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Before turning to entertainment, Charles played
football (most notably for
Tranmere_Rovers_F.C.|Tranmere Rovers). He started
his career as a performance poet on the British
cabaret circuit, appearing as on the late-night
comedy programme, Saturday Live, and later as a
presenter of children's television programmes. He
also appeared weekly as a John Cooper Clarke-style
'punk poet' on the BBC pop music television
programme The Oxford Road Show, calling himself
Susan Williams. He presented the virtual reality
gameshow CyberZone, shown in 1993 in the UK, the
reality television show Jailbreak, and late night
'chat' show Weapons of Mass Distraction, shown in
2004. 

He was married to Cathy Tyson from 1984 to 1989
and married his second wife, Jackie, on August 9,
1999.

Craig Charles finally acquired cult status as the
Liverpool |Liverpudlian slob, Red Dwarf
characters#David_Lister|Dave Lister, in the series
Red Dwarf|Red Dwarf. From 1998 until 2004, he
presented the 'game show' Robot Wars, on BBC Two
(from 1998-2003) and Five (TV)|five (from
2003-2004). He is also a DJ on the radio station
BBC 6 Music.

In 1994, Charles and a friend were arrested and
remanded in custody for several months on a rape
charge.  At their trial the following year, they
were both exonerated. Craig's imprisonment delayed
the production of Red Dwarf VII

Craig was also the voice-over man for the Japanese
hit TV-show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge.
In 2005 he participated in Channel 4 reality
sports show The Games, coming 4th overall in the
men's competition, despite missing 2 events due to
injury.

Craig joined the cast of long-running serial
Coronation Street in 2005, his first appearance
having been aired on June 20. He plays a
philandering taxi driver called Lloyd.

==External links==
* http://www.geocities.com/keshiheads04 Keshi
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* imdb name|id=0153002|name=Craig Charles
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/craig_charles/
The Craig Charles Funk Show (BBC 6Music)