Michael Hogan
- Reviewer
Press clippings
"Absolutely spectacular": why Chris McCausland will win Strictly - and save the show
The show's first blind contestant continues to bowl us over with his sharp wit and spine-tingling moves. We're calling it - he's a dead cert for the glitterball.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 11th November 2024The rude, raucous return of one of TV's funniest romances
From extremely awkward sex scenes to addictive 10-minute episodes that have left fans accosting the stars in the street, Cheaters is a romcom like no other. As Series 2 looms, the cast talk about nudity, orgasm faces and Prince Harry.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 8th November 2024Ludwig's Anna Maxwell Martin is TV's most underrated actor
It's time she was propelled into the league of Sarah Lancashire, Keeley Hawes and Olivia Colman - where she belongs.
Michael Hogan, i Newspaper, 30th October 2024Noel Fielding on Bake Off, booze and the Boosh
He has gone from cult niche to smash hit and he still can't believe it. As Bake Off returns, the comic talks about his 'feral' upbringing, his party years - and the day Alison Hammond fell out of a hammock.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 13th September 2024Jamali Maddix: 'The translator suddenly said: "I think she might have killed a guy"'
The comedian and presenter on the extremists he meets in his new docuseries, his brush with a Chicago gangland feud, and Pete Doherty's niche football knowledge.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 8th September 2024"My testicles were on fire for weeks": the sex movie craze that swept 70s Britain
In the 1970s, huge crowds - even royalty - packed cinemas to watch bawdy "sexploitation" films. Ahead of a documentary, their stars talk pain, secrets - and being "the most famous bare bum in British screen history".
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 19th July 2024Matt Forde: 'Keir Starmer came to cheer me up when I had cancer - it deepened our relationship'
The comedian Matt Forde tells of his shock diagnosis at 40, how cancer has enriched his life, and returning to stand-up comedy as a 'stoma owner'.
Michael Hogan, i Newspaper, 25th June 2024Farewell, Inside No. 9: Why the BBC show's finale must be watched live
The most inventive, ingenious programme on our screens is coming to an end - make sure you watch the last episode as it airs.
Michael Hogan, The Independent, 12th June 2024Inside No. 9: Plodding On review
Cult series bows out with fiendishly clever all-star farce.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 12th June 2024"It helped me through dark moments": the male comedians turning their trauma into TV
After the runaway success of Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer, fellow standup Mark O'Sullivan has a new sitcom about personal pain.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 26th May 2024