Interviews
Here is a list of the interviews we've published on our website...
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Pauline McLynn (Shameless)Pauline McLynn talks about starring in the 7th series of Shameless as librarian Libby Croker. |
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James Buckley (Rock & Chips)Winning the part of young Del Boy in Rock & Chips was a dream come true for James Buckley... |
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Kellie Bright (Rock & Chips)Kellie Bright jumped at the chance to pop into a girdle and put the red lippy on for Rock & Chips. She talks about playing Peckham's answer to Brigitte Bardot... |
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Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rock & Chips)Nicholas Lyndhurst talks about how Rock & Chips was cooked up. |
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Dervla Kirwan (Material Girl)An interview with Dervla Kirwan, who plays posh, beautiful, brittle, evil Davina Bailey in Material Girl. |
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Lenora Crichlow (Material Girl)An interview with the star of Material Girl, the talented actress Lenora Crichlow. |
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Steve Edge (Guantanamo Phil)An interview with Steve Edge about the Channel 4 Comedy Showcase pilot Guantanamo Phil. |
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Justin Pollard and Piers Fletcher (QI)The British Comedy Guide puts questions to QI producer Piers Fletcher and QI researcher Justin Pollard. |
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Ben Moor (Undone)Ben Moor talks about the new series of his radio comedy show Undone. Plus he talks about why he keeps getting semi-nude on TV, and more. |
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Will Poulter (School Of Comedy)An interview with School Of Comedy star Will Poulter. |
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Katy Brand (Katy Brand's Big Ass Show)An interview with Katy Brand about her ITV2 sketch show. |
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Dan Clark (How Not To Live Your Life)An exclusive interview with Dan Clark, the writer and star of How Not To Live Your Life. He talks about the changes in the new series and the challenges of breaking into the American market. |
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Steve Hall (We Are Klang)An interview with We Are Klang's Steve Hall in which he talks about their road to BBC Three, where he thinks they went right and wrong along the way, and the extreme reactions to the first series. |
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Justin Fletcher (Gigglebiz)An interview with CBBC legend Justin Fletcher. The star talks about his kids sketch show Gigglebiz and how he created many of the characters. |
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Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen (Bigipedia)Stand-up comedians Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen explain more about their new Radio 4 show Bigipedia and talk about Twitter, Wikipedia vandalism, sinister fictional drinks and more. |
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Emma Fryer (Home Time)Emma Fryer is the writer and star of Home Time, a TV sitcom about a girl who returns to Coventry with her tail between her legs, 12 years after having run off to find her place in the big wide world. |
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John Finnemore (Cabin Pressure)We interview John Finnemore, the writer of Radio 4 airline sitcom Cabin Pressure. John also stars in the sitcom as the slightly stupid Arthur Shappey. |
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Holly Walsh (TNT Show)We talk to rising star Holly Walsh, who is currently co-presenting Channel 4's topical comedy programme TNT Show with Jack Whitehall. |
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Tira Shubart (Taking The Flak)Tira Shubart, the co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of BBC Two's Taking The Flak tells us about how her comedy drama about war reporters in Africa came to life. |
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Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (Psychoville)Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, part of the team that turned the grotesque into a comic art form in The League Of Gentlemen, talk about their new show: Psychoville. |
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Veronica Burton and Martin Freeman (Boy Meets Girl)Rachel Stirling and Martin Freeman talk about what it's like to play the opposite sex in ITV1's comedy drama Boy Meets Girl. |
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Omid Djalili (The Omid Djalili Show)The London Olympics, Henry VIII, the credit crunch and darts players' wives are just some of the targets of the second series of Omid Djalili's sketch show. In this interview the comedian tells us about his favourite characters, what (or who) inspires him and the secret of his comic appeal... |
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Ben Miller (Moving Wallpaper)Moving Wallpaper star Ben Miller talks about the second series of the ITV sitcom and what it's like to play monstrous TV producer Jonathan Pope. |
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Tony Jordan (Moving Wallpaper)Legendary format creator Tony Jordan talks about the second series of Moving Wallpaper and how he created the comedy. |
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Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya (FM)A short Q and A with the three main stars of FM. They talk about filming the sitcom set in a radio station, the high-profile guest stars who appeared in the show and their highlights. |
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Lee Mack (Not Going Out)The star and writer of Not Going Out talks about his sitcom and his views on writing and performing stand-up comedy and sitcom. |
