Lee Mack
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Not Going Out and Beyond Paradise sketch filmed for Comic Relief
Sally Bretton, Lee Mack, Kris Marshall and Zahra Ahmadi will star in a sketch for Comic Relief that mixes Not Going Out with Death In Paradise.
British Comedy Guide, 11th March 2025Why comedians are taking over TV gameshows
From Romesh Ranganathan to Lee Mack, big-name stand-ups are increasingly fronting quiz shows. What's causing the glut of comics?
Ralph Jones, The Guardian, 19th February 2025Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 winners
Gavin & Stacey has been named Comedy Of The Year in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024. Daddy Issues has picked up the Best New TV Sitcom title, with other winners including Wing It, Horrible Histories and Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 17th February 2025Bad Tidings review
Lee Mack and Chris McCausland comedy is forgettable festive fare.
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 22nd December 2024Bad Tidings review
Bad Tidings feels like a sitcom special that's got too big for its Santa boots. The endearing comedy chemistry between Mack and McCausland overcomes much of this, but not all.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd December 2024Bad Tidings review
Like Home Alone, if it starred Lee Mack and Chris McCausland.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22nd December 2024Bad Tidings review
Chris McCausland and Lee Mack's odd-couple comedy is pure festive froth.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 22nd December 2024Lee Mack - the funniest man on TV and the best game show host?
Lee Mack is a man of hidden depths. We all know he is one of the funniest stand-ups around but did you know that this ex-holiday camp rep who wanted to be a jockey is also a vegan and interested in buddhism? He's full of surprises. And maybe the biggest surprise is his success as a primetime quiz show host on The 1% Club, which is currently on a pre-Christmas nightly run.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th December 2024Is the sitcom dead? Not Going Out's Lee Mack and TV comedy bosses weigh in
They're expensive, risky and tricky to write, but if you get them right, there's a big audience wanting a laugh.
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 2nd July 2024'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' to return for nostalgic Series 8
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is returning for an eighth series on BBC Two, with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse revisiting the riverbanks of their youth.
British Comedy Guide, 12th June 2024