Step back in time at this year's Frome Festival to meet one of the UK's most celebrated cult Television entertainers!
Wacaday's utterly brilliant, 'Timmy Mallett' will be joining us on Friday 10th July at Rook Lane Chapel, Frome. The evening will feature an intimate up close and personal event with an onstage live interview plus an audience Q&A hosted by former ITV presenter, Jon Monie.
Expect fun, laughter and the possibility of an impromptu game of Mallett's Mallet!
Timmy began presenting on our television screens with the brand-new Wide Awake Club in 1984, alongside Michaela Strachan. In 1985, Timmy was offered the chance to present a spin-off of Wide Awake Club, called Wacaday. The programme was characterised by games such as the now classic "Mallett's Mallet"
Since then Timmy has hosted many successful shows and regularly makes guest appearances on other programmes where his entertaining opinions, loud looks and good humour make him a popular guest.
With West End show producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, Timmy Mallett formed the "band" Bombalurina, reaching number 1 in the official UK charts whilst topping the charts in more than a dozen countries around the world. He's worked with George Martin and featured in Skepta's music video for the hit song, 'Rolex Sweep' accompanying Skepta at the MOBO awards.
Timmy is an accomplished artist who has had his work exhibited at various art galleries; enjoys cult status among students and young adults, has sat on every seat at Man Utd and City; owns over 87 pairs of specs; built a pole house on the great barrier reef, cycled thousands of miles around the coastline of England and Ireland. In 2018, Timmy cycled over 3,000km from his UK home to Santiago de Compostela to honor his late brother, Martin.
and gave a break to Mike Myers & Chris Evans among others; debated at the Oxford Union and runs his own successful TV production company.
What a career! And that's not the half of it!
