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In the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, Alborough played the part of Jonty in the 2005 Christmas Special episode \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock\".\n\nIn 2018, Alborough played the role of The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson at the award-winning Hope Theatre in London. He followed this with role of Tom in Goodnight Mr Tom at East Riding Theatre. In 2016, Alborough played the role of Andy Capp at the Finborough Theatre in London in a stage musical based on the long-running cartoon strip\n\nFilms include Shaka Zulu as Hawkins, I Anna, Velvet Underground.\n\nRoger has also played radical co-prime minister Peter Clement in the game Not for Broadcast.\n\nWest End includes Buddy and Jailhouse Rock. 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