Ham United withdrew the item.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2505351.stm|title= BBC News: ''West Ham 'hammer' knocked on the head'', 2002 | date=23 November 2002 | access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref>
Mallett is currently to be heard as the voice of Smelly Beep in the new pre-school sitcom - ] - on ].


In 2004, he was a stand-in contestant for the ] jungle-based reality series '']''. In 2008, he entered the show as a full contestant.
As well as his broadcasting work, Mallett tours many ]s, and clubs, performing his own show. He also regularly performs in ].


In 2008, Mallett appeared on '']''.<ref>. Brillianttv.co.uk. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>
Mallett was hailed a hero at the end of ] when he rescued a woman who had fallen into freezing waters at a marina in ]<ref></ref>.
Timmy Mallett is an accomplished ] in acrylics and watercolour and exhibits regularly. In ], for the ], he completed a series of 50 ] of people from around ] in ] where he lives, including ], ], ], ], ], ]'s grandson John.


In September 2008, Mallett appeared on the ] politics show '']'' talking about being positive when things get tough.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_week/7624980.stm|title= BBC This week: ''Timmy's Upside to the downturn'', 2008 | date=19 September 2008 | access-date=6 January 2010|work=BBC News}}</ref>
Mallett was a trialist on ] in ] <ref></ref>.
Mallett is also a supporter of ] and regularly attends matches there. He is a patron of Prime Minister ]'s ] in ], North Wales and supported the campaign to re-route the AWPR in ] and protect the ] community at Newton Dee.


In November 2008, Mallett appeared in the ] series of '']''. He entered the show by being captured in an oversized net and imprisoned in jungle jail. The celebrities were given an option to trade their possessions for him and ] to enter. They refused. On 30 November 2008, Mallett was the fourth contestant eliminated from the show after being placed in the bottom two in the public voting and taking part in a play-off bush tucker eating trial with ].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
==Television programmes==
* '']'' (])
* '']'' (]-])
* '']'' (]-])
* ''The Maggot'' (]) (for ])
* '']'' (]-])
* '']'' (]-])
* '']'' (]-])
* '']'' (]-])
* '']'' (]-)


==External links== ==Music==
With producers ] and ], Mallett formed the band Bombalurina, named after a ] in Lloyd Webber's musical '']''. Along with female vocalists and dancers Dawn Andrews and Annie Dunkley, they released a cover of the single "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/top-songs/surprising-number-ones-uk/|title=10 people you totally forgot scored a number one single|date=9 July 2019|publisher=]|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> It reached number one in the ] in August 1990.<ref>]</ref>


Follow up single "]" reached number 18 in the UK in December 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-7littlegirls.html|title=Timmy Mallett – recordings – 7 little girls|work=brillianttv.co.uk}}</ref>
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The Bombalurina album ''Huggin' And A Kissin''' with 14 tracks was released in December 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-huggin.html|title=Timmy Mallett – recordings – Huggin an<!--not a mistake--> a Kissin|work=brillianttv.co.uk}}</ref>
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Ditching the Bombalurina name, but again working with producer Nigel Wright, Mallett released a cover of ]'s "The Bump" under the name M.C. Mallett in 1991. This failed to chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/po176|title="The Bump"|work=45cat.com}}</ref>
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For "Tommy's Campaign", Mallett recorded "The Laughing Policeman" with producer ] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-laughingpoliceman.html|title=Timmy Mallett – recordings – The Laughing Policeman|work=brillianttv.co.uk}}</ref>

Under the name Del Costa, Mallett released a megamix version of "Hot Hot Hot" in summer 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/recordings-hothothot.html|title=Timmy Mallett – recordings – Hot Hot Hot|work=brillianttv.co.uk}}</ref>

In 2008, Mallett featured in ]'s video "Rolex Sweep"<ref>. BBC (26 April 2008). Retrieved on 2013-02-18.</ref> and accompanied Skepta to the ] nominations.<ref>. Madnews.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.</ref>

In 2013, Mallett recorded ]'s hit "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11OFAHsoXJs|title=Ooh Wakka Doo Wakka Day(Wacaday!)|via=YouTube}}</ref>

Mallett's "Summer Holiday" video was made in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Ex_ansN5s|title=Summer holiday|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Stage shows==

Mallett has appeared in ] in ] theatre, Cliffs Pavilion ], Hexagon ], Derngate ], Arena ], Wyvern ], Forum ], Pavilion ], Grand Pavilion ], Playhouse ] and Theatre Royal ].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In December 2016, he appeared in ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' at Theatre Royal Windsor.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

