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Interview: Greg Davies, comedian
He is a giant of comedy in more ways than one, Greg Davies. Standing at a towering 6ft 8in, he's become a hero to a generation of teenagers thanks to his comic turn as Mr Gilbert, the psychotic head of sixth form, in E4's BAFTA-winning show The Inbetweeners.
Gary Flockhart, The Scotsman, 24th March 2011Comedians re-create childhood photos
Take a dozen comedians, add some snaps from the family album, mix them all up and what do you get? Featuring Alan Carr, Miranda Hart, Greg Davies, Jessica Hynes, Sarah Millican, Dom Joly, Jason Byrne, Shappi Khorsandi, Chris Addison, Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard and Jon Holmes.
Becky Barnicoat, The Guardian, 5th March 2011Telegraph agony uncle Graham Norton's usual guest mix of American A-lister, British TV star and comedian is repeated tonight, because why fix what isn't broken? Ashton Kutcher, an actor (and star of new movie No Strings Attached) as well as the young husband of Demi Moore, joins experimental chef Heston Blumenthal on the sofa. The line-up is completed by unnervingly tall stand-up Greg Davies (he of E4's sitcom The Inbetweeners). Norton's combination of chumminess and sarcasm is idiosyncratic, but he gets the best from his guests.
Vicki Power, The Telegraph, 17th February 2011Greg Davies 'dreamt of being paid to be silly'
Comic talent Greg Davies tells BBC Breakfast he always secretly thought it would be great to get paid to be silly.
BBC News, 31st January 2011New comedy improvisation show with a very talented cast. Hugh Dennis hosts and the performers include The Thick Of It's Justin Edwards, Perrier-winner Laura Solon, The Penny Dreadfuls' Humphrey Ker and Greg Davies from The Inbetweeners. It's a pacey mix of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Dan Patterson created that and this) and Mock the Week but in a good way. It's new comedy, so try to give it at least two episodes before you whine endlessly on Twitter about how rubbish you think it is.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 21st January 2011Greg Davies delivers a lesson in laughs
Fresh from his success in The Inbetweeners, comic Greg Davies is touring the country with his stand-up show called Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog. The former teacher explains all...
Diana Pilkington, Wales Online, 20th January 2011This improvised show promises to leave viewers gasping like Gillian McKeith facing a bucket of maggots.
Created by veteran producer Dan Paterson, it sounds like his Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a new generation no bad thing.
Comedy talent, including Laura Solon, Justin Edwards, Marek Larwood, Pippa Evans, Humphrey Ker, David Armand and Greg Davies, will be pitting their wits in a series of games spoofing films, TV programmes and music.
Host Hugh Dennis says: "We have electronic trickery, animated chickens, songs and games including a fantastic sideways scene. It's half an hour of controlled improvised silliness and there is no scoring and no stars."
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 14th January 2011As a result of Mock the Week and The Apprentice: You're Fired, among others, Dara O'Briain is rarely off our screens these days, but it's easy to forget how good he is at stand-up. Here he delivers a beautifully observed piece about playing video games that'll have even Grand Theft Auto virgins snorting in recognition. He's introducing Greg Davies (We Are Klang and The Inbetweeners), who gets a lot of comedy mileage from his height (he's 6ft 8in); and Stewart Francis, a deadpan Canadian whose style is to spew out one-liners. On visiting a karaoke bar that didn't have any 70s songs he tells us, "First I was afraid... I was petrified".
Jane Rackham, Radio Times, 9th December 2010Greg Davies interview
An interview with Greg Davies, who you'll probably recognise as The Inbetweeners' Mr Gilbert, as one third of We Are Klang and from BBC panel show Ask Rhod Gilbert.
Si Hawkins, British Comedy Guide, 12th November 2010Interview: Greg Davies
"When you're trying to enter something as intimidating as comedy, starting out with a support network of likeminded people is a powerful thing," Davies explains.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 3rd October 2010