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Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Armstrong

  • 54 years old
  • English
  • Actor

Press clippings

Alexander Armstrong: "Once you're on daytime TV, the acting work dries up"

The Pointless presenter on his new children's book, classical music snobbery and why he loves having a day job.

Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 3rd October 2024

Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller look back

The comedy double act on playing it cool, bombing at Edinburgh, and how their friendship endured after they branched out on their own.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 28th September 2024

Bradley Walsh unveils his Legends Of Comedy for Channel 5

Bradley Walsh is to present a personal appreciation of his comedy heroes from the last 50 years in the three-part Channel 5 series Bradley Walsh: Legends Of Comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd November 2023

Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run

Dickensian pastiche Bleak Expectations, a Radio 4 hit from 2007, is to take to the West End stage this summer with a run of headline guest stars.

British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2023

Brooker, Gamble & Mangan among Pointless guest hosts

Alex Brooker, Ed Gamble and Stephen Mangan will form part of the stellar line-up will step in, and help present daytime episodes of the hit BBC One show alongside Alexander Armstrong, following Richard Osman's recent announcement he is to step down from hosting the daytime series of the hit show.

BBC, 27th May 2022

HIGNFY slammed for "weak & tedious" Welsh language gags

Friday night's episode of Have I Got News For You has been slammed online after cracking 'jokes' claiming that the Welsh language was unpronounceable.

Nation Cymru, 1st May 2021

Alexander Armstrong made cathedral music ambassador

Alexander Armstrong has been announced as ambassador for Cathedral Music Trust.

Rosie Pentreath, Classic FM, 30th April 2021

Ben Miller to play a zombie in The Loneliest Boy In The World

Ben Miller is back with another role from beyond the grave, playing a zombie in comedy-horror film The Loneliest Boy In The World.

British Comedy Guide, 6th April 2021

Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad

Podcasts have got many of us through 2020, starved as we have been for most of it of live comedy to leave the house to see. Here's a selection of some of the best; they are available on all podcast platforms unless stated.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th December 2020

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