Simon Day
- 61 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Miriam Margolyes, Julia Deakin and Simon Day join The Windsors
Miriam Margolyes will guest star as Queen Victoria in Series 3 of The Windsors. Meanwhile Julia Deakin and Simon Day will play Carole and Mike Middleton.
British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2020TV review: King Gary Series 1 Episode 1
Tom Davis's ITV2 sitcom Action Team was a disappointment and suffered from many of the issues King Gary does too, so I can't help but feel that perhaps Davis should return to the improv comedy of Murder In Successville, as he's definitely better at it then he is writing traditional sitcoms.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 11th January 2020TV review: King Gary, BBC One
This is the sort of sitcom that might divide critics and I'm sure it will divide social media, so I'd suggest the cast decide it is pub o'clock when it is on and leave their phones at home.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th January 2020Jumpers for goalposts: 'The Fast Show' at 25
"And then, the BBC2 sketch series The Fast Show turned 25, giving a whole generation of comedy lovers a chance to reflect on the enormous impact the series, and its cast, have had on British culture ever since. Which was nice."
Paul Holmes, We Are Cult, 28th September 2019Rhys Thomas (The Life of Rock with Brian Pern) returns with a mockumentary retrospective of the past year, re-editing film and TV footage into a comedy countdown. He is aided and abetted by willing helpers Simon Day, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Montgomery and Tony Way.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 27th December 2018King Gary, BBC1, review
In a weekend dominated by talking bunnies on BBC1, King Gary was a (slightly) more realistic sitcom pilot from Tom Davis and James De Frond, two of the team behind BBC3's addictively silly Murder In Successville.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2018Tom Davis gets BBC One sitcom
Murder In Successville star Tom Davis will star as a "working class wally" in new BBC One Comedy Playhouse sitcom pilot 'king Gary.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2018The Fast Show's greatest ever characters
These are the characters who were not only always hysterical but also without whom the show simply wouldn't have been the same...
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 8th June 2018TV review: Dave Allen At Peace, BBC2
An open goal missed by a mile. Watch the documentary instead.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2018Simon Day interview
Best known for his appearances in The Fast Show and as prog-rocker Brian Pern; Comedian Simon Day's antics have had us in fits for almost 25 years.
Melissa Hamblett, So Glos, 9th February 2018