While staying in ], Mallett rescued a woman from the marina in December 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/rescue.html|title=Timmy Mallett – Theatre – Cinderella, Billingham – rescue|work=brillianttv.co.uk}}</ref>

He toured the ] holiday camps with the "Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett Show" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pontins.com/entertainment/#artist-103|title=Entertainment Breaks|work=pontins.com}}</ref>

He toured Park Holidays UK's sites doing ''The Timmy Mallett Show'' in 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Art==

Mallett is an ] and ] and ] artist whose work sells in galleries across UK and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mallettspalette.co.uk/|title=Mallett's Palette|work=mallettspalette.co.uk}}</ref> His work is distributed and published in ] by De Montfort Fine Art<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demontfortfineart.co.uk/artists/Timmy+Mallett/id/1298/video/30/artists-video.asp|title=DeMontfort Fine Art|work=demontfortfineart.co.uk}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2021}} and Buckingham Fine Art<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucksfineart.com/artists/4/timmy-mallett |title=All work : Timmy Mallett |publisher=Buckingham Fine Art Publishers}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2021}}

In 2002, he painted 50 portraits for ]'s ] including ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mallettspalette.co.uk/paintcat/cookham-jubilee-collection/|title=Cookham Jubilee – Categories – Mallett's Palette|work=mallettspalette.co.uk}}</ref>

In 2012, Mallett won the Best up and coming artist ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buy-fineart.com/biography.asp?a=5074|title=Timmy Mallett|work=buy-fineart.com}}</ref>

In 2012, Mallett painted a telephone box in Windsor with likenesses of the Queen, Prince Harry and Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-25235208|title=In pictures: Timmy Mallett swaps mallett for palette|work=BBC News |date=7 December 2013}}</ref>

In the summer of 2018, Mallett discovered and painted his father's secret Galloway bridge scene from September 1966.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-45367416|title=Timmy Mallett completes Galloway bridge painting|work=BBC News}}</ref>

==Selected television programmes==
* '']'' (1983-1985)
* '']'' (1984)
* '']'' (1984–1989)
* '']'' (1985–1992)
* ''Utterly Brilliant'' (1989–1991)
* ''Questions'' (1990) BBC Two education series
* ''Around the World in 80 Seconds'' (1993–1994)
* ''Way to Go'' (1996–1997)
* '']'' (1997–2002)
* '']'' (2007)
* '']'' (2008 series)

==Sport==
Mallett is a supporter of ]{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sport.bt.com/video/manic-timmy-mallett-toasts-maidenheads-dramatic-equaliser-91364015630842|title=Manic Timmy Mallett toasts Maidenhead's dramatic equaliser|website=BT.com}}</ref>

Mallett is a long-distance cycling adventurer. In 2022, he completed a solo circumnavigation of the coast of Britain, following in the footsteps of ] ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/slow-down-and-stop-timmy-mallett-secret |title=Timmy Mallett cycles Coast of Britain &#124; Blog |date=17 June 2022 }}</ref> There is an online map from the ] showing the route, paintings and videos around nearly 5000 miles of coastline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/timmy-mallett-cycles-britain/|title=Timmy Mallett cycles Britain}}</ref>

He rode through Northern Ireland in May 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colerainetimes.co.uk/news/features/we-re-in-god-s-own-country-timmy-mallett-1-6737358|title=Timmy Mallett in Antrim}}</ref> Lincolnshire in summer 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/80s-TV-legend-Timmy-Mallett-cycling-round-funny/story-27520771-detail/story.html|title=Timmy Mallett in Lincolnshire}}</ref> and through Cumbria in May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/16457381.timmy-mallett-visits-barrow-and-ulverston-on-cumbria-cycling-tour/|title=Timmy Mallett visits Barrow and Ulverston on Cumbria cycling tour|website=The Mail|date=4 May 2016 }}</ref>

In spring 2018, Mallett cycled alone from home in ] through ] and ] along the pilgrimage route, the ] to ] ] and back, a distance of over 4000&nbsp;km, inspired by his older brother Martin with ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timmymallett.co.uk/my-camino-blog/ |title=My Camino Blog |publisher=Timmy Mallett}}</ref>
The story forms the basis for his memoirs ''Utterly Brilliant: My life's Journey'', published in 2020 by ], which also includes some of the paintings produced on this adventure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/30/timmy-mallett-childrens-tv-what-he-did-next-interview|title='Life goes a gazillion miles an hour. You have to fill it': Timmy Mallett on what he did next|date=30 June 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref>


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==External links==
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* timmymallett.co.uk
* Mallettspalette.co.uk
* Wacaday.co.uk

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English television and radio presenter, artist

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Timmy Mallett
Mallett in Market Harborough 2008
BornTimothy Luke Mallett
(1955-10-18) 18 October 1955 (age 69)
Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
Occupation(s)Radio/television presenter, artist
Years active1982–present
Spouse Lynda Bingham ​(m. 1990)​
Children1
Websitetimmymallett.co.uk

Timmy Mallett (born 18 October 1955) is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses and shirts, and a giant pink foam mallet (known as "Mallett's Mallet"), as well as his "utterly brilliant!" and "blaaah!" catchphrases.