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Robert Leedham (Other People)Robert Leedham kindly took some time out from script editing to explain more about what his job entails and to talk to The British Comedy Guide about Other People, Company Pictures' 2008 comedy pilot. |
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Toby Whithouse (Other People)Toby Whithouse is one of Britain's top TV writers with credits like Dr Who to his name. In 2007 he talked to The British Comedy Guide about creating Other People, his Channel 4 Comedy Showcase sitcom pilot. |
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Rory Kinnear (Plus One)In 2007 Rory Kinnear starred in the pilot for Plus One. He talks about his background and what it was like to film the pilot. |
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Kevin Bishop (Star Stories)Kevin Bishop is something of a rarity in showbusiness - he's a former child star who has not only found success as an adult, but has yet to show up in rehab, join a religious cult, or even have a breakdown. In this interview we find out more about The Star Stories front man. |
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Jack Dee (Lead Balloon)Jack Dee talks to The British Comedy Guide about the on-going success of his sitcom Lead Balloon. |
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Pete Sinclair (Lead Balloon)We talked at length with the very friendly Pete Sinclair, one of Britian's most experienced comedy writers. In this interview he talks about co-writing Lead Balloon with Jack Dee. |
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Graham Linehan (The IT Crowd)BAFTA winning comedy writer Graham Linehan talks about his background, his career and his latest hit sitcom, The IT Crowd. |
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The HIGNFY Writing Team (Have I Got News For You)In this interview the HIGNFY writers talked for the very first time about their role in the show and dispel the rumours that the topical comedy show is heavily scripted. |
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Drew Pearce (No Heroics)Drew Pearce talks about creating ITV2's first sitcom - the superhero sitcom No Heroics. He explains the route the show took to get to the screen. |
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Peter Slater (Slaterwood)In 2008 Ideal star Peter Slater recorded his own sketch show pilot for Channel 4. In this interview he talks about how the show came about. |
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Kevin Bishop (The Kevin Bishop Show)Kevin Bishop talks about his sketch show, and the route he has taken through the comedy industry to get to this stage in his career. |
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Michael Hines (Still Game)Michael Hines, the producer and director of Still Game took time out of his busy schedule just after filming the fifth series to answer some of our questions... |
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Simon Bird and James Buckley (The Inbetweeners)An exclusive interview with two of the stars of The Inbetweeners, James Buckley (Jay) and Simon Bird (Will). During the first series they talked to The British Comedy Guide about the show. |
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Andrew Collins (Not Going Out)Andrew Collins who co-wrote the popular BBC1 sitcom Not Going Out with Lee Mack kindly took some time out from his busy life to chat about how they created the show. |
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William Ivory (The Invisibles)The Invisibles writer William Ivory talks about the background of the 2008 comedy drama. |
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Sharon Horgan (Pulling)Sharon Horgan, who co-wrote Pulling with Dennis Kelly and played the role of Donna in the sitcom, kindly took time out her very busy 2008 schedule to talk to The British Comedy Guide. |
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Geoffrey Perkins (Benidorm)In this interview the late great Geoffrey Perkins talked about filming ITV1's holiday-based sitcom Benidorm and the fun the cast and crew had on set during series one. |
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Adrian Edmondson (Teenage Kicks)Adrian Edmondson talks about playing the lead role of Vernon in Teenage Kicks. He says: "Like Vernon I imagine I'm very cool, and my hope is that my kids think I'm cool too. But the truth is they probably don't. I don't want to ask them directly because I don't want to burst the bubble." |
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Alex MacQueenWe talk to Alex MacQueen about the Channel 4 Comedy Showcase pilot The Amazing Dermot. We also find out more about his background and many of the other comedies he's appeared in. |
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Rasmus Hardiker (Lead Balloon / Saxondale)An exclusive interview with Rasmus Hardiker who starred alongside Steve Coogan in Saxondale and happily takes all Jack Dee's money by virtue of going out with his daughter in Lead Balloon. |
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The Green Wing Writing Team (Green Wing)We have published a whole set of Green Wing interviews. This includes interviews with key cast members, creator Victoria Pile and an exclusive extended-length interview with the GW writing team. |
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Nick Frost (Hyperdrive)Nick Frost talks about his role as Space Commander Henderson in the BBC space sitcom Hyperdrive. |
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Dishad Husain (Holly-Bolly)Tipped by Channel 4 as an upcoming director, Dishad Husain is the award-winning creator of the short comedy films 'Holly-Bolly' and 'Viva Liberty!' |
For many in-depth interviews related to comedy writing and performing see our 'Make It' area