Mackenzie Crook
- 52 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and executive producer
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Tales From The Lodge review
Despite the cast's commitment as they spark engagingly off each other, the contrived narrative doesn't really slot together.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 1st November 2019The word on Worzel
Iconic literary scarecrow Worzel Gummidge is returning to television in a pair of hour-long episodes written and directed by and starring Mackenzie Crook. The Office and Detectorists star tells DQ about becoming Worzel and adapting Barbara Euphan Todd's novels.
Drama Quarterly, 10th October 2019Star cast revealed for new Worzel Gummidge
Michael Palin, Zoë Wanamaker, Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Rosie Cavaliero are amongst the stars joining Mackenzie Crook in the new version of Worzel Gummidge.
British Comedy Guide, 19th September 2019Mackenzie Crook's Worzel Gummidge begins filming
Filming is now under way on two new Worzel Gummidge adventures, from writer, actor and director Mackenzie Crook.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2019Mackenzie Crook and Sarah Kendall win Writers' Guild Awards
Detectorists creator Mackenzie Crook and Radio 4 star Sarah Kendall are amongst the winners at the Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2019Writers' Guild Awards 2019 shortlist
The writers of Derry Girls, Inside No. 9 and Detectorists are amongst the nominees for The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 4th December 2018Stars like Peter Kay want invisibility not privacy
Stars can get away with dodging publicity - but where will it end, asks Mark Lawson.
Mark Lawson, Radio Times, 12th June 2018Mackenzie Crook developing new version of Worzel Gummidge
Detectorists writer, director and star Mackenzie Crook is developing a new TV sitcom based on the Worzel Gummidge childrens' books.
British Comedy Guide, 9th April 2018Detectorists is TV's buried treasure
The comedic cult classic's final season, which arrives in the U.S. this week, retains its atypical charm.
Ben Lindbergh, The Ringer, 15th January 2018From the most underwhelming of scenarios, Mackenzie Crook has weaved something glorious with the Detectorists. Lance (Toby Jones) and Andy (Crook, who writes and directs) lead quiet, for the most part disappointed, Middle English lives that are the quintessence of the humdrum. Their time detecting in the gentle landscapes around the suggestively-titled town of Danebury is not only a beautifully observed model of male friendship (as so often, conducted through gadgets), but, even more remarkably for a sitcom, a meditation about our place in history, through the discoveries made while detecting, and the cycle of the seasons. It's like a distillation of an early Thomas Hardy novel. And you can't say that about TOWIE. Not only are Jones and Crook both excellent, but the project is also assisted by a superb supporting cast, including a mother-and-daughter appearance from Rachael Stirling and Diana Rigg. Crook has called it a day after three series: he's mined the concept thoroughly now, before having to scrape the bottom. What on earth will he do next?
Matthew Wright, The Arts Desk, 31st December 2017