Kim Durham

The character he plays in radio soap The Archers Matt Crawford may talk like a cockney spiv made good but Kim Durham grew up in a wellheeled area of Surrey He trained initially as a teacher before becoming interested in fringe theatre and touring with a small company around the Netherlands Stage work since has ranged from Iago in Othello to Ford Prefect in The hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and he was a member of the Dublin Gate theatres production of the playFaith Healerfor the Sydney Festival in AustraliaHe also plays the harmonica and used to appear in a blues band and in 2008 he got his Open water basic diving qualification