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Al Murray interview
It's time to raise your glasses in celebration - The Pub Landlord is back at the Edinburgh Playhouse tomorrow, in all his maroon-blazered, tongue-in-cheek glory.
Carla Gray, The Scotsman, 26th November 2010Forget the thoroughly ill-advised sitcom and the still-less advised sketch show, and disregard even the pretty decent Happy Hour - tonight's shows remain the absolute essence of Al Murray. Revel as, without the need for guests or formats, he toys with the beautifully British-named members of the front row and casts his philosophical net far and wide from Formula 1 ("not dangerous enough, is it?") to the overrated Mozart and back, time and again, to the Germans and the French, expounding beer barrel nonsense with irresistible absurdity. Hail to the Al!
The Guardian, 13th November 2010Al Murray: Through the looking glass
Think the Pub Landlord is a close relative of his creator? Think again. Ian Burrell meets a multilingual, renaissance pint-puller.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 2nd November 2010Al Murray's Pub Quiz
Al Murray The Pub Landlord explains why the pub quiz puts the great into Great Britain - and tests your grey matter with some brain-teasers.
Al Murray, The Sun, 30th October 2010Pub landlord reveals his literary side
Al Murray, the bar-room comic, is making a documentary about his ancestor William Makepeace Thackeray.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 29th October 2010Al Murray to present new BBC4 show on German culture
New two-part show will sidestep Nazism and focus on German art and architecture.
Spoonfed, 26th October 2010Al Murray's first gig - introducing Harry Hill in 1994
To mark Al Murray's big London show next week at Hammersmith Apollo, his new book out and a DVD, the real Al Murray spoke to London is Funny about his Pub Landlord character's debut outing (never confused).
London Is Funny, 30th September 2010The BBC's successful Grumpy Old franchise - in which various aged or ageing TV pundits are encouraged to grouse on about a given topic - rolls on with this new programme focusing on the supposedly cheerful experience of mandatory education. Expect wry classroom anecdotage from the likes of Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi, Ronni Ancona and Mark Radcliffe.
Pete Naughton, The Telegraph, 5th September 2010The BBC's successful Grumpy Old franchise - in which various aged or ageing TV pundits are encouraged to grouse on about a given topic - rolls on with this new programme focusing on the supposedly cheerful experience of mandatory education. Expect wry classroom anecdotage from the likes of Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi, Ronni Ancona and Mark Radcliffe.
Pete Naughton, The Telegraph, 4th September 2010Witter: Al Murray
The world's fastest interview - 140 characters per answer. The 41-year-old Pub Landlord comedian on politics and Pamela Anderson.
Mark Edmonds, The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010