Eric and Ernie, Wallace and Gromit, Ant and Dec: some double acts are so famous, they don’t need surnames. And to that list we can surely add Phil and Kirstie, whose reign as the undisputed king and queen of TV property shows has now lasted a quarter of a century. It’s 25 years this week,Continue reading “Phil and Kirstie: ‘Because you’re privileged, it doesn’t mean you don’t have empathy’”
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Joanna Lumley: “They asked me to be the voice of the four-minute warning”
To call Joanna Lumley a ‘national treasure’ feels somehow inadequate. In truth, she is closer to a sacred monument – one of that rarefied group of people, like David Attenborough and Michael Palin, who are as essential to Britain’s idea of itself as Shakespeare and spotted dick. From her early days as a 60s cover girlContinue reading “Joanna Lumley: “They asked me to be the voice of the four-minute warning””
Rob Brydon: “Saying goodbye to Gavin & Stacey was emotional. We all love each other.”
For Rob Brydon, saying goodbye to his Gavin & Stacey family was always going to be a wrench. But even he was surprised how emotional filming the sitcom’s last ever episode – to be shown on Christmas Day – turned out to be. “I thought it would be emotional at the end, and indeed itContinue reading “Rob Brydon: “Saying goodbye to Gavin & Stacey was emotional. We all love each other.””
Michael Praed: “Robin of Sherwood holds up, but if you watched Dynasty now, you’d p*** yourself laughing”
TV Heroes: Michael Praed found fame as TV’s best Robin Hood, before quitting for an ill-fated stint on Broadway – and marriage in a hail of bullets in front of 60 million people. It was some “crazy shit”, he tells Paul Kirkley. Michael Praed has just described Liam Neeson as “an absolute bastard to workContinue reading “Michael Praed: “Robin of Sherwood holds up, but if you watched Dynasty now, you’d p*** yourself laughing””
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