Career

Radio

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Mallett was born in Marple, Cheshire. He attended Rose Hill Primary School in Marple, Earnseat Prep School in Arnside, and Hyde Grammar School.

His media career started while he was a student at the University of Warwick where he worked on the student radio station, Radio Warwick. After graduating with a degree in History, he started working at BBC Radio Oxford. He later moved to Centre Radio (now Capital Midlands) as the station's launch presenter. He also presented on Radio Luxembourg and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio.

In 1982 Timmy was also part of the "Stayin' Alive" team on BBC Radio 1

The programme he hosted at Piccadilly was Timmy on the Tranny, a weekday evening show that ran from 8.00pm–11.00pm and took its name from Mallett's lunchtime and later afternoon shows on Radio Oxford. Among Mallett's team of helpers were Chris Evans (known as 'Nobby Nolevel'), Andy Bird (who played the pirate radio character 'Radio Diggle') and Karen Walsh (the original 'Aunty Boney kneecaps'). This led to Mallett co-presenting the Manchester-based BBC2 youth music show Oxford Road Show for 1985 series .

Mallett won two Radio Academy Awards for Best Local Radio Presenter (1984) | and Best Pop Music Show (1986).

Television

In 1983, Timmy joined TV-am, where he interviewed the musical act and bands of the day for the pop news strand, Timmy also presented Summer Run on Saturday mornings for the new breakfast television station. In Autumn 1984, he became a presenter of Wide Awake Club, a new Saturday morning children's programme on TV-am, with co-presenters Michaela Strachan, James Baker, Arabella Warner and Tommy Boyd. Future actor Mike Myers also had a minor role alongside Neil Mullarkey. TV-am found itself lacking a school holidays programme after Roland Rat moved to the BBC, and he was offered the chance to present it. The replacement, a spin-off of Wide Awake Club, was called Wacaday (based on the addition of 'aday' to the initials 'WAC' for Wide Awake Club) and began broadcasting in October 1985.

In the Wide Awake Club, contestants were hit over the head by his famed mallet for getting answers wrong. In later years, a talking mini-version of the mallet called "Pinky Punky" was introduced (the name chosen after Mallett asked viewers to write in with their ideas) and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet cockatiel. Wacaday ended in 1992 when TV-am lost its franchise to broadcast.

Since then, Mallett has run his own production company, Brilliant TV.

In 1993, Mallett starred in The Children's Channel's Around the World in 80 seconds as Captain Everything.

From 1997 until 2002, he acted in Timmy Towers, for CITV.

Other

During 1983 until 1990 Mallett also co-presented numerous BBC School programmes included Radio series "Looking at Nature" and Radio Club. While on Television: Walrus. What Should I Do?, "Wondermaths", Logo Gogo Logo and Questions

In 2002, Mallett made West Ham United agree to stop selling copies of their mascot, Herbie the Hammer, in their club shop after he complained that it looked too similar to Pinky Punky. West Ham United withdrew the item.

In 2004, he was a stand-in contestant for the ITV1 jungle-based reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In 2008, he entered the show as a full contestant.

In 2008, Mallett appeared on Big Brother's Little Brother.

In September 2008, Mallett appeared on the BBC One politics show This Week talking about being positive when things get tough.

In November 2008, Mallett appeared in the eighth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. He entered the show by being captured in an oversized net and imprisoned in jungle jail. The celebrities were given an option to trade their possessions for him and David Van Day to enter. They refused. On 30 November 2008, Mallett was the fourth contestant eliminated from the show after being placed in the bottom two in the public voting and taking part in a play-off bush tucker eating trial with Brian Paddick.

Music

With producers Nigel Wright and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mallett formed the band Bombalurina, named after a character in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. Along with female vocalists and dancers Dawn Andrews and Annie Dunkley, they released a cover of the single "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1990.

Follow up single "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat" reached number 18 in the UK in December 1990.

The Bombalurina album Huggin' And A Kissin' with 14 tracks was released in December 1990.

