Liam Hourican
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021Liam Hourican stars in new film La Cha Cha
Character comic Liam Hourican has landed his first lead film role in La Cha Cha, a dark comedy directed by Twin Town's Kevin Allen.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2020Tributes paid to talent agent Janie Jenkins
Tributes have been paid to London-based talent agent Janie Jenkins, who died suddenly on October 29, aged 55.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd November 2018Preview: Murder in Successville series three
Murder in Successville is back on our screens next week, with a third series once more bringing Tom Davis back as uncompromising cop DI Sleet, alongside a whole new roster of celebrity rookie-cops to help him solve a crime. But is the third series up to the high standards set by the two before it? Our editor Paul Holmes took a sneaky peek to find out...
Paul Holmes, The Velvet Onion, 12th April 2017BBC Three to publish another series of Big Field
BBC Three has ordered another series of Big Field, the surreal online comedy series which mixes audio soundbites with new live action sequences, all set in a field.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2017Murder in Successville, review
The show's format has the potential to get stale quite quickly. But it still feels like it's at the sharper end of comedy's cutting edge.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 16th June 2016The Liam Hourican three minute interview
Liam Hourican is a TV personality, impressionist and semi-funny man. He was last seen in a starring role in Channel 4's Very Important People, playing Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell, Simon Bird and many others. Now he's appearing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with A Kitchen Nightmare.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 11th July 2014There was good: Liam Hourican's mimicry of Louis Theroux, interviewing Hitler in his bunker ("I'd never met the most hated man in history before, but I hoped we'd get along") and Peter Stringfellow - a spot-on vocal imitation as the legendary lothario teaching young hoodies a thing or two ("I give them a steak and a dance, and they turn into gentlemen"). There was bad: a TV life coach who used to be a mobster. And then there was ugly: the Mancunian driving instructor whose moods swing faster than you can hit the dashboard. Hourican has talent - but he needs help with the writing.
Robert Epstein, The Independent, 25th April 2010The venerable try-out series returns with two quite funny sketch show pilots. The first, iCandy, comes from Irish comic Liam Hourican, whose Louis Theroux impression is a gem. This Louis's Weird Weekend involves meeting Adolf Hitler in his bunker ("I kinda feel like you're hectoring me now, Adolf"). Other characters include a mouthy, string-vested Irish PM ("Oi'll fight every man that wants!") and a community-minded Peter Stringfellow. Hourican is a talent to watch.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 19th April 2010The venerable try-out series returns with two quite funny sketch show pilots. The first, iCandy, comes from Irish comic Liam Hourican, but for my money there are more laughs in tonight's second showcase, Happy Finish. Highlights include a sketch about a government department devoted to writing hateful comments on YouTube clips.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 19th April 2010