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Ed Reardon's Week returns 30th June, with Series 16 to hit Episode 100

Radio 4's long-running sitcom Ed Reardon's Week returns on Monday 30th June for Series 16. The last episode in the six-part series will be the 100th episode of the show.

British Comedy Guide, 13th June 2025

Simon Bird to direct WWII comedy film Pretend I'm Not Here

Matthew Broderick, Sally Hawkins and Martin Freeman will star in Pretend I'm Not Here, a film directed by Simon Bird about a couple who offer refuge to a Jewish perfume salesman during World War II.

British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2025

Chris Morris, Noel Fielding & more voice Richard Ayoade's spoof memoir

Chris Morris is returning to acting for the first time in eight years, voicing the audiobook of Richard Ayoade's latest spoof memoir, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, alongside Stephen Merchant, Noel Fielding, David Mitchell, Sally Hawkins and Lydia Fox.

British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2024

Emily Mortimer to take over from Sally Hawkins in Paddington

This third installment will see Emily Mortimer taking over from Sally Hawkins as Mrs Brown. Hawkins, who starred in in Paddington and Paddington 2 said, "For me it has felt the right time to hand the reins over to another, and one can't get much better than the truly wonderful Emily Mortimer, she is extraordinarily special."

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24th June 2023

Paddington 3 to begin filming in July

Paddington In Peru, the third film in the hit franchise, will begin filming in July.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd April 2023

Mammals review

Corden is miscast, chiefly because he lacks the range to enliven his character.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 13th November 2022

Mammals review

James Corden enters full-blown stalker-mode in surreal infidelity drama.

Amanda Whiting, The Independent, 11th November 2022

Mammals review

James Corden is a loutish manbaby in this lame, risible drama.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 11th November 2022

Mammals review

Playwright Jez Butterworth's Amazon series is all too eager to remind us that humans are essentially animals.

Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 11th November 2022

Mammals review

James Corden is out of his depth in this fraught relationship dramedy.

Chase Hutchinson, Collider, 10th November 2022

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