Michael Palin
- 81 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and presenter
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Michael Palin's career to be celebrated in BBC Two special
BBC Two, in collaboration with BAFTA, are to celebrate the life and career of Michael Palin in an hour-long television special.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2017Why Just a Minute hides a far more ruthless reality
Just A Minute has become one of the nation's most beloved radio shows -- but it began as a classroom humiliation, inflicted on daydreamers by a history teacher at Sherborne School in the Thirties.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 1st December 2017BBC Radio's Christmas 2017 highlights
BBC Radio has announced its festive comedy offerings for 2017. Radio 4 will celebrate 50 years of Just A Minute, whilst other specials include comedy drama Anansi Boys, 15 Minute Musical, Dead Ringers and Count Arthur Strong.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2017The Death of Stalin: a proper 80s comedy set in the 50s
Overall, if you are a fan of classic comedies, The Death of Stalin is a must-see.
Alex Collard, Impact Magazine, 30th October 2017Film review: The Death Of Stalin
I'll keep this review brief because if you have good taste in comedy you will have seen The Death Of Stalin already.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2017The Death of Stalin: review
He's tackled the political machinations in Westminster and Washington, so perhaps the Kremlin was the next logical step.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd October 2017The Death of Stalin is easily the comedy of the year
This delightfully silly movie is an intelligent, hilarious circus crammed full of the finest people cinema has to offer.
James East, The Sun, 20th October 2017The Death of Stalin review
This delicious new dark comedy comes courtesy of renowned political satirist Armando Iannucci (The Thick Of It, Veep).
Matthew Turner, i Newspaper, 19th October 2017The Death of Stalin - an audacious comedy of horrors
Armando Iannucci's Soviet-era satire is full of grand absurdity and violent dread.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 18th October 2017The Death of Stalin: amusing, though not clever satire
Stalin dies, giving rise to a lot of averted eyes, thinking on one's feet and winging it in the Kremlin, in Armando Iannucci's passable screwball comedy which might aspire to satire but actually isn't so.
Paddy Kehoe, RTE, 18th October 2017