Rufus Hound
Peter
Rufus Hound is an award-winning actor, presenter and comedian. In 2026 he can be seen as the lead in The Mesmerist at Watford Palace Theatre and playing William in Jack & Sarah at The Mill at Sonning.
Theatre credits include: One Man Two Guv’nors (National Theatre, West End & UK Tour); Wind In The Willows (London Palladium & UK Tour, Winner Best Actor in a Visiting Production, MEN Theatre Awards); The Boy in the Dress, The Provoked Wife, Don Quixote, (RSC/The Garrick); Neville’s Island; Present Laughter (Chichester Festival Theatre); What The Butler Saw (Leicester Curve); It’s Headed Straight Towards Us (Park Theatre -“Best Actor” Offie nominated); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum (Lido 2, Paris).
As an actor, Rufus has appeared in Doctor Who (BBC); Cucumber (Channel 4); Zapped (Dave); Trollied (Sky); A Touch of Cloth (Sky) and Hounded (CBBC). His film career includes parts in Lost on the Road (2026); Preschool (2025), Lore (2024); Beautiful Devils (2020); My Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2017) and The Wedding Video (2012).
As himself, Rufus’ TV credits include Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Argumental (Dave), Mad Mad World (ITV), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2), Lip Synch Battle (Channel 5), Countdown (Channel 4), Richard and Judy (Channel 4), Top of The Pops (BBC Two), Glastonbury (BBC), Let’s Dance for Comic Relief (BBC1, winner, 1m+ views on YouTube), Strictly Come Dancing at Christmas (winner), Dancing on Ice (ITV1), Famous & Fearless (Channel 4), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1), Pointless Celebrities (BBC1), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC2), Countdown (Channel 4), Tipping Point (ITV), and The Weakest Link (BBC2).
An accomplished voice artist, his voice actor credits include Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Studio Ghibli); Sadie Sparks (Disney); Doctor Who Audio Adventures (Big Finish); Waffle the Wonderdog (Cbeebies). He also provided voiceover for Extreme Cakemakers (Channel 4), SEAT, KFC, and Mythbusters (BBC)
Rufus also hosted My Teenage Diaries for 15 series on Radio 4, winning a silver Sony award.
Susie Blake
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Theatre includes: Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical (Dominion Theatre & Hall for Cornwall); My Fair Lady (Grange Festival); The Mirror Crack'd (UK Tour); Some Mothers Do Av Em (UK Tour); Murder Margaret and Me (York Theatre Royal); Grumpy Old Women Live 3 (UK Tour); Cider with Rosie (UK Tour); Aladdin (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest A New Musical (Riverside Studios); When We Are Married (Garrick Theatre); Pygmalion (Chichester Festival Theatre); Grumpy Old Women Live 2 (UK Tour and Novello Theatre); Bertha in Boeing, Boeing (on Tour); Snake in the Grass and Life and Beth (Stephen Joseph Theatre and on Tour); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); High Society (UK Tour); Noises Off (National Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (Regents Park Theatre); Virtual Reality (Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Shakespeare Revue (RSC); Absent Friends (West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Lyric, Hammersmith); Prin (Lyric, Hammersmith); Blithe Spirit (Royal Exchange).
Television includes: Silky Hotel for BBC iPlayer; Kate & Koji (Series 1&2) for ITV; Not Going Out for BBC One; The Real Marigold Hotel for BBC One, Casualty for BBC One, Murder on the Blackpool Express for UKTV, The Cockfields for BBC Cuckoo (Series 3); New Tricks for BBC; You, Me and Them for UKTV Gold; Murder on the Homefront for Carnival Film and Television; Mrs Brown's Boys (Series 3&2) for BBC; Series regular Beverley Unwin in Coronation Street for ITV. Great NightOut for ITV; Parents for Sky; The Crossing for BBC; House of Rooms for Channel 4; Doctors for BBC; Judith in Wild At Heart for ITV; Eve Beckett in Roger for BBC; Mrs Buchanan in Sunburn for BBC; Beverley in two series of A Prince Among Men for BBC; Louise in April Fools’ Day for ITV; Eleven Men Against Eleven for Channel 4; Wake up with... for ITV; Susan Hopkins in A Year in Provence for the BBC; Fay Morgan in The Wail of The Banshee for Central TV; Mrs Jerebohm in The DarlingBuds Of May for YTV; Blore for BBC 4; 4 Series of Singles for YTV and The VictoriaWood Show for BBC.
Film includes: Nativity 3 and Fierce Creatures with John Cleese.