Helen Atkinson-Wood

Acting

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Born 1955-03-14 · Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK

Helen Atkinson-Wood is an English actress and comedian born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. She studied fine art at the Ruskin School, Oxford University, where she performed with Rowan Atkinson (no relation). She also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she met Ben Elton. Whilst at Oxford, she took part in an OUDS production of Richard II. Also in this production was Tim McInnerny, who played the lead. She later appeared together with McInnerny in an episode of Blackadder the Third. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Acting credits

Bosses From Hell poster
NR

John Cleese training video about bosses.

Bosses From Hell

1989

The Craig Ferguson Show poster
7.0

Craig Ferguson tells jokes and introduces filmed skits.

The Craig Ferguson Show

1990

Your Cheatin' Heart poster
8.0

In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.

Your Cheatin' Heart

1990

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) poster
NR

Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the power that Consuela, the sinister Spanish housekeeper,seems to wield, comparing her to John's first wife and forbidding her to enter a mysterious locked room.

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986

Hatfield House: A Royal Residence poster
NR

A look at the history of the stately home in Hertfordshire, where the future Elizabeth I was sent to live from the age of three months by her tyrannical father Henry VIII. Insights from experts including Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and former royal butler Paul Burrell helps reveal the behind-the-scenes secrets of a house that's been a regular royal go-to for centuries.

Hatfield House: A Royal Residence

2024

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization? poster
5.0

From the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, this film encounters extraordinary projects and people from four continents, economist Kate Raworth, philosopher Roger Scruton and Gaian ecologist Stephan Harding.

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?

2018

Glamis Castle: A Royal Residence poster
NR

The childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and playground for her daughter Elizabeth, the future queen, is one of the oldest royal residences in Britain. This pink-painted fairy-tale fortress has been the family home to the Lyons, one of Britain's oldest aristocratic families. Experts including Paul Burrell and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen reveal the secrets of a house that helped shape the world views and personal convictions of Elizabeth II and her mother.

Glamis Castle: A Royal Residence

2024

Behind the camera