British Comedy Guide
Guessable?. Alan Davies
Alan Davies

Alan Davies

  • 58 years old
  • English
  • Actor and stand-up comedian

Press clippings Page 24

Alan Davies interview

Jonathan Creek returns - and when he isn't solving fiendish crimes, Alan Davies is relaunching his stand-up career.

Jane E Dickson, Radio Times, 28th February 2014

The 5 best episodes from Alan Davies's detective

Jonathan Creek is back and this time he's sticking around for a little while.

Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 28th February 2014

Jonathan Creek: The Letters of Septimus Noone - review

Alan Davies slips back into the title role more easily than he sits on a pony. As his wife Polly, Sarah Alexander brings a sprightly canter to an old dobbin of a show. If anything it's the audience - especially those who weren't wearing their rose-tinted glasses - who'll have felt the most out of place.

Rob Smedley, Cult Box, 28th February 2014

Alan Davies interview

"He's certainly punching above his weight in the wife department," laughs Alan Davies, 47, who has played Jonathan Creek since 1997.

Neil Batey, Susanna Galton, The Mirror, 22nd February 2014

Alan Davies interview

TV Choice caught up with Alan Davies on set...

TV Choice, 18th February 2014

Jonathan Creek makes fun of Cumberbatch's Sherlock

He is sporting a long black coat, has a thick crop of dark hair and an obsessive an eye for detail. But this man is not Benedct Cumberbatch's Sherlock (in case his sideburns didn't give it away) but a criminology student called Ridley in a deliberate mickey take that features in the upcoming return of Alan Davies's rival BBC One crime series Jonathan Creek.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 17th February 2014

Alan Davies Après-Ski review

Sadly, Alan Davies doesn't possess the wit to bounce off them like Graham Norton, if this evidence is anything to go by.

Adam Postans, The Mirror, 16th February 2014

Alan Davies to host new chat show on Dave

QI star Alan Davies has been signed up to host a new chat show on channel Dave. The format will see him sitting around a table and talking to other comedians.

British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2014

Alan Davies briefly moves out of the QI studios to front his own panel show, taking a comic look at all the news and action from the Sochi Winter Olympics. This first show covers the opening ceremony as well as looking at classic moments from Winter Olympics past. Expect some of Davies's chums from the world of entertainment, plus any sports stars they can get their hands on. Over on Channel 4, going against this in the same time slot, is The Last Leg; let's see who wins the event.

Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian, 7th February 2014

Alan Davies: I wish I could compete in the Olympics

I wish I could compete in the Winter Olympics. I first fell in love with the Games watching Franz Klammer hurtling down the ski run to win downhill gold at the 1976 Innsbruck games.

Alan Davies, Radio Times, 7th February 2014

Share this page