Fay Ripley
- 58 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings
Radio 4's 2025 comedy commissions
Radio 4 has ordered new comedy series starring Matt Forde, Laura Smyth, Ria Lina, Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie. It's also confirmed the return of formats from Frank Skinner, Michael Spicer, Chris McCausland, Glenn Moore and others.
British Comedy Guide, 4th November 2024Ahir Shah's award-winning stand-up show Ends coming to Netflix
Ahir Shah's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Ends is to be released as his debut Netflix special next month, as the comic reprises the hour at the Edinburgh Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2024Do Gooders review
Garrick Millerick's acerbically jaded worldview is evident from the pre-credit scene of Do Gooders, in which his character is being grilled about the lack of enthusiasm for his job in a mid-level charity.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th July 2024French & Saunders and Alexei Sayle returning to Radio 4
French & Saunders and Alexei Sayle are returning to Radio 4, with the channel recommissioning Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen? and Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar, as well as Olga Koch: Ok Computer and the latest stand-up series from Ashley Blaker, Ashley Blaker's Hyperfixations.
British Comedy Guide, 17th July 2024Swede Caroline review
Although the conspiracy at the heart of this vegetable-based caper isn't as enthralling as it could have been, the joy of this feature comes from watching this ludicrous tale play out.
Andrew Murray, The Upcoming, 18th April 2024Swede Caroline review
Lovably eccentric mockumentary delves into the shady world competitive veg growing.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 16th April 2024Swede Caroline review
Featuring giant squash, allotment sabotage, sex parties, big country piles, double entendres and a madcap conspiracy centred around a marrow called Ricky, this comedic "mockumentary" is about as brilliantly British as you can get - and it is hilarious.
Laura Stott, The Sun, 11th April 2024'I'm still friends with the person who applied my pubic wig': how we made Cold Feet
"A lot of it was autobiographical. When Adam won Rachel back by serenading her with a red rose up his bottom, that was based on me - with a bit of artistic licence."
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 13th November 2023Kerry Jackson starring Fay Ripley at National Theatre - review
Kerry Jackson is a grafter. She's come from a broken family, escaped an abusive relationship and survived a sexual assault that has resulted in her having to give up the subsequent child that she had. She's also incredibly right-wing, unbelievably crass and cringingly inappropriate in her political incorrectness. With her vociferous views on politics, race and homelessness to name but a few, it is therefore uniquely clever of playwright April De Angelis to have created a character that is undeniably awful yet weirdly likeable.
Gareth Carr, What's On Stage, 8th December 2022Kerry Jackson review
Fay Ripley's lively striver is riddled with working-class cliches. April De Angelis's comedy about a leave-voting entrepreneur in a gentrified area has echoes of Abigail's Party and Educating Rita - except all the characters are reduced to types.
The Guardian, 8th December 2022