Adrian Scarborough
- 57 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings Page 2
Bloods review
Patchy paramedic comedy unlikely to split your sides.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 5th May 2021Bloods review
A magnificent paramedic comedy full of gallows humour.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 5th May 2021'Murder, They Hope' cast revealed
Sarah Hadland, Shobna Gulati, Lee Mack, Paul Whitehouse and Jason Manford will be amongst the cast joining Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson in the new Gold series Murder, They Hope.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2021I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations
After Life, Friday Night Dinner, Gavin & Stacey, Ghosts, Home, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2020Filming begins on paramedic comedy Bloods
Production is underway on Bloods, the Sky comedy series starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks as a pair of mismatched paramedics.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd September 2020Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, review
James Corden and Ruth Jones reunite to remind us of a kinder sort of comedy.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 25th December 2019Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special review
Is the door open for more Gavin & Stacey?
Jo Berry, Digital Spy, 25th December 2019Gavin & Stacey festive special spoiler-free preview
Ruth Jones and James Corden impressively resurrect their sitcom for Christmas.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 7th December 2019Rewind: Psychoville revisited
A third season of Inside No. 9 arrives on our TV screens this month, so let's take a look back at its creators' previous comedy venture, Psychoville.
Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 15th February 2017ITV hit us with another new offering in the completely pointless Edge of Heaven. Set in the titular Margate B&B the show focused on the sprawling Taylor family headed up by matriarch Julie (Camille Coduri) the co-owner of the establishment alongside her chef husband Tandeep (Nitin Kundra). Julie's two adult children still live with her and while ex-army recruit Ann-Marie (Laura Checkley) is happy to stand about and make sarcastic comments, Alfie (Blake Harrison) is planning for the future. The future that Alfie envisions involves him settled down with would-be-wife Carly (Justine Cain) but, on the eve of her wedding, she begins to doubt her love for Alfie. It's incredibly clear that Alfie belongs with Carly's friend and colleague Michelle (Louisa Lytton), but at the same time it seems that we're going to have to wait six weeks for them to figure out they like each other. The Taylor clan also includes Julie's brother 'Bald' Gary (Adrian Scarborough) and his partner 'Camp' Gary (Robert Evans) who both love watching True Blood as well as Alfie's Nanny Mo (Marcia Warren) a foul-mouthed X-Box loving pensioner.
I do wonder why Edge of Heaven was created in the first place and who exactly its marketed towards. The extended brood aspect of the show makes me think that ITV wanted this to be their version of Modern Family, but what we get instead is a bunch of clichéd characters going through the motions. It's clear that writer Robert Evans has come from children's TV as all of the Taylor family feel like stereotypes and I just didn't believe in any of them. The B&B setting is equally unnecessary with only a couple of scenes devoted to the establishment's single guest. It's a shame that talented performers such as Coduri, Scarborough and Warren have wasted their time on appearing in this nonsense. Meanwhile Harrison continues to play the same character he did in both Big Bad World and Way to Go. Ultimately, Edge of Heaven will go down as another forgettable ITV drama that I'm sure will be demolished in the ratings once Jonathan Creek returns next week.
The Custard TV, 26th February 2014