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Mark Heap

Mark Heap

  • 67 years old
  • Actor

Press clippings Page 5

TV review: Friday Night Dinner, C4

Is there a sitcom at the moment with a stronger cast than Friday Night Dinner?

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2020

Friday Night Dinner review

This series, where the central joke is that the whole family is forced to spend time together in a confined space, is strangely triggering during the coronavirus crisis.

Ed Cumming, The Independent, 27th March 2020

Top 20 UK sitcoms of 21st century: Friday Night Dinner

Despite a surprisingly funky theme tune and title sequence, Robert Popper's long running sitcom works on a deceptively simple premise.

Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 26th March 2020

Maggie Cole and Friday Night Dinner crossover

In last week's episode of The Trouble With Maggie Cole, Mark Heap gave a nod to his other alter ego in a scene with Dawn French as he said "Shalom".

Jill Robinson, The Sun, 25th March 2020

Friday Night Dinner really should have stayed indoors

Moving the action outside the family's north London house jolted the show's gentle surrealism into broader slapstick.

Michael Cragg, The Guardian, 9th March 2020

The Trouble With Maggie Cole review

If Dawn French gossiped like this in real life, she'd be in big trouble.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 5th March 2020

The Trouble with Maggie Cole review

Maddeningly parochial froth.

James Jackson, The Times, 5th March 2020

The Trouble With Maggie Cole, ITV review

The lovely locations in Devon and Cornwall played their part.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 5th March 2020

The Trouble with Maggie Cole, ITV, review

Dawn French's new drama was clingy and desperate for our affections.

Rupert Hawksley, i Newspaper, 4th March 2020

The Trouble with Maggie Cole, review

Dawn French's comedy drama is a curious cautionary tale against gossip - and booze.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 4th March 2020

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