Mike Holoway

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Mike Holoway
Born	Michael Holoway January 28, 1961 (1961-01-28) (age 47) Dagenham, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor, musician

Mike Holoway (b. 28 January 1961 in Dagenham, Essex) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series The Tomorrow People .

He was taught to play the drums at the age of five by his grandfather and, at the age of eight, he joined a stage school to pursue an acting career. He also studied music theory, percussion and drums at the Barking & Essex College of Music and played in the Essex Jazz Band. His first stage appearance was as Boy Babe in Babes In The Wood at the London Palladium with Edward Woodward and Derek Nimmo.

At the age of ten, he made is first TV appearance with the Young Revivals - two years later they changed their name to Flintlock. Comprising Mike Holoway, Derek Pascoe, John Summerton, Bill Rice and Jamie Stone, the group made numerous TV appearances on programmes such as Blue Peter, Magpie, You Must Be Joking, Pauline's Quirkes, Fanfare and Top Of the Pops. In 2007, Flintlock reunited for a one-off gig. Mike Holoway was awarded the TV Times Personality of the Year award in 1976. He has two children. More information can be found on: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/theofficialmikeholowayfanclub/

Contents 1 Recordings 1.1 Flintlock Singles 1.2 Flintlock Albums 1.3 Flintlock Flexidisc 1.4 Mike Holoway Singles 1.5 Mike Holoway Album 1.6 Mike Holoway Album Contributions 2 Television 3 The Tomorrow People 3.1 Season Four 3.2 Season Five 3.3 Season Six 3.4 Season Seven 3.5 Season Eight 4 Theatre 5 External links

[edit] Recordings

[edit] Flintlock Singles

• Learn To Cry/I'm Going Home (August 1975}
• A Little Bit Of Lovin'/Sooner Or Later (February 1976)
• Dawn/Thunderman (April 1976 – this was also their only British hit single, reaching number 30)
• Sea Of Flames/I've Got My Eye On You (July 1976)
• Russian Roulette/Saddle My Horse (November 1976)
• Carry Me/Freeloader (March 1977)
• Anything For You/Coming Around (September 1977)
• Mony Mony/One Of A Kind (February 1978)
• (Hey You) You're like A Magnet/Another Time Another Place (January 1979)

Three further singles were released in Japan:

• Amorous Lady (1977)
• Taken All Away (1978)
• Get With The Boys (1979)

[edit] Flintlock Albums

• On The Way (December 1975)
• Hot From The Lock (December 1976)
• Tears 'N Cheers (October 1977)
• Stand Alone (February 1979)

One further album was released in Japan and Germany:

• Greatest Hits

[edit] Flintlock Flexidisc

• A Christmas Message 1976 (December 1976) - this was a greeting from the five members of the group to members of the fan club.

[edit] Mike Holoway Singles

• Overnight/Just Another Song (June 1981)
• Come Go With Me/Beautiful Loser (November 1981)
• Here I Am/Doing Things By Numbers (August 1983)
• Don't Let Life Get You Down/Parents (Better Off The Way I Am) (November 1983)

[edit] Mike Holoway Album

• Fun City (1990 Record and Tape)
• In The Heat Of The Moment (1991) Fun City re-issued and re-titled for CD)

[edit] Mike Holoway Album Contributions

• Smike (1983)
• Humpty Dumpty (December 1984)
• Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (December 1986)
• Stop The World, I Want To Get Off (1995)
• Simply Musicals(1995) performing What Kind Of Fool Am I
• Timeless Generations (1995) performing You've Lost That Loving Feeling with Paul Shane

[edit] Television

• You Must Be Joking Series One: Thames Television weekly series from 28 May to 16 July 1975, presented by Jim Bowen with on-screen participation from Mike Holoway and musical performances by Flintlock
• Arrows Granada Television weekly series hosted by the pop group Arrows. Flintlock appeared on the edition broadcast 27 April 1976
• You Must Be Joking Series Two: Thames Television weekly series from 23 April to 4 June 1976, presented by Jim Bowen with on-screen participation from Mike Holoway and musical performances by Flintlock
• Top Of The Pops BBC Television Flintlock appeared to perform Dawn on the edition hosted by Noel Edmonds broadcast on 10 June 1976
• Pauline's Quirkes Thames Television. Flintlock appeared in two programmes broadcast 29 November 1976 and 20 December 1976
• Fanfare Series One: Thames Television weekly series from 5 August to 9 September 1977, presented by Flintlock who also gave musical performances
• The Basil Brush Show BBC Television, presented by Howard Williams, Flintlock appeared as a musical guest on the programme broadcast on 3 December 1977
• Whodunnit? Thames Television, presented by Jon Pertwee. Mike Holoway appeared with Anna Dawson, Anouska Hempel and Jimmy Jewel in the episode titled Instant Coffee, which featured a murder in the oil industry, broadcast on 5 June 1978
• Fanfare Series Two: Thames Television weekly series from 16 June to 28 July 1978, presented by Flintlock who also gabe musical performances
• Get It Together Granada Television, presented by Megg Nichol, Roy North and Ollie Beak. Flintlock were musical guests on the programme broadcast 1 December 1981
• Minder Thames Television, Mike Holoway appeared as Zac Zolar/Albert Trout/Alan Trent in the episode titled A Star Is Gorn originally broadcast on 22 February 1984
• T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set Thames Television. Mike Holoway appeared as Ricky Romero in the programme broadcast on 7 February 1989

