Mark Lawson
- English
- Journalist and author
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ISIHAC: how radio's smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years
Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments - and its future.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 11th April 2022Peter Bowles: a commanding talent who was so much more than a sitcom star
The classy actor could play both establishment and villainous characters with aplomb. He was naturally charming and hugely admired by great men of theatre like Harold Pinter.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 17th March 2022Barry Cryer was cheeky, kind and a canny engineer of comedy
A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 27th January 2022The Play What I Wrote review
Tom Hiddleston has a laugh in farce masterclass.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 7th December 2021Mark Lawson on John Challis
Star of Only Fools And Horses became part of sitcom aristocracy and was also a classy raconteur.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 19th September 2021Babs Windsor: the giggling pearly queen of the screen
Between the bubbly blonde of the Carry Ons and EastEnders' matriarch, the actor built up a significant body of work in film, theatre and TV.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 11th December 2020Des O'Connor: TV's singing self-deprecating Mr Nice Guy
Popular entertainer was for years a punchline of jokes but remained humbly grateful for his success.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 15th November 2020Bobby Ball: a staple of Saturday night entertainment
Emerging from the north-west comedy circuit, Ball was, with partner Tommy Cannon, a fixture of 80s TV who kept huge audiences amused.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 29th October 2020Brooke-Taylor leaves a legacy, even without repeats
Brooke-Taylor's achievements on radio may be what he is best remembered for, but his TV work deserves more appreciation.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 12th April 2020Eddie Large was the big man of 80s British TV comedy
Eddie Large took the bigger role - in more ways than one - of the double act the BBC saw as successors to Morecambe and Wise, and whose sketch show had 15 million viewers a week.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 2nd April 2020