What's The Matter With Tony Slattery?
- TV documentary
- BBC Two
- 2020
- 1 episode (1 series)
Documentary in which Tony Slattery looks at his mental health. Also features Mark Hutchinson, Stephen Fry, Guy Goodwin, Julia Sinclair, Ciaran Mulholland and more.
Press clippings
Broadcast Awards 2021 comedy nominees revealed
Feel Good, Friday Night Dinner, Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 15th April 2021What's The Matter With Tony Slattery? review
Watching his evasions as he struggled to disguise the extent of his drinking was agony. He and Mark were brave to make the film. May it help others who see it.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd May 2020Horizon: What's The Matter With Tony Slattery? review
How a comedian's tragedy was redeemed by love.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 22nd May 2020Tony Slattery 'moved' by reaction to documentary
Comedian Tony Slattery has said he's been "genuinely moved" by the reaction to the documentary about his battles with mental health and drug addiction.
BBC, 22nd May 2020TV review: What's The Matter With Tony Slattery?
Slattery today, in this compelling documentary, seems to be a different person. There are still flashes of wit and moments of that mercurial twinkle, but he is not the same as he was. And, as the title says, this programme sets out to work out what happened to him.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2020What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? review
It was tough to watch the brightest of stars so dimmed.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 21st May 2020What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC Two review
How mental illness cut short a brilliant showbusiness career.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 21st May 2020Review: What's The Matter With Tony Slattery?
This show doesn't provide any easy answers - and is all the better for it.
Stuart McGurk, GQ, 21st May 2020How we made Tony Slattery's documentary
Our scientific investigation into Bipolar became a personal journey into the comedian and actor's mental health history, says Clare Richards.
Clare Richards, Broadcast, 21st May 2020What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? review
Horizon's respectful and sensitive look at the comedian's life and struggles with addiction is a beacon of the genre.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 21st May 2020