British Comedy Guide

Rhik Samadder

  • Actor, writer and author

Press clippings

Joe Lycett interview

Labour MPs, fur capes and UB40: a wild night with Joe Lycett, comedy's new star.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 19th November 2016

Andrew Bailey interview

Rhik Samadder meets the Comedy Store misfit and forgotten pioneer of British alternative comedy.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 23rd November 2015

Backstage at the end of the world

It's a triple-threat British day: cold, grey and wet. In the car park of a stately mansion in Aldermaston, a rat appears, running from the direction I'm headed. Does it know something I don't? I'm here to watch filming on unfathomably unlikely Sky TV comedy-drama You, Me And The Apocalypse.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 30th September 2015

The Edinburgh festival in 24 hours

How many Edinburgh shows can you watch back to back? With no sleep and a lot of running between theatres, one festival first-timer takes in everything from the Game of Thrones musical to an unexpectedly violent meditation class.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 17th August 2015

Vic and Bob: 'Comedy is still an establishment thing'

Practitioners of inspired idiocy since 1990, the Geordie duo have always existed outside the fashions of the mainstream. We visit them on the set of their surreal sitcom House Of Fools.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 14th February 2015

Noel Fielding: 'Oh God, I've got a Peter Pan complex'

Post-Mighty Boosh, the Luxury Comedy star went slightly off the rails. Ahead of series two, how better to settle his anxieties than lots of seriously strong coffee.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 26th July 2014

Morgana Robinson on her backstage reunion with sister

Morgana Robinson and singer Brody Dalle on their close sister relationship. The long-lost sisters talk about being sweary and goofy, their broken family - and how they found each other.

Rhik Samadder, The Observer, 4th May 2014

Why we're watching: Lucy Beaumont

The 29-year-old comedian from Hull on being the new 'Les Dawson'.

Rhik Samadder, The Observer, 28th July 2013

Is it third time lucky for 10 O'Clock Live?

I'd prefer a tighter show, giving their chemistry something to push against.

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 25th April 2013

Sweat the Small Stuff: have panel shows had their day?

Cheap, formulaic, blokey banter is near impossible to miss on primetime weekend TV. Good luck to Nick Grimshaw and his new BBC3 panel show in reviving a very, very tired format ..

Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 19th April 2013

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