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| Honorary Awards | ||||
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Tony has received several honorary awards which to date are as follows: In July 1999 Tony was awarded an honorary MA by Bristol University for his services to drama and archaeology. Click on an image to see a bigger picture. |
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At the end of 2002 Tony was awarded an honorary MA by the University of East London. | |||
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In April 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University, the ceremony was at St David’s hall Cardiff (Tony also popped in to the YAC conference which was also held in Cardiff on the same weekend) | |||
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In July 2005 Tony was awarded an honorary doctorate from Exeter University. He received the title of Honorary Doctor in Laws for his many years as an actor and writer, and his active involvement in politics. | |||
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In September 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University. Tony was nominated specifically for making history, archaeology and politics accessible to a wider audience. | |||
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From 1996 – 2000 he was Vice-President of British Actors Equity. Equity website He is President of the Young Archaeology Club. YAC website From 2000 – 04 he was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. But has always claimed he has no desire to become an MP. Labour Party website He is a member of the arts council’s theatre committee Consultant for the London Philharmonic Orchestra for whom he writes and presents a series of “rough guide to Classical music” concerts Tony is an avid Bristol City Fan. Bristol City website |
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| Personal | ||||
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Like all the best people Tony is left handed!!! Tony is 5’4" (1.63 m) in height Rode a motorbike for years but progressed onto sport cars he use to drive what he described as the “the worlds sexiest car”. He now drives a not so sexy but practical vehicle. Click here for the Land Rover Website. A keen diver which has been put too good use on Time Team He has one son, and one daughter. If Tony could visit any time in history he would love to go back to the time of Jesus and see what was really going on! |
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Tony has worked for BBC Radio Bristol He has won numerous awards as a writer of children’s TV programmes including two royal television society awards, a BAFTA and the international Prix Jeunesse. Books: Tony has written 18 children’s books most recently, in 2005 "The Worst Children’s Jobs in History". Favourite books are: MiddleMarch by George Eliot and Scarlet and Black by Stendhal. Discworld audiobooks : He is putting the entire works of Terry Pratchett onto audiotape. 42 titles have so far been completed by Tony so far. Click here for a complete listing. |
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