Simon Crowther

  • Writer and producer

Press clippings

Home From Home, BBC1, review

Old-school sitcom should focus on characters, not contrived plots.

Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 28th April 2018

Creating and writing Home from Home

Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther talk about their writing careers, their comedy heroes and creating their new show.

BBC, 27th April 2018

Johnny Vegas as everyman hero

Gentle class-divide sitcom.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 21st April 2018

TV: Home From Home, BBC One

If Vegas he has to be in the mainstream I'd rather see him in this than in Benidorm.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2018

BBC orders full series of Home From Home

Home From Home - the sitcom pilot starring Johnny Vegas, Joanna Page, Emilia Fox, Adam James - has been given a full series.

British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2016

BBC Sitcom Season: review of the pilots

Some of comedy's hottest names have been busy working on new sitcom pilots for BBC iPlayer, airing in September, with the hope of these creative projects later being picked up for a television series.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 19th October 2016

BBC Landmark Sitcom Season: the pilots review

In my last post I looked at three of the sitcom revivals that the BBC have produced but alongside these pieces, this new season also includes five new sitcom pilots. Over the next two weeks, all five of these shows will air and in this article I will pass judgement on them all.

Matt Donnelly, The Custard TV, 6th September 2016

TV review: Home From Home, BBC2

If the Landmark Sitcom Season was planning to promote edgy modern comedy the wait is still on. Home From Home might not be as old hat as Are You Being Served?[/ but there is nothing very new about it.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th August 2016

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