Maria McErlane

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Maria McErlane
Born (1957-12-09) 9 December 1957 (age 66)
Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress, director

Maria McErlane (born 9 December 1957) is a British actress and presenter specialising in comedy. She has been acting since 1984. She has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show , Gimme Gimme Gimme , Thin Ice and Happiness , "straight" roles in The Bill and Holby City and as the narrator for Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier's Eurotrash . [1]

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Career

Starting on the comedy circuit in the 1990s, under the name 'Maria Callous',[ citation needed ] McErlane has also guested on shows such as Have I Got News for You , If I Ruled the World and Just a Minute on Radio 4. [2] She also is part of the murder panel show Foul Play, alongside Lee Simpson.[ citation needed ]

In June 1984 she appeared in Out of Order, a revue by Christopher Middleton and Jonathan Kydd, at the Finborough Theatre. [3]

McErlane co-presented the ITV quiz show Carnal Knowledge with her friend Graham Norton in the mid-1990s. [4] She co-presented the "Grill Graham" agony aunt feature with Norton on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show throughout its run and on his departure for Virgin Radio UK in January 2021, joined him as co-presenter for his weekend shows. [5] Whilst on Radio 2, she also stood in when he was ill in 2013 [6] and when he failed to turn up on 28 June 2014. [7] [8]

McErlane is a friend of Nigella Lawson and has appeared on 16 episodes of Lawson's ITV chat show Nigella. [9] [10]

She has had regular columns in The Sunday Times Style and Esquire Magazine . [11]

Personal life

McErlane says she is a lapsed Catholic. She divides her time between Hastings [12] and a London mews house.

Filmography

Television series

Films

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