Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan: 'Neuroses help with creativity'

Steve Coogan has insisted that struggling with "hang-ups and neuroses" allows him to be more creative.

Video: Coogan on The Trip's journey to feature film

Talking Movies' Tom Brook reports on the feature film The Trip, which stars British comedian Steve Coogan.

In what started as a six part British television series, the feature film is set to be released internationally.

The film opens in the US on Friday 10 June.

Steve Coogan's porn baron role

Steve Coogan is being lined up to play porn baron Paul Raymond in a new biopic.

HarperCollins acquires Alan Partridge memoir

HarperCollins has acquired a memoir by comedian Steve Coogan of his most famous character, Alan Partridge. The title has moved publishers even before publication, having previously been listed on Nielsen BookData as being published by Century.

Steve Coogan: 'The Trip was very personal'

Steve Coogan has admitted that he felt "vulnerable" while filming The Trip. Speaking after winning 'Male Performance In A Comedy Programme' at the British Academy Television Awards, Coogan explained that he wasn't sure about the series at first.

Twitter sex therapist exposed as comedian David Earl

Earnest yet explicit Twitter character Dr Peter Thraft, who prompted speculation he could be Steve Coogan, has been revealed as Ricky Gervais' friend David Earl, aka Brian Gittins.

Q&A: Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon

This world loves bickering buddies. From Laurel and Hardy to Jay and Silent Bob, there's plenty of fondness for comedies built around caustic and amusing back-and-forths between two people that, at the drop of a hat, either want to kill each other or cuddle. Michael Winterbottom, the man responsible for "Welcome to Sarajevo" and the harshly-and-unjustly-criticized "The Killer Inside Me," saw gold in the relationship between his star Steve Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") and friend/comedian Rob Brydon and amplified their personalities for "Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story." The result was a riot, and things went so well that the three reunited for "The Trip," a BBC2 series and movie.

Steve Coogan: 'Alan Partridge movie to shoot in 2012'

Steve Coogan has confirmed that the long-awaited Alan Partridge movie will begin filming next year.

Another laughable (in a good way) telethon from Richard Curtis and friends hosted by Fearne Cotton, Jonathan Ross et al, and featuring sketches and silliness from James Corden, the cast of Outnumbered, Miranda Hart, Harry Hill, Steve Coogan and Armstrong & Miller to name but some. Most exciting-sounding is a Downton Abbey spoof featuring Ade Edmondson, Victoria Wood, Kim Cattrall, Harry Enfield and Joanna Lumley. And the special Red Nose Day edition of MasterChef, which will, if there's any justice, feature Gregg and John trying to perform simple tasks while contestants tut smugly.