Other Work
Graham Fellows released one more album in 1985 under his own name titled Love at the Hacienda. It was well received but was not a commercial success. It does, however, have a cult following in Japan.
Fellows appeared as Alan Stephens, a St John Ambulance man in Time Gentlemen Please
Prior to creating Shuttleworth, Fellows appeared in Coronation Street as Les Charlton, a young biker chasing the affections of married Gail Platt (then Tilsley). During his fame as Jilted John, Fellows had first appeared on Coronation Street in a very brief cameo role in which he meets Gail, single at the time, on the street in Manchester. In 2007 he appeared in an episode of ITV's Heartbeat.
He presented a programme of his favourite poetry and prose on Radio 4's With Great Pleasure in January 2007.
In July 2009, he read Radio 4's Book of the Week, You're Coming With Me Lad by Mike Pannett, a Metropolitan Police officer's semi-autobiographical account of his experiences in the North Yorkshire town of Malton.
A one-off UK 7" single was released in 1980 under the band name Going Red - "Some Boys"/"Tune Kevin's Strings" - with a picture sleeve depicting Graham in the shower, fully clothed. The band consisted of Graham Fellows (vocals/guitar, as "Mervin Cloud"), Russell Giant (percussion) and Francis Charlton (bass guitar). Chris Sievey was also involved, possibly pseudonymously as one of the aforementioned names. The A-side was an up-tempo new wave-style rocker, whilst the humorous B-side features fake crowd noises and predictable heavy metal riffing.
Appeared as Dr Persil in Ideal (TV series) (2010) and as Eric Sykes in Hattie (Drama, BBC4) (2010)
He owns a disused church on the Orkney island of Rousay, which he intends to turn into an "artists refuge".
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