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Murder On The Blackpool Express. Graham (Mark Heap)
Mark Heap

Mark Heap

  • 67 years old
  • Actor

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The Penny Dreadfuls: Le Carré On Spying preview

Take out the radio receiver concealed in your shoe and tune in.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th July 2017

Spaced's clubbing episode is finest feel-good moment

Broadcast in 1999, right at the end of the most optimistic decade in recent memory, 'Epiphanies' encapsulates the feel-good outlook of its time.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 25th May 2017

16 times Green Wing was one of the funniest shows ever

From the surreal quirks of Sue White to the stammering awkwardness of Dr Alan Statham, we've rounded up some of the best bits below...

Sam Haysom, Mashable, 14th April 2017

10 moments that made Brass Eye the funniest show ever

The brainchild of enigmatic satirist Chris Morris, Channel 4's Brass Eye only lasted for six episodes and a special - albeit the most controversial one of all time.

Jon O'Brien, Metro, 29th January 2017

Guest stars revealed as filming starts on Upstart Crow Series 2

Filming is under way on the second series of Upstart Crow, with Emma Thompson, Geoffrey Whitehead and Noel Fielding amongst the guest stars.

British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2017

Movie review - The Comedian's Guide to Survival (2016)

You may just see comedy from a different perspective once you're done.

Tony Black, Flickering Myth, 26th October 2016

Review: Friday Night Dinner, C4

There is nothing particularly groundbreaking here. Just a lovely, well-observed, faintly farcical fast-moving storyline as one minor white lie - they claim Jackie's mother has died so that they can cancel dinner and turf Tony out - sends events spiralling out of control.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2016

DVD review: Upstart Crow

You could feel the shockwaves reverberating around the British comedy world for days afterwards: Ben Elton had written a good sitcom.

Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 28th June 2016

Upstart Crow, series 1 review

Predictable in places, perhaps, but the ridiculous nature of some of these plot lines is arguably in the same vein as of the bards own greatest comedies.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 21st June 2016

Upstart Crow: Bard saved Elton from sitcom oblivion

Alack the day! Upstart Crow (BBC Two) has shuffled off its chortle coil. There was something for everyone in Ben Elton's learned Bardcom.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 14th June 2016

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