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Jumpers for goalposts: 'The Fast Show' at 25
"And then, the BBC2 sketch series The Fast Show turned 25, giving a whole generation of comedy lovers a chance to reflect on the enormous impact the series, and its cast, have had on British culture ever since. Which was nice."
Paul Holmes, We Are Cult, 28th September 2019Charlie Higson: Winston Churchill may have been gay
Britain's lauded war leader Winston Churchill may have been gay, according to astonishing claims by author and TV comedy star Charlie Higson.
Jonathan Bucks and Christine Challand, Daily Mail, 30th June 2019In Conversation With: Charlie Higson
I've got a film deal in the works...
Mollie Carlyle, The Orbital, 18th December 2018Charlie Higson: Twitter is ruining the punchline
"If you want to make effective comedy you have to stick two fingers up at everyone".
Radio Times, 23rd June 2018Charlie Higson: Comedy sometimes needs to be offensive
Charlie Higson has said he believes comedy should sometimes be transgressive and offensive in order to be effective.
Yahoo, 19th June 2018The Fast Show's greatest ever characters
These are the characters who were not only always hysterical but also without whom the show simply wouldn't have been the same...
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 8th June 2018TV: How The Young Ones Changed Comedy, Gold
Is it really nearly 40 years since The Young Ones exploded onto BBC2 and gave British comedy a great big kick up the arse? I thought I knew a fair bit about the series, but this in-depth documentary sheds new light alongside retreading familiar ground.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th May 2018Brilliant! The Fast Show archive - in pictures
The co-creator of The Fast Show, Charlie Higson, has donated his archive of scripts, sketches and memorabilia to the University of East Anglia, where he met Paul Whitehouse and where the popular and influential series was conceived.
Lily Miller and Greg Whitmore, The Guardian, 10th September 2016Rewind: Vic and Bob's "Catterick" revisited
From Big Night Out and sketch shows in the 1990s, to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the 2000s and House of Fools in more recent years - as well as their anarchic quiz show Shooting Stars - Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are one of the UK's most successful comedy double acts. But Catterick has been largely forgotten. As the pair announce more dates for their Poignant Moments tour, celebrating 25 years since they started performing together, we revisit their underrated 2004 comedy-drama...
Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 3rd May 2016Charlie Higson not cashing in on Loadsamoney
The comedian co-created the famously brash bragger, but failed to fully cash in on it.
Lorraine McBride, The Telegraph, 31st January 2016