Alex Macqueen
- 50 years old
- English
- Actor
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Sally4Ever: watch funny cringe comedy at your own risk
Created by British comedian Julia Davis, new series delivers some big laughs and whole lot of squirm-inducing moments.
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7th November 2018Sally4Ever is one of the most joyous watches of the week. As might be expected from Julia Davis, it begins with a rough template for comedy and simply ratchets it up to beyond any tolerance. Hurrah. When sad-sack Sally (Catherine Shepherd, a lovely comedy actor playing it straight) has to witness her besotted boyfriend (Alex Macqueen) not only removing the scurf from his feet but then massaging and blow-drying his toes, it's awkward. After his abject tearful clinging proposal (she accepts, in the face of all available human evidence), he whips his dead mother's wedding dress out of his overorganised wardrobe, apologising for the yellowed stain - "she had an overactive gland", it's awkward. When he celebrates the cloying reluctance of her acceptance with strewn petals and an actionable notelet that would have him arrested in parts of my locale - "My Soulmate. My Partner. My Mother. My Lover. My Nurse, and my Clown"... it's time for Sally to embark on a filthily lesbian affair with Davis. Cue mayhem. It's not a watch for the faint-hearted or faint-brained, but, again, hurrah.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 28th October 2018Sally4Ever episode 1 review
Even the most dedicated Davis fan might not be quite ready for this new Sky Atlantic series.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 26th October 2018Julia Davis's latest series stars Catherine Shepherd (Peep Show) as a suburbanite who ditches her wet-blanket fiance (Alex Macqueen) for Davis's free-spirit artist. One graphic and comically overlong sex scene aside, nothing in this opener reaches Nighty Night's pitch-black peaks, but you suspect it is just getting started.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 25th October 2018TV review: Sally4Ever, Sky Atlantic
All I know is I'll be sticking around for the ride. So Julia Davis must be doing something right.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2018Sally4Ever review
A singular mix of humiliation, emotional agony and bodily fluids skewers the viewer in exquisite agony.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th October 2018Sally4Ever, review
Julia Davis fans will be intrigued but this bleak comedy feels frustratingly familiar.
Alice Vincent, The Telegraph, 25th October 2018Cast list revealed for Horrible Histories: The Movie
Nick Frost, Kim Cattrall, Derek Jacobi and over 20 well-known British comic actors are amongst those due to star in Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans, coming to cinemas in July 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2018Julia Davis returns to Sky with Sally4Ever
Julia Davis has created a new dark comedy for Sky One about a woman whose love affair spirals quickly out of control.
British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2018Eric, Ernie & Me, BBC4 review
It is good to see a writer getting some credit for a change. And deservedly so.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th December 2017