Press clippings Page 22
Fringe 2014 interview: comedian Lucy Beaumont
'Johnny Vegas bigged me up and you need someone like that... There are not enough mentors in the arts'
Suzanne Black, The List, 22nd July 2014Campaign launched to land Les Dawson a posthumous OBE
Les Dawson's friends and family are battling to win him a posthumous OBE. The late comedian's protégé Johnny Vegas is behind a Facebook campaign after it emerged Les was twice shortlisted for an honour but rejected.
Gemma Aldridge, The Mirror, 5th July 2014Lucy Beaumont: northerners funnier than southerners?
The north and south breed different senses of humour. Johnny Vegas looks at faults in himself while Jimmy Carr deflects outwards. My new gag gets laughs in Hull and nowt in Windsor.
Lucy Beaumont, The Guardian, 25th June 2014Cast revealed for Sacha Baron Cohen film Grimsby
Johnny Vegas and Homeland star David Harewood are amongst the actors joining Mark Strong on Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, Grimsby.
British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2014Johnny Vegas at the Hay Festival
Michael Pennington says his comic alter ego helped him get over his traumatic childhood experiences at seminary school.
Karen Price, Wales Online, 23rd May 2014Johnny Vegas directs new music video
With comedy star Johnny Vegas as the director, the new music video from Beautiful South comrades Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott was bound to get us all chuckling.
Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News, 1st May 2014Radio Times review
With the World Cup lurking enticingly on the horizon, this animated sitcom about a hapless everyman football freak is pitched somewhere between Family Guy, Uncle and Soccer AM. Unfortunately, it's not as funny as any of them.
There's no shortage of talent involved: Spy's Darren Boyd stars as Warren; Johnny Vegas is the imaginatively monikered coach Fat Baz; and Morwenna Banks (or Peppa Pig's mum to the UK's entire toddler population) plays drippy son Harrison. But the stereotypical main protagonist lacks the satirical edge of a Homer Simpson or a Peter Griffin, and you might find yourself yearning to slap him out of his soccercentric stupor.
Gary Rose, Radio Times, 22nd April 2014Six famous faces celebrate Tommy Cooper
Why are we still laughing at Tommy Cooper 30 years after he died on stage? Barry Cryer, Paul Daniels, Johnny Vegas, Tim Vine, Brian Conley and Jason Manford explain.
Radio Times, 21st April 2014Darren Boyd and Johnny Vegas interview
Darren Boyd, who plays Warren, and Johnny Vegas, who plays club manager Fat Baz, talk about their roles.
Chortle, 16th April 2014Johnny Vegas to return to Benidorm as ITV confirms Series 7
ITV has ordered a seventh series of its holiday-based sitcom Benidorm with Johnny Vegas, Elsie Kelly and Crissy Rock re-joining the cast.
British Comedy Guide, 21st March 2014