John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Faking It (UK TV series) Faking It (UK TV series) Faking It is a television programme originating on Channel 4 which has spawned various international remakes, including a United States version which began in 2003 on the TLC network. Devised by Stephen Lambert of RDF Media, the programme's original concept was "a modern-day "Pygmalion"", referring to the George Bernard Shaw play in which flower girl Eliza Doolittle is trained to appear like an aristocrat. The programme debuted in 2000 with a run of only two episodes, one of which featured Alex Geikie, a well-spoken gay man, being taught to "fake it" as a London club