Paul Merton
- 66 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Being a Have I Got News for You guest host is now a staging post to becoming prime minister so hopefully Victoria Coren Mitchell will one day end up in No 10. Only Connect's high priestess of arcana is in the big chair tonight, helping Paul Merton and Ian Hislop brand some zingers on the bucking bronco of current affairs.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 18th October 2019It's a new series of the topical panel show - series 58, in fact - and Martin Clunes is in the host's chair, his 16th appearance in total. That's it for the old and familiar; the "new" will be whatever makes the headlines this week, and in these eventful times there should surely be no shortage of conversation.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 11th October 2019Paul Merton on Hancock's Hollywood half-hour
Tony Hancock's two leading film roles are a reminder of the extremes of his comic genius. Paul Merton talks about the legacy of his hero - and how comedy is too coarse today.
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 20th September 2019Review: Paul Merton on Who Do You Think You Are?
This might not have made audiences shout or weep, but Merton made the case that every story, however ordinary, still deserves to be told.
i Newspaper, 29th August 2019Paul Merton: Comedy doesn't belong to one class or race
The Have I Got News For You star has reflected in changes in comedy.
BT, 20th August 2019Nicholas Parsons misses another Just A Minute taping
Comic, 95, said to be suffering from a bad back
Chortle, 7th August 2019Paul Merton interview
The Have I Got News For You star and comedy veteran reveals the art of an improv comedy show.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 17th July 2019Paul Merton and Suki Webster interview
The comic couple discuss their careers, life on the road together and their new radio play.
Nick Duerden, i Newspaper, 13th June 2019Comedians join Who Do You Think You Are? Series 16
Jack Whitehall and his father are to be the first double-stars of an episode, in the next series of BBC One genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are?. Katherine Ryan and Paul Merton have also filmed episodes for the sixteenth series.
British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2019Review: Paul Merton's Impro Chums
Paul Merton and his talented comedy cast took fans on a journey from the surreal to the seriously clever.
Samantha Gildea, Leeds Live, 8th June 2019