Lesley Manville
- Actor
Press clippings
James Nesbitt pilots BBC comedy drama Close
James Nesbitt is plotting a return to TV comedy with a new primetime BBC comedy drama, with a pilot for Close, written by Simon Blackwell and directed by Chris Addison, shot in Bristol in November.
British Comedy Guide, 1st April 2025Comedy actors receive New Year honours
Actors Sheila Hancock, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville and Nina Wadia have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.
British Comedy Guide, 31st December 2020Comedies up for Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Brassic, Derry Girls, Fleabag, Gavin & Stacey and Mum are amongst the nominees in the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards 2020 .
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2020Radio Times TV 100 2019: Phoebe Waller-Bridge tops list
The result is a rundown of 100 TV stars who've had a tremendous past 12 months. Fleabag co-stars Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott came 13th and 21st respectively.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 3rd December 2019Comedies shortlisted for Broadcast Awards 2020
Derry Girls, Fleabag, Inside No. 9, Mum, Stath Lets Flats, This Time With Alan Partridge, Taskmaster, Horrible Histories and There She Goes are nominated in the Broadcast Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2019Mum, Series 3 finale, BBC Two review
Tears of laughter and sadness.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th June 2019Mum review - the mouse that roared, and about time too
Finally it came and, lord, it was about time. A retort of only eight words, but enough to shift the power balance in Mum and, at last, relieve the viewing public's cancerous knot. For three series Cathy (Lesley Manville), a picture of forbearance in a sensible blouse, has failed to push back and let rip at the family grotesques who blithely misuse and diminish her.
The Times, 20th June 2019The magnificent final series ends exactly as any fan would like, with relief and new tenderness in the aftermath of Cathy (Lesley Manville) and Michael (Peter Mullan) going public with their love. The last shot is a peach, and there are tiny payoffs in every scene as the show's principle of not vocalising its emotions is relaxed by just the right amount. In the middle, though, is one heart-stopping moment of sadness and rage to remind us that all this sunny kookiness is underscored by grief. Exquisite.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 19th June 2019Mum, series 3 finale, review
A perfect end to a perfect show - bring on the Baftas.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 19th June 2019Lesley Manville interview
The Mum actor talks to Alexandra Pollard about starring in a Paul Thomas Anderson film, growing up in a working-class family, and how 'masses of people have brought up children on their own with far less privileges than I had'.
Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 25th May 2019