Ricky Tomlinson’s career in pics

Tuesday 12th February 2008, 12:00AM GMT.

Ricky Tomlinson

Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson appears at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre on February 17. We look back at his career to date. Tomlinson hit the headlines as a trade union campaigner. He was jailed for two years in 1973 on a charge of conspiracy for his part in the flying pickets. The Royle Family star and his fellow defendant Des Warren, who died in 2004, became known as the Shrewsbury Two after being jailed at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

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