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Clive Morgan

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Noël Coward apparently fell out with director David Lean over this film adaptation of his 1941 play, but it's hard to see why. It retains all the wit of the original, and Rex Harrison and Margaret Rutherford give great performances. Harrison plays a novelist whose dead first wife is accidentally summoned by a medium (Rutherford) in a seance.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 30th January 2013

It's been more than 40 years since the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC One and we never looked at comedy - let alone spam, parrots or lumberjacks - in the same way again. This documentary marks the first time the surviving Pythons have come together for a project since 1983's The Meaning of Life]. Directed by Alan Parker, it features interviews with Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Eric Idle, as well as archive chat from late Graham Chapman. All tell the story of how they met at Oxbridge and The Frost Report, created trail-blazing television, made the transition into movies and ultimately became a British institution. Which, like the Spanish Inquisition, nobody expected.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 31st July 2012

The enjoyably affectionate Dickensian sitcom comes to an end tonight, and let's hope it's not the last we see of Robert Webb's good-natured Jedrington Secret-Past. Here Jedrington is brought back to sobriety by Servegood and reunited with his wife Conceptiva (Katherine Parkinson). And together they take the evil Harmswell Grimstone (Tim McInnerny) to court to demand the return of the business and their daughter.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 2nd March 2012

Work is so thin on the ground for journalist Pete (Rafe Spall) in the third episode of this run of the clever sports sitcom that he's working in a chicken packing factory. But then a newspaper accepts his article criticising Lottie Beaumont, Britain's seventh best tennis player - the problem is she's his girlfriend.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2011

There are few laughs in John Landis's ghoulish historical comedy - perhaps only one proper when Paul Whitehouse stumbles on. Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis are desperately unfunny as they try to make a go of the corpse-collection business for their patron, Dr Knox (Tom Wilkinson). Disappointing, given Pegg's comic flair and a fine cast including Isla Fisher.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 19th September 2011

The eighth series of the Reeves and Mortimer's cult panel show draws to a close tonight, having attracted respectable viewing figures of 1.5 m. Deadpan comedian Jack Dee appears to be at a disadvantage as he is joined by actress Tamzin Outhwaite and Primal Scream bassist Gary Mounfield, while Ulrika Jonsson gets stand-up Micky Flanagan and actor Charlie Higson for her team. But as the questions are nonsensical and the games bizarre, anything can happen.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 9th September 2011

Love it or loathe it, you can't help feeling a little sad about the impending loss of this dated yet strangely comforting sitcom, which has lasted for 11 series. Tonight Michael and Janey treat their parents, Ben and Susan (Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker), to a Spanish holiday for their wedding anniversary. But, as you'd expect with the Harpers, nothing is as straightforward as it seems.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 14th July 2011

There's little new to the concept of this panel show about the week's most talked-about people in which two teams of three tackle the latest celebrity stories. It's hosted by David Walliams, though, which can't be a bad thing. Especially after the comedian proved his mettle this year by completing a marathon 24-hour stint hosting panel shows for Comic Relief.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 17th June 2011

Johnny Vegas's puerile comedy about hapless small-time dope-dealer Moz has managed to make it to a seventh series. It's not that the antics of Moz (Vegas) and his dope-head clients aren't funny (they frequently are), it's just nothing much ever happens. In tonight's series opener, which features guest appearances from Paul Weller and Kara Tointon, Moz plots to win back his true love Jenny - until he discovers she has joined the police force.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 25th May 2011

With a new series of Doctor Who fast approaching, the Telegraph's Graham Norton begins his new run with a vintage Who feel. David Tennant and Catherine Tate, both of whom starred together in a previous Who series, join Norton on the sofa to discuss teaming up again in a new West End production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Lancaster-born comedian Jon Richardson talks about his tour, and the singer/songwriter Josh Groban promotes his Straight to You tour, before singing songs from his new album, Illuminations.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 14th April 2011

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