Maxine Peake
- Actor
Press clippings Page 6
'Funny Cow': London review
Maxine Peake is defiantly good as a Northern comic working the sexist circuit of the 1970s and 80s.
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily, 10th October 2017Funny Cow review
Adrian Shergold's edgy comedy Funny Cow exudes a certain vintage Britishness. Taking place in the 70s and 80s, atmospherically there is a tinge of EastEnders and classics like Alfie.
Catherine Sedgwick, The Upcoming, 9th October 2017Julie Walters & Maxine Peake reflect on Victoria Wood
A year after her death, Wood's contemporaries pay tribute to the comedy legend in Our Friend Victoria.
Radio Times, 9th May 2017Julie Walters and Maxine Peake reflect on their friend
A year after her death, Victoria Wood's contemporaries pay tribute to the comedy legend.
Radio Times, 11th April 2017BBC to broadcast Victoria Wood tribute series
BBC One is to air Our Friend Victoria, a six-part series paying tribute to the work of Victoria Wood.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2017The last in the series finds the famous "going for an English" sketch from Goodness Gracious Me dissected by, among others, Meera Syal, who helped to create it. Then an impressive haul of celebs, including Nigel Planer, David Baddiel, Ricky Tomlinson, Maxine Peake, Diane Morgan, Russell Tovey and Josie Lawrence, discuss everything from Spaced, The Day Today and Blackadder to Till Death Us Do Part, all in Gogglebox style.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 1st February 2017Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake develop sitcom project
Diane Morgan has revealed she is writing a sitcom in which she and Maxine Peake would play 'wildly different sisters'.
British Comedy Guide, 1st February 2017Victoria Wood's talent 'petrified' young Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake regrets not getting to know her "inspiration" Victoria Wood better before her death earlier this year, the actor has revealed.
BBC News, 21st December 2016Gold orders We Have Been Watching
Channel Gold has ordered We Have Been Watching, a new series in which some of Britain's best loved comedy pairings watch classic shows together.
British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2016The Comic Strip trains its eye on the hacking scandal and manages to get a decent smattering of its shots on target. This, like many of the alternative comedy group's recent specials, is a hit-and-miss affair, but does feature a brilliantly savage portrayal of Rebekah Brooks from Maxine Peake, and some very funny digs at us pinko liberals at the Guardian.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 25th January 2016