Hugh Laurie
- 65 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings
Blackadder coming to Blu-ray
All original BBC television episodes of Blackadder have been restored and remastered in HD for a new Blu-ray release.
British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2023Blackadder stamps released by Royal Mail to mark 40th anniversary
Royal Mail has announced the launch of 12 special stamps to mark the 40th anniversary of Blackadder.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2023Comic Relief's outlandish origin story - inside Nether Wallop festival
Was this impromptu event - a farmer's field in Hampshire that hosted comedy talents including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Billy Connolly and Rik Mayall - where the first seed of Comic Relief was planted?
Alan Burles, The Guardian, 17th March 2023The Amazing Maurice review
Like the very best of children's cinema, The Amazing Maurice treads below the whimsy of its surface to provide important life lessons of tolerance and fairness. Even death gets some exposure.
Matthew McMillan, The Upcoming, 16th December 2022The Amazing Maurice review - rodent crime caper is a riot of silliness
A stellar cast have a lot of fun hamming it up in this adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel about a bunch of scamming rats who come unstuck on a con gone wrong.
Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 14th December 2022Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for new film
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are reuniting on screen for the first time in more than a decade. Animated film The Canterville Ghost, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde, has been in development for 11 years but is only now in production.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2021Hugh Laurie to voice Terry Pratchett film The Amazing Maurice
Hugh Laurie will voice the central character in The Amazing Maurice, a new animated film based on Terry Pratchett's book.
British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2020Golden oldies: Britain's best vintage comedy
The best old sitcoms, stand up and stars of the silver screen are just what the nation needs to get us through these long housebound days - not everything on Netflix is notable, and Amazon Prime is hit and miss. So why not do yourself a favour, and when next looking for something to bring a smile to your face, take a trip back in time to see some of Britain's best comedy.
Benedict Spence, The Spectator, 21st April 2020The Personal History of David Copperfield review
Armando Iannucci both respects and reinvents the novel in a wonderfully entertaining adaptation full to bursting with fantastic comic performances.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 26th January 2020The Personal History of David Copperfield review
This isn't a traditional, staid, by-the-numbers affair.
BBC, 24th January 2020