Julia Deakin
- English
- Actor
Press clippings
Helen Bauer pilots Small Doses sitcom for BBC
Stand-up Helen Bauer is piloting a BBC Three sitcom, inspired by her own background having lived in Germany for a time before returning to the UK.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2022Angela Barnes stars in Bird sitcom pilot
Angela Barnes stars alongside Julia Deakin and Perry Benson in Bird, a sitcom pilot about a woman who becomes pen pals with a convicted killer on Death Row.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2020Spaced turns 21: it couldn't be more relevant today
Despite airing at the start of the millennium, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes' wacky comedy Spaced is more relevant to lockdown life than you'd think, says Lauren Morris.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 31st July 2020Top 20 British sitcoms of 21st century: Spaced
Spaced is likeable, endless quotable, highly watchable and very, very funny.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 1st April 2020Miriam Margolyes, Julia Deakin and Simon Day join The Windsors
Miriam Margolyes will guest star as Queen Victoria in Series 3 of The Windsors. Meanwhile Julia Deakin and Simon Day will play Carole and Mike Middleton.
British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2020Spaced​ revisited: looking back at a cult classic
It may have been released nearly two decades ago now, but Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson's sitcom Spaced remains as hilarious and comforting as it ever was. The show is one of the great modern sitcoms and was the launching pad not only for Pegg, Stevenson and the rest of the cast, but also for director Edgar Wright.
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 12th July 201810 top tens for Hot Fuzz's tenth
This year, after watching Hot Fuzz for the tenth time, and still picking up little details I'd never noticed before, I went down to the pub for a glass of celebratory cranberry juice. I thought Anglonerd magazine, too, should celebrate the brilliance of this film in a big way, so here is not just a top ten list, but ten top ten lists, highlighting the best one hundred things about Edgar Wright's comedy action flick. *Spoilers*
Jaime Pond, Anglonerd, 14th February 2017Mitchell & Webb to star in pub sitcom
More details have been revealed about Back, the new sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It's based around a dysfunctional family running a pub.
British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2016The sublime Love in Recovery wraps up on Wednesday 11th February, with the sixth and final instalment of Radio 4's touching comic drama. Written by Pete Jackson, the series follows the lives of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting group, made up of characters portrayed by Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Front and Paul Kaye, whilst Julia Deakin plays village hall cleaner Marion.
The Velvet Onion, 9th February 2015Radio Times review
"If there's one thing recovering alcoholics aren't short of it's stories," says writer Pete Jackson. And he should know, as this inspired and inspiring sitcom comes from his own experience of being thrown into AA meetings with a truly disparate group of people and then finding that it's more than a problem with drink that binds them together. The fact that Jackson is working with one of the finest comedy casts on radio for years helps as well.
The previous story centred on the aggressive snob Fiona, played by Rebecca Front (be sure to listen on iPlayer if you missed it). This story belongs to Julie (played by Sue Johnston), a woman who did not start drinking, or really living, until she hit 60. Paul Kaye, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan and Julia Deakin are the rest of the players and the series is set to become a classic.
I hope that Radio 4 makes much more use of Jackson over the coming months. He's a comedy writer with talent and a heart.
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 14th January 2015