Gaby Roslin
Gaby Roslin

Gaby Roslin

  • Actor and presenter

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The secret life of Paul O'Grady - by his friends

He rose to fame as foul-mouthed drag star, Lily Savage, then abandoned the wig and became a national treasure. Friends including Sandi Toksvig, Amanda Holden and Gaby Roslin remember a true, terrific one-off.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 27th March 2024

Dave sci-fi comedy We Are Not Alone being piloted for series

Dave sci-fi comedy feature We Are Not Alone, by Ghosts creators Ben Willbond and Laurence Rickard, is a pilot for a potential series.

British Comedy Guide, 26th October 2022

Ghosts is returning for another Christmas special

Ghosts is returning for a third Christmas special, focused on a festive trip down memory lane for Pat, the creators of the hit BBC show have revealed.

British Comedy Guide, 26th October 2022

Intelligence is returning says Nick Mohammed, teasing movie conclusion

Intelligence is to return Nick Mohammed has confirmed, though possibly with a feature-length resolution.

British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2022

The team captains are Lee Mack and John Thomson. The funny voices are provided by Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. The name of the presenter is in the title. The script uses the words "bessie" for best friend and "snog" for kiss. All of which leads me to wonder if this pilot of Gaby's Talking Pictures was originally done for Radio 2 and not Radio 4. It feels just a bit too breezy for the latter. Gaby Roslin's quiz is ostensibly about film but, if I were writing the proposal, I would say the accent is on humour. The problem with humour on quizshows is that it only shows through after many episodes. Will this get that chance?

David Hepworth, The Guardian, 28th January 2017

Gaby Roslin to host Radio 4 film panel show

Gaby Roslin is to host a Radio 4 comedy panel show about movies, with Lee Mack and John Thomson as the team captains.

British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2016

If the real world becomes too much, try Listen Against (Radio 4, Tuesdays at 6.30pm). It is so funny it will rearrange everything. Last week the pipe carrying BBC Three exploded, polluting all programmes around it; the BBC expanded into pizza delivery ("We can't leave it to the private sector..."); Gaby Roslin and Ed Stourton channelled to the centre of the Earth for Children in Need; the Dimblebys become News Brothers, a musical. Alice Arnold, Jon Holmes and company on Listen Against will brighten even the darkest evening.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 21st September 2010

Were the Monty Python team starting out today, they might conceivably come up with something like the utterly fabulous Listen Against, supposedly a news round-up with Alice Arnold in the studio and Jon Holmes reporting. It's a glorious mixture of cannibalised cut-ups from the BBC's current affairs output and segments featuring Beeb figures playing themselves (Ed Stourton and Gaby Roslin, for example, on a Children in Need expedition to the centre of the Earth).

Much of it is directed at the BBC itself, and the triumphant stand-out last week was a rolling report from the scene of what Arnold called a "broadcastastrophe". "The pipe that pumps bad TV into the nation's digiboxes" had burst, and "gallons of terrible programmes" were spilling out, contaminating all the decent stuff with BBC3 output. "Awful programmes are threatening wildlife," said Holmes. "I saw a man trying to clean James Corden off a guillemot."

The emergency services were throwing episodes of Dad's Army down the shaft to try to stem the flow. And how much was escaping, Arnold inquired? "It's estimated at up to 3,000 scraped barrels a day," said Holmes.

Chris Maume, The Independent, 19th September 2010

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