Howard Goodall

  • English
  • Composer

Press clippings

As Blackadder turns 40, Howard Goodall reveals musical secrets of classic comedy

The composer and broadcaster on playing with history, blasting off into the charts with Red Dwarf, the difficulty of musicals - and writing for streaming.

Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 8th June 2023

Mr Bean live action return mooted

New live action Mr Bean episodes could be made, it has been revealed, as the TV character turned 31 this month.

British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021

Red Dwarf XII episode 2 review: Siliconia

This week's online series XII preview is a staggeringly ambitious episode that shows exactly what Red Dwarf can do in the Dave era...

Mark Harrison, Den Of Geek, 12th October 2017

The secrets behind the making of QI

TV viewers are baffled and bamboozled by QI's staggering facts. But the secrets behind the making of the quiz show are... Quite Incredible!

The QI team, Daily Mail, 3rd June 2017

Here's something for all us anoraks, the first, indeed the only radio comedy by Rowan Atkinson, a 1979 four-part series, co-written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis (later to write Four Weddings and a Funeral and other big screen hits), produced by Griff Rhys-Jones (before he became a star comedian himself) and featuring Howard Goodall, now composer in residence and presenter on Classic FM. Each show is a pretend interview with a great man; tonight esteemed actor and almighty bore Sir Corin Basin.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 30th November 2012

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