George Jeffrie
- Writer and actor
Press clippings
The Windsors put "on hold" by Channel 4 after King's cancer diagnosis
The Windsors has been put "on hold" Channel 4 has confirmed to British Comedy Guide, with sensitivities around senior Royals' health reportedly mooted as the reason.
British Comedy Guide, 19th April 2024The Windsors returning for new series and King's Coronation special
The Windsors is returning for a fourth series, as well as a special episode to mark King Charles's Coronation, Hadyn Gwynne who plays Camilla has revealed, with cameras set to start rolling shortly ahead of the Coronation in May.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2023How TV's The Windsors is making its unregal stage debut
The Windsors has been running on Channel 4 since 2016 - a wild comic satire which has always put the rude before the regal. Now the show's transferring to the stage in London, with some of the TV cast.
Vincent Dowd, BBC, 10th August 2021The Windsors sitcom to transfer to the stage
Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors is to transfer to the stage. The London-based live show, which will run from August to October, will star Harry Enfield and a number of the other stars from the TV series.
British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2021Writer George Jeffrie dies
George Jeffrie, a prolific comedy writer whose credits include co-creating Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors, has died.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd September 2020TV review: The Windsors, series three, episode six
If it continues along in the vein of the majority of the third series it'll be increasingly disappointing and only fitfully amusing.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 1st April 2020The Windsors creators actually predicted Megxit
While most of us were surprised when Meghan and Harry announced they were stepping back from the royal family, turns out that the people behind C4 show The Windsors had already predicted.
Mariana Cerqueira, What's On TV, 4th February 2020The Windsors Series 3 confirmed
Channel 4 has confirmed that The Windsors, its sitcom portraying members of the Royal Family, will return for a third series.
British Comedy Guide, 25th June 2019From The Windsors writers Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie comes a rollicking comedy pilot that sees Harry Enfield revel in the role of Richard Branson, lording over all in his Caribbean retreat, Necker Island. The conceit here is that, in addition to his commercial talents, Branson has a gift for solving the problems of our most treasured, but also most screwed-up, celebrities. The real question, though, is: does he have a more important master plan - a dark secret involving interplanetary travel?
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 3rd January 2019TV review: Island of Dreams, BBC2
Probably the best joke is the one about Virgin Trains being rubbish. Nice running gag. Or, given that the programme quips that the trains are a bit shit, maybe that should be non-running.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd January 2019