Simon Day
- 61 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings Page 5
Simon Day: In Character - The Lowry, Salford review
Simon Day's In Character show on a Sunday night at The Lowry has drawn a disappointingly small audience.
Jo Beggs, The Reviews Hub, 9th October 2017Interview: Simon Day
He talks to Victoria Nangle about his new show and more.
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 28th September 2017Onion at the Fringe: 2017 TVO Edinburgh round-up
It's that time of year again: the Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us, and once again a cavalcade of TVO regulars are heading across the Scottish border to entertain the masses on a daily basis.
The Velvet Onion, 18th July 2017TV preview: Loaded, C4
Do people still make gazillions overnight out of internet start-ups? They certainly seem to if Loaded is anything to go by.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd May 2017Preview - Brian Pern: A Tribute
One of the lesser known deaths in recent months was that of the Thotch frontman and Simon Day lookalike Brian Pern.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 29th March 2017Killing their creation off in a Segway accident allows Simon Day and writer-director Rhys Thomas to present "an exclusive, cobbled-together tribute, with whoever we could get hold of at short notice". In practice, the spoof obituary means a greatest-hits feel, as Christopher Eccleston, Jane Asher and the rest take their characters' disdain for Pern up a notch. There follows a compilation of Pern hits, "with some poorly written captions underneath". Sublime.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 29th March 2017Brian Pern - a knowing parody of the rock eulogy
Following the unofficial year of celebrity death that was 2016, another victim has been claimed by the great Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in the sky.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 29th March 2017Simon Day reveals the fate of Brian Pern
Simon Day's BBC4 superstar was the subject of a spoof obituary - but it seems there could be life in the old rocker yet...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th March 2017Brian Pern to return
The comedy character Brian Pern looks set to return to television. Creators Rhys Thomas and Simon Day have revealed the news on social media.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2017