Eric
- Comedian and military personnel
Press clippings Page 24
Red Nose Day to be held in America
Comic Relief is planning a Red Nose Day in America - with the help of billionaire Bill Gates.
The Sun, 18th August 2011Beaver Falls may be TV's American Pie but is that good?
Beaver Falls' third episode proved that the comedy is beginning to fall foul of the crude, gross-out stereotypes typical of so many American series.
Rachel Tarley, Metro, 11th August 2011Show wasn't so much an American Pie as a British turkey
Beaver Falls aimed to be a cross between every US teen comedy ever made and The Inbetweeners. The results were bad - not so-bad-it's-good - just plain bad.
Christopher Hooton, Metro, 28th July 2011Alan Carr to try and break into America
Funnyman Alan Carr is the latest Brit hoping to storm America - with help from Whoopi Goldberg.
The Sun, 14th June 2011American Misfits remake still possible...
The possibility of a US remake of E4's fantastic superhero drama Misfits has never been popular with fans of the show. While the USA is the birthplace of the comic-book superhero, Misfits was by its very nature a fresh spin on the American tropes of the genre. A raucous, violent, profane, anarchic take on the simple premise of young offenders being given super-powers after a freak storm.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 10th June 2011The Trip: Saviour of British sitcom is going to America
Essentially two mates playing slightly embellished versions of themselves, The Trip is to be cut into a 90 minute film for an American cinematic release, here's why it's ace...
Rob Clyne, Sabotage Times, 3rd June 2011Why do American comics risk performing in Britain?
Back home, they have fame and fortune. So why do American stand-ups risk the perils of British gigs?
Veronica Lee, The Independent, 29th May 2011BBC America announces 'Ministry of Laughs' comedy block
BBC America has just announced that it is launching a new comedy block starting Saturday, June 18th.
Anglophenia, 4th May 2011Russell Brand appears on American Idol
Funnyman Russell Brand has appeared on American Idol - as a "charisma coach".
The Sun, 9th April 2011Eric Sykes: How My Dead Mother Saved My Life
More than 90 per cent blind and almost completely deaf, Eric Sykes sits behind his desk on the first floor of his Bayswater office feverishly writing the latest chapter of his forthcoming novel with a ballpoint pen.
John McEntee, The Daily Express, 13th March 2011