Ditching the Bombalurina name, but again working with producer Nigel Wright, Mallett released a cover of Kenny's "The Bump" under the name M.C. Mallett in 1991. This failed to chart.

For "Tommy's Campaign", Mallett recorded "The Laughing Policeman" with producer George Martin in 1991.

Under the name Del Costa, Mallett released a megamix version of "Hot Hot Hot" in summer 1992.

In 2008, Mallett featured in Skepta's video "Rolex Sweep" and accompanied Skepta to the MOBO nominations.

In 2013, Mallett recorded Gilbert O'Sullivan's hit "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day".

Mallett's "Summer Holiday" video was made in 2014.

Stage shows

Mallett has appeared in pantomime in Lewisham theatre, Cliffs Pavilion Southend, Hexagon Reading, Derngate Northampton, Arena St Albans, Wyvern Swindon, Forum Billingham, Pavilion Worthing, Grand Pavilion Porthcawl, Playhouse Weston-super-Mare and Theatre Royal Windsor.

In December 2016, he appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk at Theatre Royal Windsor.

While staying in Hartlepool, Mallett rescued a woman from the marina in December 2001.

He toured the Pontins holiday camps with the "Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett Show" in 2014.

He toured Park Holidays UK's sites doing The Timmy Mallett Show in 2016.

Art

Mallett is an oil painter and acrylic and watercolour artist whose work sells in galleries across UK and Europe. His work is distributed and published in limited editions by De Montfort Fine Art and Buckingham Fine Art

In 2002, he painted 50 portraits for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee including Wendy Craig, Jim Rosenthal, Lorraine Kelly, Ulrika Jonsson and Sir Clive Woodward.

In 2012, Mallett won the Best up and coming artist Fine Art Trade Guild.

In 2012, Mallett painted a telephone box in Windsor with likenesses of the Queen, Prince Harry and Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge.

In the summer of 2018, Mallett discovered and painted his father's secret Galloway bridge scene from September 1966.

Selected television programmes

Sport

Mallett is a supporter of Oxford United and Maidenhead United.

Mallett is a long-distance cycling adventurer. In 2022, he completed a solo circumnavigation of the coast of Britain, following in the footsteps of painter J. M. W. Turner. There is an online map from the Ordnance Survey showing the route, paintings and videos around nearly 5000 miles of coastline.

He rode through Northern Ireland in May 2015, Lincolnshire in summer 2015 and through Cumbria in May 2016.

In spring 2018, Mallett cycled alone from home in England through France and Spain along the pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela Finisterre and back, a distance of over 4000 km, inspired by his older brother Martin with Downs syndrome. The story forms the basis for his memoirs Utterly Brilliant: My life's Journey, published in 2020 by SPCK, which also includes some of the paintings produced on this adventure.

References

  1. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-07-12#at-19.00
  2. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-08-02#at-19.00
  3. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1985-01-25#at-19.15 From January 1985
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  16. "10 people you totally forgot scored a number one single". Smooth Radio. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. UK number one singles of 1990
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  19. "Timmy Mallett – recordings – Huggin an a Kissin". brillianttv.co.uk.
  20. ""The Bump"". 45cat.com.
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  22. "Timmy Mallett – recordings – Hot Hot Hot". brillianttv.co.uk.
  23. MistaJam: Timmy Mallet gets in on the Rolex Sweep. BBC (26 April 2008). Retrieved on 2013-02-18.
  24. UK NEWS: MORE MOBO 2008 NOMINATIONS LAUNCH PICS / FULL LIST OF NOMINEES « WWW.MADNEWSUK.COM. Madnews.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 18 February 2013.
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  26. "Summer holiday" – via YouTube.
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  28. "Entertainment Breaks". pontins.com.
  29. "Mallett's Palette". mallettspalette.co.uk.
  30. "DeMontfort Fine Art". demontfortfineart.co.uk.
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  35. "Timmy Mallett completes Galloway bridge painting". BBC News.
  36. "Manic Timmy Mallett toasts Maidenhead's dramatic equaliser". BT.com.
  37. "Timmy Mallett cycles Coast of Britain | Blog". 17 June 2022.
  38. "Timmy Mallett cycles Britain".
  39. "Timmy Mallett in Antrim".
  40. "Timmy Mallett in Lincolnshire".
  41. "Timmy Mallett visits Barrow and Ulverston on Cumbria cycling tour". The Mail. 4 May 2016.
  42. "My Camino Blog". Timmy Mallett.
  43. "'Life goes a gazillion miles an hour. You have to fill it': Timmy Mallett on what he did next". The Guardian. 30 June 2020.

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