British Comedy Guide

Craig McLean

  • Actor

Press clippings

Arabella Weir interview

I was a few months pregnant and my Mum asked 'Have you any idea how fat you are?'

Craig McLean, The Telegraph, 5th August 2019

PJDN stars explain why series 5 will be the last

How did a sitcom about a tiny pirate radio station become a Bafta hit - and potentially a movie in the making?

Craig Mclean, Radio Times, 17th December 2018

Baddiel and Skinner on their return to the Fringe

The Old New Lads talk about Edinburgh memories, dirty flats, and whether you can be a bloke and woke.

Craig McLean, The List, 10th July 2018

Idris Elba interview

The Luther acting is teaming up with Bill Bailey for new Sky sitcom In the Long Run - but can they make the race relations of the 1980s funny?

Craig McLean, Radio Times, 29th March 2018

Idris Elba: Why I decided to write the new 'Only Fools'

"I grew up with the [classic] sitcoms, Only Fools And Horses, all those shows. And they are a formula. It's not just gag and gag and gag. There's some heart. You care about the characters. And when you're watching those shows, you feel like you're in their world."

Craig McLean, i Newspaper, 22nd March 2018

Ed Westwick on his new bad-boy role in White Gold

The British actor has swapped Manhattan for Essex - but he's still got his city slicker persona.

Craig McLean, Radio Times, 24th May 2017

James Corden and Take That interview

People in LA always talk about the traffic," says James Corden, who moved over to Los Angeles exactly two years ago to host The Late Late Show. "And they always talk about the carpool lane..."

Craig McLean, Radio Times, 24th March 2017

Mathew Baynton interview

Yonderland star Mathew Baynton on Horrible Histories, laughs with James Corden, and teaming up with Stephen Fry.

Craig McLean, Radio Times, 16th October 2016

Ricky Gervais interview

'David Brent is all about white, middle-class male angst'.

Craig McLean, The Telegraph, 20th August 2016

Victor Meldrew is back for Richard Wilson's Fringe show

Richard Wilson tells Craig McLean about dusting off Britain's favourite curmudgeon for a new show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Craig McLean, The Telegraph, 1st August 2016

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