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  • The fascistic government forces who want to abolish Radio Rock are the thin-lipped minister, played by Kenneth Branagh, and his oleaginous underling (Jack Davenport), who is called Twatt, a name that is as funny on the page as it is on the screen.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • On land, government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh) is looking to shut down pirate radio for good, bringing ambitious civil servant Twatt (Jack Davenport) in to help concoct a plan that will stop the supposed filth from poisoning the populace.

    DVD Review: Pirate Radio 2010

  • I am related to approximately half the population of the Shetland Islands, share a last name with a quarter of them, and can probably trace my ancestry back to Twatt if I try hard enough.

    A Top 22 Most Absurd Place Names List | Impact Lab 2007

  • Twatt, and she felt that in any emergency she was thus sure of one faithful friend.

    Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney) 5.

    Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010

  • Spencer Twatt, it was initially reported that she and her more stable, but equally famewhoring friend,

    Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 2010

  • More bafflingly, Branagh's nasty minister humiliates his underling Twatt by saying he's useless "just like his father".

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • He has a moustache, the posture of a German military officer, and an underling (Jack Davenport) called Twatt.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • He even gets in a shot at his old authority figures, in the characters of British minister Sir Alistair Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh) and his assistant Twatt (Jack Davenport), who conspire to pass the Maritime Offenses Act -- real-life 1967 legislation that all but put an end to the pirate radio scene.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • At this point, I suspected that there would be a subplot where Twatt would thoughtfully go and visit Twatt Sr in his retirement home: a likable old cove into jazz and skiffle, perhaps, and so Twatt would leave the dark side and support the good guys.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

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  • There are Twatts in both Shetland and Orkney, Scotland.

    January 13, 2017