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Breakfast Thursday, 30 January, 2003, 07:08 GMT
Paul Nicholas on tour
Still from BBC comedy Just Good Friends with Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis
Paul Nicholas became a household favourite in his role as "Vince" in the BAFTA award-winning BBC television series "Just Good Friends

  • This morning, we talked to Paul Nicholas in the Breakfast studio. And, he stayed on to answer your e-mails in a live interactive forum after the programme.

    The forum has now finished - but you can watch a recording of it on this page.


    Click here to e-mail us.

    Paul's latest role as Russian dairy farmer Tevye in Joseph Stein's "Fiddler on the Roof" takes him on country-wide tour for six months ... here he is in rehearsals

    Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis in Just Good Friends
    Paul and co-star Jan Francis: Just Good Friends

    He became a household name in the long-running sitcom Just Good Friends, co-starring with Jan Francis.

    But he's also an accomplished singer and performer, with a string of top ten hits to his name.

    His latest venture is the role of Tevye in the musical Filddler on the Roof.

    He'll be dropping in to the Breakfast studio tomorrow morning, just after 8.30am. And he'll be staying on to answer your questions in a special interactive forum at 9.15am GMT.

    You can watch our Paul Nicholas forum this Thursday on our website at 0915 GMT or by pressing the red button on your digital satellite.

    Read on for some of Paul's top moments:

  • It was a role which made Paul Nicholas a household name, and it won him a BAFTA nomination as best comedy actor. The role was Vince in the BAFTA award winning "Just Good Friends."

  • His theatrical success began in 1969 in the original London production of "Hair"

  • He went on to do lead roles in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Grease".

  • He was "Rum Tum Tugger" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats."

  • In 1992 he formed a production company with fellow actor David Ian. They produced Evita, Singing in the Rain and Pirates of Penzance as well as co-producing two of London's biggest hit musicals, Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

  • A venture into pop singing in 1976 resulted in four top 10 hits, including the two million best sellers "Heaven on the seventh Floor." He has received a further four gold albums.

    Paul Nicholas stars as Tevye, in a six month national tour of the World famous musical Fiddler on the Roof, which premières at the Grand theatre Blackpool on the 17th February 2003.

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