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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

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  • Actor

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Richard Gadd tops The List magazine's Hot 100

Richard Gadd has been placed in the top spot of The List's Hot 100, a rundown of people who have made a mark on Scotland's cultural scene over the last 12 months. Other comics to appear in the list include Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Ray Bradshaw.

British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2024

Genie review

New Richard Curtis comedy can't save Christmas for anyone.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21st November 2023

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson reunite for TV interview

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson - who shot to fame in the 1980s as double act Victor & Barry, and then went on to star in popular sitcom The High Life - have reunited for their first TV interview in 17 years. It airs tonight (Thursday 7th September) on STV at 8:30pm.

British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2023

The High Life set to fly again as a musical

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson are adapting their short-lived sitcom The High Life into a musical, as the pair celebrate 40 years of performing together in a new book.

British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2023

Paul Black brings a Hogmanay whodunnit spoof to BBC Scotland

TikTok star Paul Black writes, directs and stars in Paul Black's First Footing for BBC Scotland, part of a festive line-up for the corporation north of the border that also features the return of Greg Hemphill and Robert Florence's Queen Of The New Year and Ooh The Banter, a celebration of Scottish humour presented by Jack Docherty.

British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2022

'It's a feeling I've been chasing ever since': Edinburgh festival debuts

Alan Cumming did a gig for a cat, Tiff Stevenson was drowned out by samba and some performers even made a profit ... fringe veterans discuss their first time and how the festival has changed.

The Guardian, 21st July 2022

Scotland's funniest 60 people

As the Glasgow International Comedy Festival prepares to launch with a gaggle of giggles later this month, we count down Scotland's funniest 60 people.

The Herald, 3rd March 2019

Scot Squad wins at Scottish BAFTAs

Scot Squad and Armando Iannucci were amongst the winners at this year's Scottish BAFTAs, announced last night.

British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2018

How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 3

In the third part of our Fringe history, two long-forgotten venues put comedy before theatre with the help of Austin Powers and a Wonder Dog.

Ben Venables, The Skinny, 11th July 2017

Re-run of the brash, short-lived '94 Scotcom. Writers Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson play flight stewards dreaming of the big time (or the long haul). There are a few neat lines and left-field touches (microwaved teeth, a Trekobsessed captain), but the supremely kitsch titles are the real Highlight.

Radio Times, 13th January 2009

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