Laurence Marks
- 76 years old
- English
- Writer
Press clippings
Cluedo 2 review
Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter is a diverting entertainment. It does, however, feel like an admission of defeat that, to be really funny, the show has to move away from the concept of being a tribute to the board game towards a straightforward silly farce.
David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide, 3rd April 2024Comedy play Cluedo 2 to tour in 2024
Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter, a comedy murder mystery based on the classic board game written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, will tour UK venues between February and July 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 13th December 2023BFI to screen US Up Pompeii! pilot
The BFI will screen the unseen pilot for an American adaptation of Up Pompeii! in August as it celebrates the 35th anniversary of archive recovery organisation Kaleidoscope.
British Comedy Guide, 17th July 2023Laurence Marks: 'My parents' idea of luxury was a fitted carpet on HP'
Raised on a council estate, the man behind TV comedy classics such as Birds Of A Feather has owned a pad in Mayfair, a Swiss chalet and a country estate, and has a thing for flash cars, as he divulges in The Sunday Times's Fame and Fortune column.
York Membery, The Times, 11th April 2022Birds Of A Feather writer Laurence Marks says he won't bring back the sitcom
Birds Of A Feather will not return for a future series because the characters are too old, according to its writer Laurence Marks.
Daily Mail, 6th February 2022Sitcom creators Marks & Gran to publish comedy writing guide
Sitcom writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are publishing a comedy writing guide, collecting together scripts from pilot episodes of their most celebrated shows, with essays on each.
British Comedy Guide, 1st April 2021The BBC's too terrified to make great comedy
I want a laugh this Christmas for my £157 TV licence but great comedy offends people and the BBC's too terrified to make it.
Laurence Marks, Mail on Sunday, 12th December 2020The Re-Evaluation Game: The New Statesman episode 1
It's surprising (and questionably depressing) how relevant this particular episode still is given the corruption in politics and the way deals are made with politicians friends and associates.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 3rd December 2020Birds Of A Feather to return for Christmas
Birds Of A Feather will return to screens this Christmas for a new special - but without co-star Pauline Quirke.
British Comedy Guide, 4th November 2020Goodnight Sweetheart: The Musical review
This is clearly a run designed as a work in progress for the big league.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2018