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ITV to air unseen footage of Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett is to be the subject of a new documentary special on ITV. Ronnie Corbett's Unseen Tapes will include previously unbroadcast footage from his home movies and photos from his family albums.

British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021

The Boy in the Dress divides opinion at RSC - review

This is a Marmite sort of show and while there was much wild whooping and frantic applause, there were also some folded arms and stony faces.

Peter Rhodes, The Express and Star, 29th November 2019

The Boy in the Dress review

A wonderfully warm-hearted and well-cast show.

Paul Taylor, The Independent, 29th November 2019

The Boy in the Dress review

Bright performances, but a disappointing score.

Paul Vale, The Stage, 28th November 2019

Review: The Boy in the Dress

If you wanted to criticise, you could argue that The Boy in the Dress is not as subtle as the RSC's last musical hit Matilda. But then Matilda didn't have a farting dog. This show is just as much a hit, an exhilarating assertion of the goodness in people and their capacity for acceptance of difference, at a time when we very much need that sentiment to be shouted and sung from the rooftops.

Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 28th November 2019

David Walliams & Robbie Williams collaborate on musical

Two of the UK's biggest stars, Robbie Williams and David Walliams, are behind the Royal Shakespeare Company's new musical, The Boy in the Dress.

The show has been adapted from the novel by Mr Walliams, with songs co-written and co-composed by Mr Williams. It tells the story of the issues that arise for a 12-year-old boy called Dennis, who is his school football team's best striker and wants to wear a dress.

BBC arts editor Will Gompertz spoke to them and to the RSC's artistic director Gregory Doran.

Will Gompertz, BBC, 23rd November 2019

Those people who insisted a female-led Ghostbusters remake was disrespectful to the original might want to look away now. After having the time of their lives doing an am-dram Dirty Dancing last week, Lemon and McGuinness aim their proton accelerators at Ivan Reitman's high-spirited classic, roping in Robbie Williams, Sarah Parish and 'Allo 'Allo star Vicki Michelle to help spoof Zuul and the gang. It's short, at least.

Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 13th May 2017

Jimmy Carr writes song for Robbie Williams and Kylie

In a most unlikely showbiz career switch, Jimmy Carr has turned songwriter and helped put together the track Disco Symphony - working alongside Robbie Williams and the star's right-hand man Guy Chambers. A source close to the TV comic said: "It's true, Jimmy co-wrote Disco Symphony with Robbie and Guy. As a huge music fan it was a bit of a dream come true for him and great fun."

The Sun, 25th October 2016

Robbie Williams drops Alan Carr from song

Robbie Williams dropped his friend Alan Carr from his comeback single. The 42-year-old singer had asked his presenter pal to record a line on 'Heavy Entertainment Show' - the lead single from his upcoming album of the same name - but decided at the last minute to replace him with a female vocalist instead.

Female First, 29th September 2016

David Walliams stars in this likeable adaptation of his best-selling kids' book about Ben (Reece Buttery), a neglected, plumbing-mad boy, and his seemingly boring gran (the brilliant Julia McKenzie) who's not what she seems.

Ben's selfish, ballroom-dancing-crazed parents, played as hideous comic creations by Walliams and a glammed-up Miranda Hart, drop Ben off at his gran's every weekend, where he's subjected to cabbage soup, painful silences and endless rounds of scrabble. At breaking point, he discovers valuables in her biscuit tin and forces her to confess her sideline as an international jewel thief. Their shared secret leads to an ambitious heist, but hot on the tail of gran's mobility scooter is nosy neighbour Mr Parker.

Although it takes a while to warm up, there are moments of real humour, especially in the hospital breakout and ballroom scenes. Expect to see more Robbie Williams on our screens too - he holds his own rather well as the faux-Italian Flavio. It's a slight story with a big heart, and it's surprisingly poignant when the Queen (Joanna Lumley - who else?) makes a plea for the young to respect the old.

Debra Waters, Time Out, 26th December 2013