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Graham Fletcher-Cook ne Graham Fletcher (born 3 November 1963) in Tottenham North London. Graham Fletcher-Cook trained at the Anna Scher Theatre [] in north London and made his film debut as Irving in Bugsy Malone []. He made his stage debut in 1976 as Paul Ryan in Happy Birthday Wanda June at the Bush Theatre. As a child actor Fletcher was well known as the presenter of Our Show for LWT 1977 where he reported on skateboarding and was known as the first person in the UK to wear Vans skate shoes. Graham went on to act alongside Diane Lane in A Little Romance and the television film Orphan Train. Film roles followed in the 1980's including Delivery Boy in The French Lieutenant's Woman, Mickey Parker in Defense Of The Realm , Wizard in Absolute Beginners , Wally Hairstyle in Sid And Nancy [] the character was based on Billy Idol but fear of libel made the producers change the name. Graham also portrayed Whitey/Jeeves in Straight To Hell [], Nel's Partner in Cry Freedom, Gary in Siesta , Stanwich in The Raggedy Rawney where he played percussion alongside Ian Dury [] on the soundtrack song The Peanook Polka. Also appearing in Dave Stewart's film Honest as Tattooed Trader in []. TV appearances included Lester in EastEnders ,Tommy Wilkins in The Bill and presenter of Switch. Graham Fletcher-Cook directed the first commercially available UK skateboarding video in 1988 Ollie The Gap featuring Christian Hosoi, Jason Jessee, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Crispin, Wurzel and Pete Dosset. Alongside his brother Dexter Fletcher [], Graham established the Timber Theatre Company in 1992 []producing and directing theatre productions at Jackson's Lane and Hoxton Hall in North London including Pals Know The Score, Keep, The Day Of The Chair and Trial By Enemy. He has also directed the short films Footprints, Ham And Mustard and Burn. Director of the Highgate Film Festival.