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Michael White (I)

  • British
  • Producer and executive producer

Press clippings

Monty Python & The Holy Grail producer has died

The British producer behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show film and Monty Python and the Holy Grail has died. Michael White, who was 80, died of heart failure in California, his former girlfriend Lyndall Hobbs said.

BBC News, 9th March 2016

Review: Backchat Live with Jack & Michael Whitehall

It was a short but enjoyable evening. Jack Whitehall was happy to cue up his chums and then sit back as they nattered and his father shamelessly upstaged everyone.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th February 2015

Jack Whitehall and Michael Whitehall blogs

An eccentric son? A grumbling father? What do the comedian and dad Michael really think of each other?

Jack Whitehall and Michael Whitehall, Radio Times, 13th January 2015

Interview: Jack & Michael Whitehall

"It's a cruel game. With one box, the dream factory can become the refinery of nightmares"

Radio Times, 15th June 2014

Jack Whitehall and Michael Whitehall interview

Jack Whitehall introduces 'the funniest man in the world' - his dad, Michael Whitehall.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 12th October 2013

Russell Brand rules Question Time's clash of the egos

BBC lines comedian up with Boris Johnson and Melanie Phillips but the arguments fizzle rather than sizzle.

Michael White, The Guardian, 21st June 2013

TV review: Yes, Prime Minister remake

The oldies will certainly be satisfied; younger viewers accustomed to the savagery of social media less so.

Michael White, The Guardian, 27th November 2012

The return of Yes, Prime Minister - just in time

The importance of pasties and petrol may not be lost on Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker in the remake of the 80s political sitcom.

Michael White, The Guardian, 29th March 2012

The Thick of It: cynical, cruel and lacking in heart

You can mock the political trade but you've got to at least try to like its practitioners a bit and The Thick of It clearly doesn't.

Michael White, The Guardian, 23rd October 2009

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