# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-protheroe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:22:43.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-protheroe"
name: "Brian Protheroe"
slug: "brian-protheroe"
description: "Brian Protheroe is an English singer, songwriter, narrator and actor. He is best known for his first single, \"Pinball\", released in August 1974, which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 40 and reached a peak of number 22. He has been narrating the Channel 4 dating show First Dates since 2015."
tagline: "British actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Protheroe_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.429489333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/prothers"
    handle:    "prothers"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/protheroespace"
    handle:    "protheroespace"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698846/"
    handle:    "nm0698846"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1OtWnahLz9y3TjLuqS4gYp"
    handle:    "1OtWnahLz9y3TjLuqS4gYp"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brianprotheroe.co.uk/Brian_Protheroe/Brian_Protheroe.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/300790"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "بريان بروثيروي (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "بريان بروثيروى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Protheroe"
    title: "Brian Protheroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Protheroe"
    title: "Brian Protheroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Protheroe"
    title: "Brian Protheroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Protheroe"
    title: "Brian Protheroe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Protheroe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f986ecb6-c4c4-4d6b-a498-93aa23cb4208"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2924983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173817"
    title: "Brian Protheroe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump