Paul English

Armstrong and Miller interview

Our vampires struggle to fit into a new world full of young sexy bloodsuckers, says comedy duo Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller.

Russell Howard on watching TV for a living

The 30-year-old's career in comedy has taken off thanks to his musings on the world as presented in newspapers, online and on telly. And although he spends half his time on-screen slagging off the way the world is reported in the country's papers, he knows he'd be lost without it.

Pauline Quirke eyes 'Birds of a Feather' return

Birds of a Feather actress Pauline Quirke insists she's ready to resume the role she's best remembered for - if it's in an old folks' home.

If our relationship was a marriage it would be sexless

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are past pretending they're the best buddies on British telly. After 16 years together, the dynamic of their relationship has changed. If it was a marriage, it would be a sexless one by now they say.

Jane Asher interview

She might be posh but Jane Asher reckons she'd be able to hold her own on some of Glasgow's toughest streets. The 64-year-old has just returned home to London after filming BBC series The Old Guys in Govan.

Tank Commander is sensitive to war effort, says star

Actor and writer Greg McHugh is confident Scots will support his own peculiar take on the war effort rather than take offence to his offbeat portrayal of our squaddies at a time when sensitivities over war, casualties and Gordon Brown's bad handwriting have rarely been as inflamed.

Interview

They are the hot young stars of TV, having presented last month's Brit Awards and earning plaudits for the offbeat sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Now Mat Horne and James Corden have been given their own sketch show, featuring comedy superheroes and camp presenters.

Nicely done. But it's basically a rip-off of HIGNFY... ITV really need to get a grip with this copycat malarkey. First they try to pass off Tycoon as something other than a lazy copy of BBC's The Apprentice. Now a poor man's take on Auntie's HIGNFY - a TV show of such quality people should be arrested for copying it. Or not watching it.