Interviews
Here is a list of the interviews we've published on our website...
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Steve Coogan and Henry Normal (Starlings)Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, the Executive Producers on Starlings, talk about producing the comedy drama. |
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Brendan Coyle (Starlings)Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle talks about his role in Sky1 comedy drama Starlings. |
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Matt King and Steve Edge (Starlings)Matt King and Steve Edge talk about Starlings, the Sky comedy drama they have written together. |
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Stephen Mangan (Episodes)Stephen Mangan discusses fighting Matt, Episodes' second series, and his real-life friendship with LeBlanc. |
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Tamsin Greig (Episodes)Tamsin Greig talks about returning to Episodes, a career in Hollywood, and excitement about her kiss with Matt LeBlanc in Series 1. |
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Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)Matt LeBlanc isn't worried that people may think the exaggerated, twisted Matt LeBlanc in Episodes is the real him. In fact, he's reveling in their confusion and the opportunity to play a funny, edgy character... |
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Kayvan Novak 2012 (Facejacker)Kayvan Novak talks about the process of filming Facejacker... |
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Morgana Robinson and Terry Mynott (Very Important People)An interview with Very Important People impressionists Morgana Robinson and Terry Mynott. |
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Sally Bretton (Not Going Out)Sally Bretton talks about comic acting, and her roles in The Office and Not Going Out... |
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Cardinal Burns (Cardinal Burns)An interview with Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, the stars of E4 sketch show Cardinal Burns. |
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Noel Fielding (Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy)Noel Fielding talks about how his surreal E4 sketch show is quite unlike anything else on television. |
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Vic Reeves (The Ministry Of Curious Stuff)Vic Reeves talks about CBBC show Ministry Of Curious Stuff. Plus some disgusting facts from the Ministry team... |
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Milton Jones (Milton Jones's House Of Rooms)A quirky feature about Milton Jones's House Of Rooms in which Milton Jones visits a cafe to interview himself... |
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Armstrong & Miller (Felix & Murdo)Armstrong & Miller talk about their sitcom pilot Felix & Murdo, and their thoughts on comedians doing adverts... |
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Writers, Producer and Star (The Royal Bodyguard)Writer-producer-director duo Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresin are joined by star Sir David Jason and executive producer Jimmy Mulville to discuss their brand new comedy series, The Royal Bodyguard. |
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Ralf Little (The Café)Ralf Little talks about the process of creating The Cafe, the Sky sitcom he co-written with Michelle Terry. |
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Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror)Charlie Brooker talks about his dark sci-fi series Black Mirror... |
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Martin Trenaman (PhoneShop)An interview with Martin Trenaman, who plays PhoneShop boss Lance. |
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Sarah Solemani (Him & Her)Sarah Solemani talks about Becky, the character she plays in Him & Her... |
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Russell Tovey (Him & Her)Russell Tovey talks about playing Steve in Him & Her... |
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Joe Gilgun (Misfits)The new star of Misfits on being the new boy, dealing with fame, and his dreams of becoming a flying cup of tea. |
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Charles Edwards (Holy Flying Circus)Charles Edwards talks about portraying Michael Palin in Holy Flying Circus... |
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Darren Boyd (Holy Flying Circus)Darren Boyd talks about playing John Cleese in Holy Flying Circus... |
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Harry Venning (Clare In The Community)Cartoonist and sitcom writer Harry Venning talks about his hit Radio 4 show Clare In The Community... |
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Joe Lycett (Epic Win)Epic Win announcer and all round funny guy Joe Lycett chats to The British Comedy Guide... |
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Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (Fresh Meat)Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong talk about their latest creation - Channel 4's flatsharing comedy drama Fresh Meat. |
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Karl Howman (Brush Strokes)To mark the DVD release of the complete first series of Brush Strokes, we chat to Karl Howman, better known as archetypal jack-the-lad Jacko. |
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Ronnie Corbett (Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain)Veteran entertainer Ronnie Corbett talks about his comedy career, ahead of his new TV series Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain. |
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John Dagleish (Beaver Falls)John Dagleish talks about his role as stoner Barry in Beaver Falls is quite a departure from being melodeon-playing Alf Arless in Lark Rise to Candleford... |
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Arsher Ali (Beaver Falls)Arsher Ali talks about what attracted him to play the character of A-Rab in Beaver Falls, what it was like to work with Chris Morris on Four Lions, and why he likes doing Shakespeare plays. |
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Samuel Robertson (Beaver Falls)An interview with Sam Robertson, who plays Flynn in Beaver Falls. He talks about the show and what it was like to star in Coronation Street when still at university. |
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Brian Kellett (Sirens)When ambulance man Brian Kellett started writing his blog under the pen name Tom Reynolds he never dreamed it would lead to a book or a TV series... |
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Amy Beth Hayes (Sirens)Amy Beth Hayes spent a lot of time hanging out in McDonald's and listening to accents as she preparing for her role as a police sergeant in Sirens... |
