Christopher Biggins
- 75 years old
- English
- Actor and celebrity
Press clippings
Christopher Biggins interview
"We're doing ten days at the end of August - it's very exciting."
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 15th July 2023Dame Barbara Windsor to have 2022 wake
Dame Barbara Windsor's best pal Christopher Biggins has revealed they're planning an enormous send off for the telly legend in 2022 - after Covid-19 put limits on numbers at her funeral.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 26th January 2021Christopher Biggins interview
'The wonderful thing about me - if I may say, modestly - is that I have never had any ambition'
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 7th August 2019Biggins hits out at Are You Being Served remake
Christopher Biggins says the one-off Are You Being Served? remake was "terrible", and claims the TV industry is "being governed by a lot of people who have no ideas".
Female First, 10th July 2019Bath Comedy Festival launches
Bath Comedy Festival has launched its official programme.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 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 2017David Walliams is joined by Hugh Bonneville for a Christmas special, with the Downton actor playing a grammar-obsessed vicar, a toothsome gameshow host and a yoga guru with anger issues. To his credit, he hurls himself into this sorry business with vim, but even with sketches featuring, in one case, the combined heft of Biggins, the Chuckle Brothers and Bob Carolgees, the material just isn't up to snuff.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 27th December 2016Review - Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
I am not sure quite why Saunders chose to make this film as it is clearly way past its peak and although she and Lumley are as brilliant as ever in their roles there is a feeling they are sleepwalking their way through them; they even on occasion throw out a few greatest hits moments. The thing is, due to re-runs and box sets, these are not as funny as they should be as familiarity alongside predictability are the curse of any comedy.
The Quotidian Times, 2nd July 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review
Some were trepidatious about this belated big-screen outing for the fashionista sitcom. In fact, post-referendum, the timing couldn't be better ... and neither could Joanna Lumley.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30th June 2016Review: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Celeb cameos galore - including one from a GSN staffer! - in this screwball comedy, but beware a lazy Caitlyn Jenner-inspired subplot, sweetie.
Jamie Tabberer, Gay Star News, 30th June 2016