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New James Bond actor will face inevitable backlash says author

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The Independent UK · Sep 23

Bond author predicts ‘people will be very angry when they find out’ who’s been cast as new 007

Writer of new Bond novel doesn’t think current frontrunner would be a convincing choice

The Independent UK · Sep 23

James Bond author shares his verdict on 007 frontrunner

James Bond author Charlie Higson has expressed doubts over current frontrunners to replace Daniel Craig as 007. Higson suggested bookies' favourite Jack Lowden lacks the physicality for convincing hand-to-hand combat, comparing him to Tom Hiddleston . The writer also commented that actor Jacob Elordi is too tall for the role,…

The Independent UK · Sep 19

What does the Amazon MGM Studios deal mean for the James Bond series?

Amazon acquired creative control of the film series on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

‘We wrote “Suit you, sir!” for Harry Enfield – he didn’t like it’: an oral history of The Fast Show

Thirty years after it first aired, the stars of the hit BBC sketch show tell all – from wowing Johnny Depp to inter-office tension that left one of the cast in tears

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

An Evening With The Fast Show review – chummy chat and catchphrase classics

Ted and Ralph, the ‘Suit you!’ tailors and the rest of the gang’s most fondly remembered characters reconvene for a 30th-anniversary greatest hits sketch show, interspersed with the cast’s reminiscences about their creation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

Nice! Cast of The Fast Show to reunite for a UK stage tour

The comedy series’ originators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse will lead a 30th anniversary live show due to begin in March

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Evil Genius With Russell Kane review – a deeply bewildering and disturbing piece of TV

Ill-informed comedians debate whether Churchill was a good man, then bluff their way through talk of atrocities with nary a gag being cracked. Who thought this was a good idea?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

TV tonight: Russell Kane’s hit podcast Evil Genius comes to our screens

The comedian asks whether history’s most polarising figures were evil or genius. Plus, Grime Kids continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Withnail and I: How a Beatle-funded comedy about alcoholic actors became a cult classic

The boozy British comedy classic was produced by Beatle George Harrison and made stars out of Richard E Grant and Paul McGann, but its initial cinema release went almost unnoticed. Nick Duerden looks at the film’s chequered road to cult status

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023