Halifax/Bradford Dinner with guest speaker Charlie Hansen
CHARLIE HANSEN – God’s a good un!
For many years Job’s a good Un! was the catch phrase of Television Comedian Charlie Hansen. his catch phrase now is God’s a good un! Charlie is a comedy impressionist who is always in popular demand to appear at the top cabaret venues throughout the U.K. Although over the last five years most of his work has been on the sporting and after dinner speakers circuit.
Charlie has been a professional entertainer for many years and during that time, he has appeared on a wide range of major Television shows and has broadcast on as many radio programmes. For example: What’s New? (Granada TV), Hangar17 (BBC1), The Time the Place (Network ITV), Vanessa (Network ITV), Who Do You Do (Sky One), Stand & Deliver (Sky One), The A Force (BBC2), Elvis Has Left The Building (Granada TV), Windrush Gala Concert (BBC2).
As a child comedy was the last thing on Charlie’s mind, as all he ever did was kick a football around the streets of his hometown Warrington. While dreaming of playing professional football for a big league club. His dreams materialised just after leaving school, as by the age of sixteen, he was on the books of Manchester City. However, Charlie’s career was, unfortunately short-lived, due to an early knee injury and Charlie’s long-term problem with asthma.
His playing days were over at the age of twenty. Any hopes of making the big time as a footballer were well and truly finished. This devastated Charlie, leaving him feeling rejected and depressed. Something that stayed with him for many years.
On the outside, Charlie has a vibrant personality. He will admit that he once loved the limelight, and being at the centre of people’s attention. This and his beliefs led him to become a natural comedian. Part of Charlie’s act was swearing prior to delivering a punch line in a joke. Many times he had tried to clean up his act, but eventually gave in as he felt quite isolated. Without the swearing, the jokes weren’t getting as bigger laughs as they deserved laughs.
Charlie made a commitment and accepted Jesus as his personal saviour in 1991. However, the reality of God and the step that he had taken was not quite clear to him. Charlie still held a lot of resentment and found it very hard to forgive people who he felt had hurt him over the years. Believing he could do a deal with God he continued to hurt both close friends and non-friends alike.
At the turn of the century, there was also a turn in Charlie’s life. One day he came under tremendous conviction to come clean with God. To repent fully and instead of trying to compromise. He started going God’s way instead of his own way.
Charlie became God seeking, instead of pleasure seeking. God-centred instead of self-centered.
In Charlie’s own words he could never go back to the old life and what is more God is using him in a unique way. Audiences now congratulate him on his clean performance. He is able to witness to them saying that it is the love, the joy, and the peace of having Jesus in his life. That all things are possible!
God is using Charlie’s unique ministry, by sharing his testimony at Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship Dinner. Charlie is also a regular visitor to prisons around the country spreading the word and love of Jesus.
To check out Charlie’s website follow this link: https://www.charliehale.co.uk