Paul Whitehouse
- 67 years old
- Welsh
- Actor and writer
Press clippings Page 21
Simon Day reveals the fate of Brian Pern
Simon Day's BBC4 superstar was the subject of a spoof obituary - but it seems there could be life in the old rocker yet...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th March 2017BBC Comedy launches The Felix Dexter Bursary
BBC Comedy has launched The Felix Dexter Bursary, a traineeship for high potential comedy writers from minority backgrounds.
British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2017Harry and Paul Present: The Gentleman's Club review
The characters are certainly very funny, thanks to their social isolation and self-certainty in their out-of-touch attitudes, cheerily referring to a 'frightfully dapper Chinaman', for example. But there's really only so many variations on the theme, and this world doesn't offer Harry and Paul the chance to have fun with myriad characters as they have done in later work like The Story Of The 2s or Down The Line.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th March 2017The Gentleman's Club review
The characters are certainly very funny, thanks to their social isolation and self-certainty in their out-of-touch attitudes, cheerily referring to a 'frightfully dapper Chinaman', for example. But there's really only so many variations on the theme.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th March 2017Michael McIntyre performs after fracturing bone
Michael McIntyre had to perform onstage yesterday evening with one leg in a special support boot due to a fractured bone.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2017Brian Pern to return
The comedy character Brian Pern looks set to return to television. Creators Rhys Thomas and Simon Day have revealed the news on social media.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2017Radio 2 announces new season of comedy pilots
Radio 2's Comedy Showcase strand is to return, with comedies starring the likes of Harry & Paul, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Vine and Cardinal Burns.
British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2017Joke's over: how the TV panel show fell from grace
In their day, there was something intoxicating about the no-holds-barred panel show back-and-forth. But there seems to be little room for it in a society that has begun to appreciate empathy - and neither, conversely, in a more brutal political climate that is not particularly suitable for dissecting for cheap laughs. Perhaps, when the world lightens up again, they'll be back.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th November 2016Murder in Successville, review
The show's format has the potential to get stale quite quickly. But it still feels like it's at the sharper end of comedy's cutting edge.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 16th June 2016Preview: Murder In Successville, BBC3
There is certainly a lot of improvisation about at the moment. We reviewed this yesterday and there is this show at the Soho Theatre. But there is nothing quite like BBC Three's Murder In Successville, which features real celebrities winging it to crack a fictional killing alongside comedians playing it for laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2016