Dave Benson Phillips
- Actor and presenter
Press clippings
James Buckley, Marcus Brigstocke, Shazia Mirza in Celebrity MasterChef
Inbetweeners star James Buckley and stand-up comics Marcus Brigstocke and Shazia Mirza are amongst the contestants for Celebrity MasterChef 2023, coming to BBC One this summer.
British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2023Harry Enfield, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bishop piloting Man Cave sitcom
Harry Enfield, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bishop are piloting a sitcom called Man Cave, one of several recent collaborations between the trio.
British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2022Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Nick Helm, Jen Brister, Hal Cruttenden, Felicity Ward and children's television presenter Dave Benson Phillips are among the wealth of comic talent to feature in a new Channel 4 sketch series.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Being named in a death hoax isn't that funny
The face of Dave Benson Phillips will be familiar to anyone who grew up with children's TV in the 1990s. The host of shows like Get Your Own Back - in which kids exacted gunge-based revenge on adults - Phillips has been entertaining young audiences for more than 30 years. However, the rise of the internet since his TV heyday has led to some serious complications in his career.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 28th September 2017Dave Benson Phillips, interview
This week I got to relive my youth watching Get Your Own Back. Later on I got to chat with Dave Benson Phillips host of the show about the live stage version at Gilded Balloon and future plans after the festival.
Chris Mackrell, Black Diamond, 22nd August 2015The Fringe Rookie - startling Dave Benson-Phillips
We've just begun our second week at our very first fringe and our Teasetter, Hannah has already been on the telly and secured the mobile phone number of Dave Benson-Phillips.
Sarah Glenister, The Public Reviews, 17th August 2015A Good Day for a Gunging
The king of gunge, Dave Benson Phillips, speaks to Evan Beswick about reviving Get Your Own Back - and then douses him in slime.
Evan Beswick, Fest Mag, 16th August 2015Dave Benson Phillips in the #WOWwagon (Link expired)
TV legend Dave Benson Phillips paid a visit to the #WOWwagon to tell us about taking his game show Get Your Own Back: Live! on the road for the Fringe.
Alex Watson, WOW247, 7th August 2015