Jason Watkins
- 58 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings Page 3
It's a classic 80s sitcom set-up: widow Edith (Alison Steadman) has been fending off marriage proposals from boyfriend Phil (John Cleese) for years, but on the day she relents, up pops cuckoo in the nest Roger (Jason Watkins), her 50-year-old man-child son who's left his family. Desperately needs jokes.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 18th February 2018Hold the Sunset review
Why do bad things happen to good people? Well, not bad exactly, but decidedly mediocre.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th February 2018TV review: Hold the Sunset
After 39 years away, John Cleese returns to the sitcom format with a cosy affair.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 16th February 2018There are larks aplenty down in the Valco aisles as Sky's passable ensemble comedy opens its store for Christmas Eve. John Thomson slips straight into the role of star employee Tim, as store manager Gavin (Jason Watkins at his busybody best) is hoping to break the record for the shop's highest takings. What could possibly go wrong? Cue robbers holding the staff hostage, with their fate in the hand of have-a-go hero Gavin. Knockabout fun.
Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 24th December 2017W1A review - the Way Ahead is behind and it's brilliant
The returning mockumentary send-up of the BBC is very funny at times, if a bit smug. Perhaps it should sharpen its daggers and look at Auntie's pay gap...
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 19th September 2017W1A: Why this final series might be the best yet.
I'm just a little upset that this is the final series as, from what I've seen, W1A is arguably the BBC funniest comedy that's currently on screen and I'm just wondering if the reason its leaving the screens is because of Morton's ability to spoof the company that's actually in charge of recommissioning his brilliant sitcom.
Matt, The Custard TV, 19th September 2017The kicker for this horror-com's third season had Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins in juicy roles they must have salivated over - a one-act drama featuring their caricatures, subverted - and could have phoned in, but thankfully didn't. This argument over a restaurant bill was dark, biting, often blink-and-you'll-miss-it hilarious, ultimately prosaically disappointing, but that just made me want more. Bring it on.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 26th February 2017Inside No. 9 series 3 episode 2 review: The Bill
Inside No. 9 returns with a very fraught, very funny episode co-starring Philip Glenister and Jason Watkins.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd February 2017Inside No. 9 - ' The Bill'
Four friends disagree over which of them should pay for dinner in a restaurant, with macabre results...
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 22nd February 2017Preview - Inside No. 9: The Bill
Following on from The Devil of Christmas, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's series of dark comic one-off stories return.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st February 2017