[edit] The Tomorrow People

Long-running Thames Television series that was first broadcast on 30 April 1973. Mike Holoway made his debut as Mike Bell in the season four opener first broadcast on his 15th birthday.

[edit] Season Four

• One Law 28 January - 11 February 1976
• Into The Unknown 18 February - 10 March 1976

[edit] Season Five

• The Dirtiest Business 28 February - 7 March 1977
• A Much Needed Holiday 14 - 21 March 1977
• The Heart Of Sogguth 28 March - 4 April 1976. This story also featured the other members of Flintlock

[edit] Season Six

• The Lost Gods 15 - 22 May 1978
• Hitler's Last Secret 5 - 12 June 1978
• The Thargon Menace 19 - 26 June 1978

[edit] Season Seven

• Castle Of Fear 9 - 16 October 1978
• Achilles Heel 23 - 30 October 1978
• Living Skins 6 - 13 November 1978

[edit] Season Eight

• War Of The Empires 29 January - 19 February 1979

All episodes of The Tomorrow People are available to buy on DVD. Mike Holoway has also reprised his role of Mike Bell for the Big Finish CD audio tapes based on the series.

[edit] Theatre

• The London Palladium: Babes In The Wood as Boy Babe
• 1979, The Grand Theatre, Swansea: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
• 10th Anniversary Tour: Godspell as Jesus
• Grease as Danny Zuko
• 1981: Dick Whittington as Dick
• December 1982 to January 1983: Drury Lane Theatre, London: The Pirates of Penzance as back-up singer and understudy for the role of Frederic
• Christmas 1984, Dominion Theatre, London: Humpty Dumpty as Tommy Tucker
• 1985, West End debut: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
• 1985, National Tour: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
• 1986, National Tour: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatas Joseph
• 1987, National Tour: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatas Joseph
• 1988, National Tour: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatas Joseph
• 5 May to 4 June 1988, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch: One Careful Owner as Frankie Boyle
• Christmas 1988: Dick Whittington as Dick
• 1989, Coliseum Theatre, Oldham: Hold Tight It's '60s Night as Rock Hard
• Autumn 1989, National Tour: The Pirates Of Penzance as The Pirate King
• Christmas 1989, The Hippodrome, Birmingham: Babes In The Wood as Robin
• Spring 1990, National Tour: Hold Tight It's '60s Night as Rock Hard
• Summer/Autumn 1990, National Tour: Godspell as Jesus
• 19 December 1990 to 3 February 1991, The Grand Theatre, Swansea: Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs as The Prince
• Autumn 1992, National Tour: Robin - Prince Of Sherwood as Robin Hood
• 14 December 1992 to 23 February 1993, Palace Theatre, Manchester: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs as Prince Danilo
• January 1993, Piccadilly Theatre, London: Robin - Prince Of Sherwood as Robin Hood
• 22 May 1995 to 18 November 1995, National Tour: Twist And Shout as Steve
• 11 December 1995 to 14 January 1996, The Lyceum Theatre, Crewe: Cinderella as Prince Charming
• 12 February to 6 March 1999, New Victoria Theatre, Woking: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
• 2 August to 2 September 2000, Palace Theatre, Westcliff: Rock 'N' Roll Rollercoaster
• 1 August to 18 August 2001, Palace Theatre, Westcliff: Rock 'N' Roll Rollercoaster
• 5 - 10 April 2004, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
• 17 December 2005 to 7 January 2006, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
• 14 December 2006 to 7 January 2007, Civic Theatre, Doncaster: Sleeping Beauty as The Prince
• 13 - 17 February 2007, The New Theatre, Hull: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" as The Prince
• 14 April to 13 May 2007 and 1 June 2007, National Tour: Stardust
• 25 May to 23 June 2007, National Tour: 007 Bond In Heaven

27th November 07 to 6th January 2008: Sleeping Beauty as Prince Galiant/Valiant

[edit] External links

• Michael Holoway at the Internet Movie Database