Matthew Norman
Press clippings
What it lacks culinary wise it makes up for in laughs
Ever since the imperium of Fanny Craddock and her sidekick/ victim husband Johnny, Britain's culinary TV history has been replete with comedy double acts. Lately added to a roster that includes The Two Fat Ladies, The Hairy Bikers, Loyd Grossman and his irritable vowel syndrome and all the others is the unlikely gastro-team of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 2nd April 2014A sad farewell to Malcolm Tucker
Alastair Campbell will be very happy to see the back of The Thick of It's Malcolm Tucker.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 27th October 2012Wild times on the stump with Mayor Frank Carson
After 10 solid hours, the comic's overgrown schoolboy daftness was no laughing matter.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 24th February 2012Is Ricky Gervais the new Woody Allen or a witless bore?
Ricky Gervais is in danger of turning into a bad parody of his greatest creation.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 21st October 2011Avoid the therapy, and you'll be laughing
John Cleese is living proof that the pursuit of happiness can have a miserable outcome.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 7th May 2011There are heroes of comedy... and there's Frankie Boyle
It takes a bespoke brand of mental infirmity to confuse personal courage in advancing the right to cause offence with a penchant for bullying the most vulnerable.
Matthew Norman, The Independent, 6th April 2011Sometimes laughter is all we've got left
It isn't the BBC's business to stop comedians from causing offence, says Matthew Norman.
Matthew Norman, The Telegraph, 15th October 2010