16/09/2026
✨Chris Barrie will now be joining us as a guest at Exeter on both days, 10-11th Oct, at the Westpoint Arena. 📣 To his legions of fans worldwide, Chris is best known as Rimmer – the Red Dwarf character who made love only once in his life. To others, he is Hilary, Angelina Jolie’s butler in Tomb Raider; but to many, he will forever be remembered as Gordon Brittas, the most irritating manager in the history of the British leisure centre industry. Chris has since added more strings to his bow as presenter of Massive Engines, exploring almost every invention in mechanised transport from trains to airships. As the proud owner of several classic cars, motorcycles, and trucks, it played perfectly to one of his biggest obsessions. After moving to London from his native Northern Ireland, Chris started out in comedy clubs as an impressionist. It wasn’t long before he was picked up by the producers of Spitting Image, and he went on to provide the voices for a stream of characters, from HRH Prince Charles to Paul Daniels. For live audiences, Chris performs after dinner, as a speaker, or in cabaret. He also hosts awards and lightens up conferences. It’s not unknown for him to toss the audience a curved ball, particularly in relation to those all-important health and safety issues: “What would you do if faced by a tiger rampaging through your office?” Chris Barrie is now best known as the hologram Rimmer in the hit series Red Dwarf, as Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire (BBC1), and as one of the principal male voice artists on Spitting Image. Meet Chris and learn of his many roles.
EVENT INFO
💥Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival takes place 10-11th October at the Westpoint Exeter🌟 With more space than ever before and new exhibits.
Tickets via https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ukcgf/1971119
Also available via Eventbrite
Make it a road trip or follow for coach updates !!! 🚎 TBC
🎬Meet more than 12 guests from film and tv
Danny Webb Sat only
Chris Barrie both days
Hattie Hayridge both days
Peter Davison both days
Tom Rosenthal both days
Harry Mcentire Sat only
Julian Seager
Lauren Saliu Sat only
Guillaume Rivaud
Max Wrottesley Sat only
Greg Austin Sat only
Jack Ryder
Crystal Yu Sat only
🐉 Plus there's more guest announcements to come along with exclusive panels and talks.
💥 Meet comic artists and creators in a huge new Comic Zone with over 12 comic guests and comic dealer stands
👾 Gaming areas are growing with our regular retro gaming and VR zone from Gaming4u , a new indie gaming developer zone, tabletop gaming from Modular worlds , A Retro gaming zone from SGE and even more additional gaming run by the children's Hospice SW gaming team.
🐉 NEW Prop displays include the Shining, Hannibal, K-pop, Batman props and Wicked displays
🤼 Entertainment and Appearances from Pokemon characters, Hello Kitty, Mario , Luigi, King Kong and more!
💥 Cosplay Zone with our biggest comp to date plus multiple meet ups
🛍️Traders fill the hall with geeky goodies !!
🌟New Geek Tattoo zone
🍔 Street food zone outside and a large cafe with seating indoors
💥Film cars include the Bat Car and a line up of American police cars
🌟Photo op backdrops including apocolypic, anime and horror themes
💥New Lego zone and activities from the Brick People
🌟See the dinosaur display or spot our baby dragon appearing amongst the crowds
💥New workshops to try
🌟Meet the Transformers Bumblebee , Megatron and Optimus
🌟Try axe throwing, ai***ft and other activities
✨Lego
📘✍️Authors panel / talks
💥Beyblade area and tournament
✨Pokemon Area with unboxing and tournament coming soon
🌟Media , film and creator area
Plus so much more all TBA in the coming weeks leading upto our show.
