Mathew Baynton
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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There were always rumours surrounding Diana, Princess of Wales, and her taste for a walk on the wild side. This amusing series, which dramatises apocryphal celebrity stories, returns for a third run, exploring a famous 80s legend. Did Diana enjoy a night out at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, the gay cabaret bar? It is suggested that after a day on the bubbly with Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett, Di dressed as a man, donned a pair of shades and hit the town. Sophie Rundle plays the princess, David Avery and Mathew Baynton are her celeb chaperones.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 10th April 2019Urban Myths: Princess Diana preview
Sky Arts have chosen a cracking true story to kick off their new series of Urban Myths, about the time Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Princess Diana walked into a bar - the Royal Vauxhall Tavern gay club to be precise, the epicentre of London's drag scene at the time.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th April 2019Jim Howick and Mathew Baynton interview
How Danny Dyer and Beetlejuice inspired the Horrible Histories team's lurch onto primetime BBC One.
Robin Parker, Broadcast, 9th April 2019Original Horrible Histories team become Ghosts
BBC One has announced a new sitcom about a group of ghosts, created, written by and starring the original Horrible Histories group of leads, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.
British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2018The Wrong Mans to be re-made in America
A remake of The Wrong Mans, the comedy thriller by James Corden and Mathew Baynton, is to be piloted by US TV network Showtime.
British Comedy Guide, 17th April 2018Failing to make it as a lute player in a band called Mortal Coil, young Bill Shakespeare (a chirpy Mathew Baynton) heads for London to write plays, befriend Queen Elizabeth (Helen McCrory) and foil a Spanish plot to invade England. At least that's how the gang behind CBBC's Horrible Histories tells it. There's no tragedy here; as bard biography, it's more fun than Shakespeare in Love, with a constant stream of slapstick gags and sometimes fruity jokes that wouldn't be out of place in a panto.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2017Preview - Quacks: The Bishop's Appendix
In the penultimate episode of the historic medical sitcom, we witness love, lust and bareknuckle boxing.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 12th September 2017Preview - Quacks: The Madman's Trial
The Victorian medical sitcom continues with a mixture of quackery, crossdressing and insanity.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 29th August 2017Preview: Quacks
From the creator of Rev. comes a new sitcom exploring the world of Victorian medicine.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 15th August 2017Quacks: a historical comedy to rival Blackadder
The new absurd historical sitcom from Rev writer James Wood packs enough laughs to compete with the Richard Curtis and Ben Elton classic.
Thomas Liang, Radio Times, 15th August 2017