An Evening With Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse. Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield

  • 62 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, comedian and executive producer

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Harry Enfield resists the urge to screech "Only me!" as he joins the high-concept sketch show built around a different special guest each week. With such a veteran on board, Walliams mostly cedes the spotlight as the pair romp through some scattershot spoofs, including a skewering of MasterChef that entertainingly reimagines Gregg Wallace as a petulant, fussy eater. The talented Morgana Robinson, meanwhile, does some brilliant work in the margins.

Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 2nd December 2016

I was lukewarm about this sketch show last week, but there's a definite improvement tonight as Walliams's "friend" and comedy partner this evening is Harry Enfield. In a silver wig and a nice pink dress, Harry Enfield plays the Queen who's amazed to learn she's descended from Queen Victoria in Who Does One Think One Is? "Who'd have thought it? Little old one related to royalty?" Walliams awkwardly explains who Victoria was and the Queen enquires, "Was she named after the pub in EastEnders?" No? "Ah. One sees...."

The pair also do a great sketch mocking Torode and Wallace from Masterchef. It makes for a vastly superior show, but maybe also a tiny bit of embarrassment for Walliams as he's totally outclassed by Enfield. If only we could have Harry back every week. However, I've peeked ahead to the third episode and it has someone equally as talented.

Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 2nd December 2016

Preview - Walliams and Friend

The David Walliams comedy vehicle continues apace this week dragging Harry Enfield along for the ride.

Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 2nd December 2016

Preview: Walliams & Friend with Harry Enfield, BBC1

After last week's edition in which David Walliams teamed up with youngish turk Jack Whitehall this week he teams up with oldish master Harry Enfield. And not surprisingly, given Enfield's sketch comedy pedigree the result is very good indeed and at some points positively brilliant.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st December 2016

Joke's over: how the TV panel show fell from grace

In their day, there was something intoxicating about the no-holds-barred panel show back-and-forth. But there seems to be little room for it in a society that has begun to appreciate empathy - and neither, conversely, in a more brutal political climate that is not particularly suitable for dissecting for cheap laughs. Perhaps, when the world lightens up again, they'll be back.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th November 2016

Harry Enfield to make theatre debut as movie mogul

Harry Enfield is to make his theatrical debut in a revival of Once in a Lifetime, Moss Hart and George S Kaufman's satirical comedy about Hollywood's transition from the silent era to the talkies.

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 22nd September 2016

Fire rips through late Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club

A blaze has ripped through the venue that was once Malcolm Hardee's legendary Tunnel Club.

Chortle, 8th August 2016

DVD review: Upstart Crow

You could feel the shockwaves reverberating around the British comedy world for days afterwards: Ben Elton had written a good sitcom.

Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 28th June 2016

Upstart Crow, series 1 review

Predictable in places, perhaps, but the ridiculous nature of some of these plot lines is arguably in the same vein as of the bards own greatest comedies.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 21st June 2016

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