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Richard Madden (Sirens)It's not often that actors encounter dead bodies when researching a television role, but that is exactly what Richard Madden experienced when preparing for Sirens... |
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Kayvan Novak (Sirens)Facejacker star Kayvan Novak says one of the perks of filming Sirens was getting to drive an ambulance fast. |
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Rhys Thomas (Sirens)Rhys Thomas talks about filming Channel 4 comedy drama Sirens... |
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Jason Manford (Odd One In)Jason Manford talks about his 2011 ITV comedy projects, including the second series of Odd One In... |
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Claudia Winkleman (King Of...)Claudia Winkleman talks about her Channel 4 panel show, King Of... |
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Will Mellor (White Van Man)An interview with Will Mellor. He talks about playing a handyman in BBC Three's White Van Man. |
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Helen Keen (It Is Rocket Science!)Helen Keen talks about her Radio 4 show, It Is Rocket Science!, plus chats about space, aliens and more... |
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Ruth Jones (Hattie)Ruth Jones talks about playing legendary comedy actress Hattie Jacques in the BBC Four drama about her life. |
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Jason Manford (Comedy Rocks With Jason Manford)An interview with Jason Manford about his new ITV comedy show Comedy Rocks With Jason Manford... |
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Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Come Fly With Me)David Walliams and Matt Lucas talk about their airport-based comedy show Come Fly With Me... |
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Daniel Roche (Just William)Outnumbered star Daniel Roche talks about what it's like to play Just William. |
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Sanjeev Bhaskar (The Indian Doctor)Sanjeev Bhaskar talks about his role in BBC One Daytime's new comedy drama The Indian Doctor. |
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Russell Kane (Dave's One Night Stand)Russell Kane only gave up his day job a few years ago. Now he's won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and flies First Class... |
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Stefan Golaszewski (Him & Her)An interview with Stefan Golaszewski, the writer of BBC Three sitcom Him & Her. |
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Alan Davies (Whites)An interview with Alan Davies about his role as a once talented chef facing a mid-life crisis in Whites. |
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Tony Hawks (Round Ireland With A Fridge)A short interview with Tony Hawks about his movie Round Ireland With A Fridge. |
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Lee Mack (Not Going Out)Lee Mack, the star and writer of Not Going Out, talks about his sitcom and his views on writing and performing stand-up comedy and sitcom, in this interview conducted ahead of the third series. |
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David Jason (Albert's Memorial)David Jason says "I'd describe Albert's Memorial as black comedy with very serious undertones." |
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Rafe Spall (Pete Versus Life)Rafe Spall talks about playing the lead role of Pete - a feckless loser with a non-existent career... |
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Alfred Molina and Dawn French (Roger & Val Have Just Got In)Alfred Molina and Dawn French talk about their marital comedy series... |
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John Bishop (John Bishop's Britain)Stand-up star John Bishop explains why Saturday-night audiences should get a kick out of his unique, new entertainment show. |
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Matt Berry (The IT Crowd)Matt Berry talks about playing madcap Reynholm Industries boss Douglas Reynholm... |
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Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd)Katherine Parkinson talks about what is in store for her character Jen in the new series... |
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Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd)An interview with Chris O'Dowd, who plays Roy in The IT Crowd... |
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Graham Linehan (The IT Crowd)Graham Linehan, the writer and director of The IT Crowd, talks about creating the fourth series of the show... |
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Rufus Hound (Hounded)Interview with Rufus Hound; TV presenter, comedian, and star of new kids' sitcom Hounded. |
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Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson (Two Episodes Of Mash)An interview with Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson, who together make up the sketch group Two Episodes Of MASH. |
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Kayvan Novak 2010 (Facejacker)An interview with Kayvan Novak, who is now bringing his Fonejacker characters to life in Facejacker... |
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Spencer Jones and Jon Riche (Big Babies)An interview with Spencer Jones and Jon Riche, the creators of CBBC comedy show Big Babies. |
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Robert Florence (Burnistoun)An interview with Robert Florence, who co-writes and co-stars in the BBC Scotland sketch show Burnistoun. |
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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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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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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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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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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 (2006) (The IT Crowd)BAFTA winning comedy writer Graham Linehan talks about his background, his career and the first series of The IT Crowd in this interview from 2006... |
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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 episodes in the first four series of Not Going Out, kindly took some time out from his busy life ahead of the first series to chat about working on 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