Peep Show star reveals what it would take for reunion with David Mitchell and Robert Webb ‘I hate memes but this one made me smile,’ wrote Super Hans actor Matt King The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024
Autumn culture guide 2024: From Sally Rooney’s new novel to Jilly Cooper’s Rivals on screen From the novels everyone will be talking about to the starriest West End productions, here’s your guide to the coming season’s cultural highlights, as picked by our writers The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2024
Sweet reason David Mitchell turned down Death in Paradise lead detective part revealed David Mitchell was cast as the original Death in Paradise detective Richard Poole, but quit the part before filming began... WhatToWatch · Jul 15, 2024
Catherine McKinnon’s panoramic new novel presents a gritty view of war’s complexities Catherine McKinnon graduated from Flinders University Drama Centre, South Australia, and was a founding member of the Red Shed Theatre Company, where she worked as writer and director. The Conversation · May 29, 2024
Tottenham v Newcastle in Melbourne is nothing more than a greedy money-making scheme The two Premier League clubs finished the season and immediately flew around the world for Wednesday’s lucrative friendly match in Australia, pushing their players to unnecessary extremes The Independent UK · May 21, 2024
Best books about British history to read in 2024 From ancient Londinium to the complex legacy of Imperialism, read of what lies beneath the surface of our modern existence Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024
From Migration to Curb Your Enthusiasm: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment The latest animation from the people who brought us Minions looks set to get kids all in a flap, and Larry David’s awks-tastic sitcom is back for a final season The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024
Migration review – zany ducks-in-the-city adventure from White Lotus’ Mike White Co-scripted by White (a vegan), and superbly voiced by the likes of Awkwafina and David Mitchell, this family comedy about migrating ducks is a fun ride with clipped wings The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024
TV tonight: the chilling story of a TikTok influencer convicted of murder It is the first in a new series about social media’s role in murder cases. Plus: David Mitchell tests comedians’ outdoors skills. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024
TV tonight: Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan settle down to talk about Maestro Graham Norton’s guests this week are proper Hollywood hotshots. Plus, it’s time for some hardy perennials in Gardeners’ World. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024
The Best Sketch Comedy TV Shows Of All Time Here are CinemaBlend's picks for the best sketch comedy TV shows of all time, from Monty Python to Key & Peele. Cinemablend · Jan 25, 2024
Unruly by David Mitchell review – a Horrible Histories with added swearing Tales of familial hatred, infidelity, murder and spectacular incompetence, in a joyfully narrated history of England’s kings and queens The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024
The big 2023 quiz of the year Barbie was on the big screen, Taylor Swift on the airwaves… How well do you remember the year that was? The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023
I’m not keen on our aversion to keenness Princess Kate is criticised for being enthusiastic in a new royal book, but using eagerness as a slur is silly and snobbish The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023
Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2023 OPINION - Celebrity older mothers like Tana Ramsay and Victoria Coren Mitchell are giving women false hope I no longer do a second take when I read news that a woman in her fifties has given birth. This month alone, Victoria Coren Mitchell, 51, announced the arrival of her second child with her partner, the comedian David Mitchell, who is 49. Tana Ramsay, who turns 50 next…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023 TV tonight: Lorraine Kelly’s highly emotional return to Lockerbie The presenter revisits the residents she spoke to in 1988 after Pan Am flight 103 was bombed. Plus: Alan Davies launches David Mitchell through the air. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023 ‘A feeling of total freedom’: Valeria Luiselli welcomes chance to lock her fiction away in the Future Library The Booker-nominated Mexican author will be the next writer to donate a work to the 100-year art project
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023 Unruly by David Mitchell review – monarchs behaving badly Sweary realism gives colour to these accounts of England’s most appalling kings and queens
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023 TV tonight: ‘We’re celebrities, get us out here to work!’ David Mitchell’s survivalist comedy challenge show Outsiders returns with a smuggling challenge for six campers. Plus, Peter Mullan strikes terror into the heart of Edinburgh. Here’s what to watch tonight
The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2023 Five Great Reads: Joan Collins, William the Conqueror and one of the world’s most fascinating cities Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023 ‘From divinely inspired warrior to compulsively snacking gammon’: David Mitchell on England’s unruly royals – exclusive extract In this excerpt from his new book on England’s kings and queens, David Mitchell finds unlikely parallels between William the Conqueror and James Bond
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023 Let’s hear it for England’s royals – and centuries of incompetence, criminality and failure We’re often told the current crop lack the dignity that monarchy deserves. But what about the losers, adulterers and delusional brutes who came before?
The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2023 Five Great Reads: a dolphin sex scandal, a critic’s top film picks and looking back on Peep Show Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2023 Finishing every Booker Prize novel is ‘impossible’ says judge Robert Webb ‘You finish as many as you can and the other ones you put to one side after a respectable but undisclosed fraction has been read’
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023 ‘Peep Show is about consistently stubbing your toe against life’: The sitcom at 20 by its creators and stars David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Sam Bain and more talk to Ellie Harrison about the cult hit’s ‘circus of anxiety’ and ‘massive rudeness’, plus all of those ‘Succession’ comparisons, and the most excruciating filming moments