Mathew Baynton
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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This rollicking medical farce set in a convincingly pungent Victorian London comes courtesy of James Wood, co-creator of Rev. A talented cast - including Rory Kinnear as a fame-hungry sawbones, Tom Basden as a cocaine-fuelled dentist and Mathew Baynton as a wide-eyed alienist - amp up their performances to match the fevered plotting, while hawkish Rupert Everett swoops in to steal scenes as mercurial royal physician Dr Hendrick.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 15th August 2017Quacks: a medical comedy that will have you in stitches
Rory Kinnear's leonine sawbone leads the cast in a gloriously grim and hilarious trip into the rock'n'roll world of Victorian medicine.
Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 12th August 2017Preview: Quacks
Victorian medical comedy Quacks begins Tuesday 15th August on BBC Two. Sophie Davies has had a sneak peak at the much anticipated new series...
Sophie Davies, The Velvet Onion, 12th August 2017Quacks: one of the most original new shows of the year
"I gave myself a medical historical education and puked it back out as comedy", says Rev creator James Wood of his new BBC2 comedy Quacks. Gerard Gilbert meets the writer and cast members Rory Kinnear and Mathew Baynton.
Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 8th August 2017World speed record for leg amputation in BBC's Quacks
The packed operating theatre falls silent as Rory Kinnear's showman surgeon announces that he will now break the world speed record of 92 seconds for a leg amputation.
Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 1st August 2017Inside No. 9 review: 'Diddle Diddle Dumpling'
That Inside No. 9 has not even managed a single BAFTA nomination yet alone an award for work of this quality and strength is a travesty.
Dodo's Words, 20th March 2017Review - Inside No. 9: Diddle Diddle Dumpling
It's impressive how Inside
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 15th March 2017Preview - Inside No. 9: Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Every series of Inside No. 9 appears to have an episode set in suburbia. This time around, the family living at No. 9 sees one of its residents going slowly insane.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 14th March 2017Inside No. 9 review: Diddle Diddle Dumpling
The latest Inside No. 9 is a dark tale of obsession guest-starring Keeley Hawes.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 14th March 2017Inside No 9 review: madness and tragedy from a shoe
There was clearly something off about this polished, brightly-lit vision of domestic bliss. And so it proved.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 14th March 2017