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Nathan Barley

Nathan Barley

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2005
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy series which mercilessly parodies the lifestyles of young London media types. Stars Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan, Richard Ayoade, Spencer Brown and more.

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Video: Nicholas Burns - what Nathan Barley would do now

Ten years after Nathan Barley first aired on Channel 4, digital agency DigitasLBi (yeh?) invited Nicholas Burns, the actor behind Barley, to discuss the character's legacy.

Sabotage Times, 9th October 2015

Remember when Benedict Cumberbatch was in Nathan Barley

The actor - looking very young indeed - played a character called Robin, business manager to eccentric musician Doug Rocket (David Hoyle) - who 'sits in his office all day looking at charts'.

Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 11th February 2015

Nathan Barley is 10

Looking back at Charlie Brooker's debut TV series.

Tom Mansell, Digital Spy, 11th February 2015

Old comedy turned out to be a documentary about future

When Charlie Black Mirror Brooker came up with his trustafarian new media parody Nathan Barley for TV Go Home, no one suspected the character would last this long -- or be so relevant.

Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing, 11th February 2015

How the Nathan Barley nightmare came true

Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's 2005 TV series was a comedy about a ludicrous 'self-facilitating media node' in east London. But 10 years on, it looks more like a documentary about the future.

Andrew Harrison, The Guardian, 10th February 2015

Nathan Barley: 10 years old and more relevant than ever

The British sitcom Nathan Barley is ten years old, and it is still painfully, searingly relevant.

Cara Ellison, Paste Magazine, 10th February 2015

Nathan Barley: Tube Talk Gold

A flop when it originally aired, but a cult hit on DVD, Nathan Barley is love-it-or-hate it telly.

Tom Mansell, Digital Spy, 25th August 2012

Robert Webb: 'I auditioned for Nathan Barley'

Robert Webb has revealed that he auditioned for Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker's 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 15th November 2011

Box set club: Nathan Barley

Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's excellent sitcom isn't quite the museum piece you'd imagine - it's well futile.

Johnny Dee, The Guardian, 20th September 2011

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