Line #10 Creator/NormanLovett


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/RedDwarf He's got an IQ of 6,000... the same as 6,000 PE teachers]].]]
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4	->''"I thought the first series of ''Series/RedDwarf'' was pure sitcom, it had some great jokes in it. This whole sci-fi fantasy phenomenon has gone crazy, although I'm not complaining. It's an escape for people because the world is rubbish right now."''
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6	Norman Lovett, (31 October 1946), is a British stand-up comedian best known for playing Holly in ''Series/RedDwarf''.
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8	His stand-up comedy career began when he was in his thirties. He joined the alternative comedy scene in The80s. After auditioning for the role of Rimmer on ''Red Dwarf'', Lovett [[CastTheRunnerUp was instead cast]] as Holly, the all-knowing AI of the titular ship who had succumbed to computer senility and become a little dim. Holly was originally only a voiceover role, but by the time of filming "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIBalanceOfPower Balance of Power]]", Lovett had complained enough that Holly was reimagined as a disembodied head on a screen, with minor reshoots to the previous two episodes done to keep continuity.
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10	Lovett left ''Red Dwarf'' after Series 2, as after moving to Edinburgh he had a longer commute to make it to filming in London and declined to return. The role of Holly was filled by Creator/HattieHayridge, who had played Holly's female opposite, Hilly, in the Series 2 finale "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse Parallel Universe]]", while Lovett worked on a series of his own called ''I, Lovett'', which (after a pilot in 1989) aired for one series in 1993.
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12	In 1996, he played [[TheDanza Dr. Lovett]] in ''Asylum'', and a year later returned to the role of Holly in the final episode of ''Red Dwarf'''s seventh series - "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIINanarchy Nanarchy]]". After playing Holly again throughout all of Series VIII, Lovett didn't return for the "[[Recap/RedDwarfBackToEarth Back to Earth]]" three-parter, despite being told to keep his schedule open. This led to a rift between Lovett and series co-creator Doug Naylor which has since been mended, with Lovett returning for a guest role in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXIISkipper Skipper]]" and once more joining the main cast for the ninety-minute special "[[Recap/RedDwarfThePromisedLand The Promised Land]]".
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16	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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18	* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', episode "Summer Holiday" (1984) -- Guy from the Penny Arcade
19	* ''Series/TheBill'', 3 episodes:
20	** "Lost" (1985) -- Derek Hammond
21	** "Quinnan 4" (2002) -- Mr. Hicks
22	** "Use of Protocol - Part 3" (2005) -- Johnny [=McGill=]
23	* ''Series/RedDwarf'', 23 episodes (1988-2020) -- Holly
24	* ''Series/RabCNesbitt'', 3 episodes:
25	** "Drink" (1990) -- Graham
26	** "Life Has Meaning" (1992) -- Colin
27	** "Buckfast" (1994) -- Brother Gideon
28	* ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', episode "The Charity Shop" (1990) -- Mr. Duxbury
29	* ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'', 1 episode (1997) -- Mr. Follett
30	* ''Series/TomorrowsWorld'', 1 episode (1999) -- Holly
31	* ''Series/EastEnders'', 1 episode (2001) -- Customer
32	[[AC:Video Games]]
33	* ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'' (2014) -- Leo

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