Television and Writing
Butters has appeared on many TV programmes including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Top of the Pops, Liquid News, Celebrity Fame Academy, Record of the Year and BBC television news, in addition to a range of children's programmes.
As a voice-over, Wes has been heard on An Audience with Take That, An Audience with Lionel Ritchie and The Brit Awards, as well as the Top of the Pops rundown and ads for Asda.
He has written for The Guardian newspaper and his first book came out in October 2008 (Kenneth Williams Unseen, HarperCollins). He also wrote the acclaimed two-part documentary The Pain of Laughter - The Last Days of Kenneth Williams for BBC Radio 4, broadcast in April 2008, which is available on his website.
His second book is entitled Whatshisname, The Life and Death of Charles Hawtrey and on its release was the number one best selling biography on Amazon. (After it had also been the number one pre-ordered biography.)
According to BBC Radio 7's website, Wes is adapting his Hawtrey biography for a TV film and is currently writing a biography of 1960's playwright Joe Orton.
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