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Al Murray's Make Christmas Great Again review
A few years ago, the Pub Landlord's xenophobic conceit seemed to be wearing thin. In the light of recent politics, he seems fresh and even prescient. The effect is unsettling: in the laughs and cheers there are traces of the emotions he is ostensibly subverting. Is he teasing those who mock the French? Or us, the crowd who laugh slightly too loudly when he mocks the French? It's no coincidence that in the best moments last night, as Murray claimed that Christmas was a British creation, he brought to mind other boisterous populists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 22nd December 2017Al Murray interview
Al Murray on making comedy out of Brexit and cooking Christmas dinner in the back garden.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 17th December 2017Al Murray: I'm amazed nobody's punched me in the face
There's a single moment's silence during my breakfast with Al Murray - and that's as we both ponder why nobody has ever punched him in the face. "I'm amazed it hasn't happened," he concludes blithely.
Celia Walden, The Telegraph, 17th December 2017Me and my motor: Al Murray
The touring comic prefers reliability to speed.
Danny Scott, The Sunday Times: Driving, 12th December 2017Al Murray on his first panto
"I'm lucky that my first panto I'm working with one of the absolute great dames in Clive Rowe because there is lots to learn."
Chortle, 10th December 2017Billy Connolly at 75 - comedians pay tribute
Billy Connolly at 75: Eddie Izzard, Armando Iannucci and more salute 'Beatles of comedy'.
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 24th November 2017Al Murray to film Christmas special for ITV
ITV has ordered Al Murray's Make Christmas Great Again, a festival special featuring "seasonal games and fun-loving celebrity guests."
British Comedy Guide, 23rd October 2017The frill-free comedy showcase that feels like a rawer, raunchier Live At The Apollo returns for a third series, with likable northern scallywag Chris Ramsey taking over as host from Russell Howard. After expertly neutralising a heckle within his first minute on stage, the former Hebburn star tees up sets from the brilliantly brassy US comic Desiree Burch and Al Murray's bulletproof poobah of lubricated wisdom, the Pub Landlord.
The Guardian, 27th September 2017Al Murray: reality has caught up with his creation
Comedian Al Murray says political reality has caught up with his comedy creation, the traditional Little Englander.
David Cosgrove, The Express and Star, 26th September 2017Al Murray delighted to join Wolverhampton graduates
Al Murray has today received an honorary degree from the University of Wolverhampton for his contribution to military history.
The Express and Star, 23rd September 2017