Michael Barrymore

Laugh Lines: from Bob Martin to Extras

If Extras reminded me of the mostly forgotten Michael Barrymore sitcom, it may be because they were inspired by the same source...

Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 22nd April 2010

The format is, of course, a straight lift from The Larry Sanders Show, but while that brilliant US series was multi-layered, Bob Martin's only indication of depth is that it fails on so many different levels.

Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 2nd May 2000

Michael Barrymore as Bob seemed unusually subdued but Terry Wogan as, well, Wogan, made a meal of a media monster, shrouded in shadow and cigar smoke. It was as though Barrymore was determined not to be mistaken for himself. And so was Wogan.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 3rd April 2000