Harry Enfield
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, comedian and executive producer
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Harry Enfield defends using blackface
Harry Enfield has defended using blackface in his comedy career, saying: 'I don't think I regret it.' 'I've done it several times in the past. I've played Nelson Mandela in one thing for laughs,' he said. 'I did it because this thing had come round from the BBC that we couldn't do it any more.'
Chortle, 11th June 2020Radio comedy reviews
New radio comedy is often disappointing. So welcome back Down The Line - the phone-in show with a twist. Also a look at Cabin Pressure which has started a repeat run, and comedy documentary What's Funny About...
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 20th May 2020Colin Hoult stars in sitcom pilot set in East Midlands
Colin Hoult has a lead role in Newark, Newark, a sitcom written by Nathan Foad about his childhood and adolescence in the eponymous East Midlands market town.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2020Audible signs up star duos for free lockdown podcast
Simon Pegg & Nick Frost, Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse & Harry Enfield are amongst the comedy duos who have recorded episodes of Audible's new free podcast Locked Together.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 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 royal satire is back for a third season, and the truth seems to be increasingly merging with fiction. Prince Charles (Harry Enfield) proposes a strike in protest at the meagre rise in the sovereign grant, while Harry and Meghan propose a move to North America to escape the tabloids. A laugh-heavy response to The Crown.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 25th February 202012 Days of Christmas Specials 9: Upstart Crow specials
What could be more Christmassy than a couple of feature-length Upstart Crow specials starring Emma Thompson, and also, (independently I might add) Kenneth Brannagh? I'll tell you: Nothing!
Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 22nd December 2019Line-up for Jeremy Hardy tribute gig revealed
Mark Steel, Jack Dee, Harry Enfield, Miles Jupp, Angela Barnes, Imran Yusef, Seann Walsh and Shappi Khorsandi will be amongst those performing at Stand Up For Jeremy Hardy, the 25th March 2020 gig at Eventim Apollo.
British Comedy Guide, 16th December 2019How Europe Stole My Mum review
Kieran Hodgson and Liza Tarbuck offer up a rare treat indeed - the only thing that has managed to make me laugh about Brexit.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 1st November 2019How Europe Stole My Mum review
Finally, a funny side to Brexit.
Chris Bennion, The Times, 1st November 2019