Michael Whitehall
- English
- Celebrity and agent
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Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father review
Michael's intransigence and Jack's baiting of his dyed-in-the-wool views make for plenty of funny moments.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd September 2017Review: Travels With My Father, Netflix
It's a familiar travelogue format but a very watchable one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd September 2017Michael & Jack Whitehall to tour south east Asia for Netflix series
Jack and Michael Whitehall are to star in a new travel series, Travels With My Father, for Netflix.
British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2017Comedians and their mums: the world needs them now
Today is awful, so seeing people have a nice time with their folks is actually quite a comfort. Here are the best and worst comic-parent pair-ups.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 9th November 2016Jack Whitehall's Backchat to return
Backchat, the comedy chat show fronted by Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall, will return later this year for a third series.
British Comedy Guide, 11th September 2015Review: 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 2015Jack 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 2015Interview: Jack & Michael Whitehall
"It's a cruel game. With one box, the dream factory can become the refinery of nightmares"
Radio Times, 15th June 2014Matt Lucas has had his mum on his show, so comedians bringing a parent on board to share the presenting load is not entirely unprecedented. And the son-and-father team of Jack and Michael Whitehall has already been successfully road-tested on Million Pound Drop and live comedy shows. But a chat show is a tough act to pull off, so it will be interesting to see if the pair's fractious but affectionate relationship works its magic and gets their guests to open up. First to submit to a Whitehall grilling are Jeremy Paxman - on the receiving end for once - and new EastEnder Danny Dyer.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 20th November 2013So what was it like bringing up Jack Whitehall?
Michael Whitehall, irascible father of Britain's most rebellious young comedian, reveals his laid-back approach to keeping his stand-up son Jack in line.
Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Telegraph, 16th November 2013