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Behind the Britcom premieres on PBS in America tonight
Zero hour is here... the PBS premiere of Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen.
Tellyspotting, 5th March 2011Interview: Eric Idle
Eric Idle is one of the country's most loved comedians. Born in South Shields, the comedian, actor, author, singer, and writer first rose to attention in the children's television comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set, before going on to be part of the groundbreaking comedy team Monty Python. Since then Idle has starred in countless films, several Monty Python features, played in his own rock band, albeit a spoof one, and had an asteroid, 9620 Ericidle, named in his honour. In 2005 Monty Python's Spamalot, a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, for which he wrote the music book and lyrics for, first opened in Broadway and has since toured all over the world. This February sees Spamalot reach the North East with six nights at the Sunderland Empire. Brian Beacom caught up with the comedy legend.
Brian Beacom, Giggle Beats, 28th February 2011Eric Sykes hits out at Hattie Jacques drama
Veteran actor and writer Eric Sykes has criticised an upcoming TV drama about friend and colleague Hattie Jacques.
BBC News, 10th January 2011The US writers exposing the follies of American TV
A new BBC Two sitcom, from Friends creator David Crane, lifts the lid on the bizarre ways TV studios really work. Chris Harvey reports.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 5th January 2011Eric & Ernie review
My expectations were rather high, but they were all met, indeed surpassed.
Anna Lowman, Dork Adore, 4th January 2011TV review: Eric and Ernie
With the film's affectionate focus, though, comes a certain sentimentality, but then, Morecambe and Wise's comedy signature was pretty soft and silly: they wanted to bring us sunshine, after all. And at least it's a change from just repeating the old shows again and again.
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman, 3rd January 2011Eric, Ernie and the under-rated genius of Peter Bowker
It's one thing to make drama out of big, splashy, life-changing events -- births and deaths and alien invasions -- but there's something special about a writer who can make life's tiny triumphs and disasters sparkle.
Helen Lewis-Hasteley, The New Statesman, 3rd January 2011Television Review: Eric and Ernie
We have many wonderful hours of Morecambe and Wise shows which will undoubtedly be enjoyed for years to come. This drama devised by Victoria Wood and written by Peter Bowker deserves to be enjoyed along with them. Not only is it a fitting tribute to a great comedy double act, but its the first in such dramas that can be appreciated by the whole family - and that's probably how Eric and Ernie would have wanted it.
Andy Howells, Suite 101, 2nd January 2011Eric & Ernie: A minute with Jim Moir
Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, plays George Bartholomew, father of Eric Morecambe, in Eric & Ernie.
Fiona Wickham, BBC Blogs, 1st January 2011Eric and Ernie: Victoria Wood's Morecambe & Wise biopic
Eric Morecambe kept one review in his wallet for decades to remind him of where the duo had come from. It suggested the definition of TV as "the box in which they buried Morecambe and Wise". The clipping was still in his wallet when he died.
Helen Carter, The Guardian, 31st December 2010