Press clippings Page 39
Mitchell & Webb's Ambassadors to return as a drama?
Reports suggest Ambassadors, the series starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, could return for a second series - but as a straight drama.
British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2014David Mitchell to star in Frankie Boyle's Radio 4 sitcom
David Mitchell will take the lead role in Blocked, a Radio 4 sitcom about a writer that has been co-created by Frankie Boyle.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2014British comedian John Oliver has last laugh in the US
He performed with David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade in Cambridge Footlights but John Oliver had to emigrate to gain recognition.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 27th April 2014David Mitchell to publish new book
David Mitchell is compiling a humorous book titled Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse And Other Lessons from Modern Life.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd April 2014Why comedians will raise a glass to horsegate
Last year's horsemeat scandal is one of those stories that is capable of keeping the nation amused for years.
David Mitchell, The Observer, 19th January 2014David Mitchell: Michael Gove meets his fate in trenches
Michael Gove wants to redefine what we think about the first world war, and it's going to be less like Blackadder. Well, I have a cunning plan for him...
David Mitchell, The Observer, 12th January 2014David Mitchell looks forward to 2014
All the news we have to look forward to in 2014, including a thrilling royal scandal.
David Mitchell, The Guardian, 29th December 2013The spirits are high but the japes are deliciously low-down and dirty as Rob Brydon twinkles with seasonal cheer for this Christmas helping of tall tales. Did Stephen Mangan's Bedlington Terrier get its name by wagging its tail at the gravestone of a man called John Samuels? Lee Mack tries to dig up the truth, alongside Barry Cryer and Miles Jupp, while Mangan's partners in guile are David Mitchell and Miranda Hart.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 23rd December 2013"This is my cape," proclaims David Mitchell - words we've always wanted to hear him say. "I used to put it on to pretend I was Doctor Who and head into my Tardis, or as my parents called it, the airing cupboard."
Ahh, it's all too believeable, the kind of absurd but just-plausible-enough claim this series loves to tease us with. Equally tricky: does Miranda Hart begin every Christmas Day with a cigar in bed? Did Stephen Mangan name his puppy after a gravestone?
As usual, the panellists' festive fibs are great excuses for repartee, cross-examination and stories with more embroidery than a Downton dressing gown. But it's beautifully, stupidly funny, not least because everybody looks like they're having such a blast, so we do too.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 23rd December 2013He split opinion down the middle but, to our minds, Count Arthur Strong was the comedy hero of the year. So it's good to see the BBC Two sitcom and its star, Steve Delaney, up for three awards in the Comedy Awards. One of those is best new comedy programme, the winner of which is announced live in tonight's programme, ahead of next week's awards proper. Count Arthur is up against Plebs, Psychobitches and Cuckoo. Jonathan Ross is on hand for gong duties and to give a rundown of the other 14 prizes on offer. Familiar names abound, including Ant & Dec, Graham Norton, Miranda Hart and David Mitchell, plus there's welcome recognition for the genius of Getting On.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 4th December 2013