Barry Cryer
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Barry Cryer to launch a podcast
In the new series, the comedy legend will be talking to some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Gyles Brandreth.
Chortle, 7th December 2021Big names added to the Slapstick Festival 2022
Armando Iannucci, David Mitchell, Barry Cryer, Sally Phillips, Richard Herring, Tim Vine and more...
Chortle, 22nd October 2021Review: Comedy Greats - Laurel & Hardy
Children today, once they get accustomed to the strangeness of the pre-war clothes and the flickering black-and-white film, will still find their surreal antics hilarious. Bring back Stan and Ollie!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th September 2021Kray twins nearly beat up Ronnie Corbett
Ronnie Corbett once risked a beating from the Krays after hitting one of them in the face with a bread roll, Barry Cryer has revealed.
The 5ft 1in comic accidentally struck gangster Ronnie in the mush at a West End cabaret show. But Corbett, who died in 2016 aged 85, avoided a bruising because he was so loved by Ronnie and twin Reggie.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 23rd July 2021Tommy Cooper at 100 - Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer celebrates the centenary today of a sadistic, fiendish, brilliant one-off.
Barry Cryer, The Oldie, 19th March 2021Review: Comedy Legends
The hour-long format of Comedy Legends allows for long extracts, giving us the chance to appreciate their comic rhythm.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 20th November 2020Radio Times poll of best radio comedies
Radio 4 panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has come top of a Radio Times list of the greatest radio comedy shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020Barry Cryer's Comedy Legends to return for a third series
Kenneth Williams and Norman Wisdom are among those who will feature in the third series of Barry Cryer's series Comedy Legends on Sky Arts.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2020Barry Cryer's favourite photo: award for Frost Report
"I feel like the great survivor when I look at this photograph - a positive pantheon of comedy greats - because so many of the famous faces pictured here have sadly passed away. This was taken in David Frost's garden in 1967 to celebrate us winning the Golden Rose of Montreux for "Frost Over England", a special compilation from the satirical BBC show The Frost Report.
Angela Wintle, The Daily Express, 7th June 2020As Barry Cryer turns 85, a birthday treat with parrots
Today, I had been planning to turn the tables on Barry Cryer. Every month, Barry presides over an Oldie magazine readers' lunch at Simpson's in the Strand, introducing each speaker with a limerick.
Craig Brown, Daily Mail, 24th March 2020