Daniel Mays
- English
- Actor
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Daniel Mays on returning as John Major in Code 404
"You think it's a nice little comedy, and it's only six episodes, then we get halfway through and it's like, it just doesn't stop!"
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 4th September 2021Code 404 set to return for Series 3
Work has begun on a third series of Code 404. Further episodes of the hit Sky Comedy cop sitcom, which stars Daniel Mays as a detective brought back to life as an AI experiment, and Stephen Graham as his long-suffering partner, have already been written BCG understands.
British Comedy Guide, 1st September 2021Code 404 Series 2 review
A gloriously silly CBBC version of Line Of Duty.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 1st September 2021Tom Parry writes first film
Tom Parry has written his first film, a festive family comedy - Your Christmas Or Mine? - now filming at Pinewood. Meanwhile, Joe Lycett and Rich Hall will appear in new Sky film A Christmas Number One.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2021Are Spandau Ballet's Gary and Martin Kemp the anti-Bros? Their mockumentary The Kemps: All True, written and directed by Rhys Thomas, was a knowing nod to the lovably unforgettable, occasionally rather dark, Matt and Luke Goss documentary, Bros: After the Screaming Stops, which taught the world a hard showbiz lesson: never underestimate the stupidity of Bros.
Could the Kemps' attempt at a two-man Spinal Tap be as funny with the protagonists in on the joke? The answer was yes, sprinkled with a few nos. Occasionally the jokes stuttered, and co-stars like Anna Maxwell Martin were wasted. As a vegetarian, I didn't feel offended enough by Gary's Wonge vegetarian food range that was 65% meat. However, the Kemps emerged as great sports, their acting background paid off with solid comic timing, and there was a firm grasp of rock cliches and the mockumentary style: "This is the very first time they've been back to their childhood home since their last documentary three years ago." As a side-note, Martin's film franchise idea "the hardest British bastards in the galaxy" (Daniel Mays as Dick Turpin: "Stand and deliver, you twats!") would probably work as a real pitch, and I deserve a cut for suggesting this.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 12th July 2020The Kemps: All True, BBC Two review
pandau Ballet-boys show willing but spoof rock-doc misses the point.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 6th July 2020The Kemps: All True review
The show packed in so many offbeat scenes that will lodge in the brain, that The Kemps: All True is surely the stuff of cult longevity. It's comedy Gold.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th July 2020TV review - The Kemps: All True
This really was delightfully ridiculous and gloriously funny material, both of the Kemps were on fantastic form and Thomas assembled a superb supporting cast too, all of whom made this exceptional material consistently hilarious.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 6th July 2020The Kemps: All True, review
The Spandau Ballet bros strike spoof documentary gold.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 5th July 2020Code 404 to return for Series 2
Sky has ordered a second series of Code 404, its new sitcom starring Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin.
British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2020