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Bob Cryer

  • English
  • Actor

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Chortle Comedy Book Festival returns

Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Sara Pascoe, Cariad Lloyd, Doon Mackichan, and Bob Cryer - son of comedy legend Barry - will all be taking part in the event, which returns to the British Library in London on March 3.

Chortle, 2nd February 2024

Barry Cryer's son reveals the secrets of his father's success - and jokes

The comedy legend who made us laugh for 70 years was as private as he was funny. His son talks about the man behind the gags.

Paddy O'Connell, The Sunday Times, 22nd October 2023

Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? review

The late comedian's son, Bob Cryer, offers an intimate and astute portrait of his father's skill and wit, and the vulnerability beneath.

Andrew Martin, The Guardian, 16th October 2023

Barry Cryer biography penned by his son to be published this autumn

Barry Cryer, who died last year, is to be commemorated in a new biography by his son Bob, with Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? The Life And Laughs Of A Comedy Legend featuring exclusive family photos, extracts from recordings and interviews with Cryer's friends and colleagues, including Sandi Toksvig, Rob Brydon and Judi Dench.

British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2023

Family back plaque for Barry Cryer in Mornington Crescent

Barry Cryer's family are hoping that a New Journal suggestion of a plaque being erected at Mornington Crescent tube station in his memory could gather steam.

Harry Taylor, Camden New Journal, 3rd February 2022

Patricia Hodge to star in Mrs Hudson's Radio Show

Patricia Hodge and Miriam Margolyes are amongst the stars taking on roles in Mrs Hudson's Radio Show, the Radio 4 comedy written by Barry Cryer and his son Bob.

British Comedy Guide, 6th November 2018

An Audience with Bob and Barry Cryer - review

Now aged 81, Barry Cryer has been a comedy writer and performer for over 60 years, and so has accrued an endless array of jokes and reminiscences that his anecdotes are said to hunt in packs. While billed as an evening to promote Cryer's forthcoming crowdfunded collection of parrot jokes (to be co-written with son Bob Cryer), in reality this is a gentle reflection on a life of incident and humour.

Scott Matthewman, The Reviews Hub, 30th January 2017

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