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Steve Coogan ‘not a monarchist’ despite recent royal-related projects

The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan sets his sights on the life of a fugitive king

Inspired by a book by Princess Diana’s brother, the actor is researching flight of Charles II from Oliver Cromwell’s troops

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh woman who discovered Richard III in a car park inspires new Steve Coogan movie

The comedian's new film tells the incredible story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (played by Sally Hawkins) who led the team that found The Lost King

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Steve Coogan on the return of Alan Partridge, duetting with Coldplay and playing Jimmy Savile in a new drama

Thirty years on and Partridge is as popular as ever – and still evolving

Evening Standard

The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history

Toronto film festival: Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King movie review: Sally Hawkins is Oscar-worthy in crowd-pleasing Ricardian tale

With ghostly appearances and quiet subversion, this drama is bound to create more drama

Evening Standard

So Richard III was a good guy? Really? The Lost King: Imagining Richard III – review

Its standout exhibit is Paul Delaroche’s painting of the two princes the monarch jailed awaiting death. Why does this vogue-ishly pro-Richard show, a tie-in with the Steve Coogan film, place a question mark over it?

The Guardian - UK

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Edinburgh locations spotted in trailer for new British blockbuster The Lost King

Filming began back in April for the movie, with cast and crew members spotted around the capital in areas such as Roxburgh Street in the Old Town and Bruntsfield Links.

Edinburgh Live

Royal row erupts over Steve Coogan film about Richard III

Archaeologists fear they are ‘villains of the piece’ in movie, co-written by Coogan and directed by Stephen Frears, about search for British monarch

The Guardian - UK

‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film

As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch

The Guardian - UK

Alan Partridge stuns fans as he joins Coldplay to belt out Kate Bush cover at Wembley

Steve Coogan surprised Coldplay fans by joining the band for an eccentric covers of Kate Bush and ABBA songs, while wearing a Snow Patrol jacket

Daily Mirror

From Wakanda Forever to Don’t Worry Darling: the best films to see in autumn 2022

The Avatar sequel arrives, Michael Flatley’s secret agent struts in, Marvel returns to Black Panther territory – and Harry Styles teams up with Florence Pugh in a horror-thriller

The Guardian - UK

Alan Partridge joins Coldplay on stage for cover of Kate Bush's iconic Running Up That Hill

Coogan has plenty of musical background, having performed Come Out You Black and Tans live on the BBC in the past

Irish Mirror

Alan Partridge joins Coldplay to sing Kate Bush classic at Wembley

The character played by Steve Coogan joined the band during their penultimate London stadium show.

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Richard Madeley's cringiest gaffes as GMB host is coined the new Alan Partridge

From 'creepily' insisting on calling Chloe Kelly 'Coco' to telling Keira Knightley she looked like a crack addict, the veteran broadcaster is often compared to Norfolk's Alan Partridge

The Guardian - UK

‘It comes down to taste’: how the Edinburgh comedy awards find tomorrow’s funniest stars

Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event

Daily Mirror

Peter Crouch admits he was once a real-life Alan Partridge living in a Norwich hotel

Former England footballer Peter Crouch has revealed that he once had a 'Partridge-esque' experience, striking a bromance with a builder during a period living in hotel, while on loan to Norwich

Manchester Evening News

Minions: The Rise of Gru voice cast and release date

Steve Carell, Julie Andrews, and Steve Coogan are just some of those who lend their voices to characters in the new film.

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Manchester Evening News

Steve Coogan almost steals the show on 'fan cam' throughout Sir Paul McCartney's emotional Glastonbury set

The comedian channeled Alan Partridge as he watched The Beatles legend on the Pyramid Stage

The Guardian - UK

Philomena to Jerry and Marge Go Large: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Judi Dench and Steve Coogan star in a terrifically moving true story, while Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening play a couple who find a loophole in the lottery … and try to win big

The Independent UK

The Week on Stage: From The Glass Menagerie to Jordan Brookes

The highs and lows of the week’s theatre

Manchester Evening News

From Rusholme With Love - will there be a Manc Bond?

William Hill have revealed their top Manchester picks in the race to find the next 007.

The Independent UK

Alan Partridge review: Stratagem at the O2 Arena is excruciatingly bad at times

Partridge is inherently a low-rent, low-status character who thrives most in the glamourless intimacy of a North Norfolk radio booth. It was always going to be a struggle on such a large stage

Evening Standard

Alan Partridge: Stratagem at the O2 Arena review - patchy, but this snake oil salesman is a reliable joy

Steve Coogan inhabits his desperate, naff creation so seamlessly you completely lose sight of him

The Guardian - UK

Alexander Clements obituary

Other lives: Acting teacher whose students included Julie Walters and Steve Coogan

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