Paul Ritter

Comedy losses 2021

Remembering the people in the comedy world who died in 2021, including Sean Lock, Jethro and Paul Ritter.

Paul Ritter leaves £80,000 estate to his wife

Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter has left his entire £80,000 estate to his wife after dying from a brain tumour aged 54.

Friday Night Dinner: the Best Episodes

As Robert Popper's utterly lovable Friday Night Dinner celebrates its 10th birthday, we celebrate the Channel 4 sitcom's very best episodes. Spoilers.

Friday Night Dinner fans in tears over Paul Ritter

Fans of Friday Night Dinner have broken down in tears watching tonight's throwback show as the stars paid tribute to Paul Ritter.

Actor Paul, who played family patriarch Martin in the Channel 4 sitcom, tragically passed away from a brain tumour at the age of 54 on 6th April.

Farewell Friday Night Dinner

This brilliantly odd slice of comedy gold has lit up our screens for 10 years. As its creator announces it has come to an end, we give thanks for all the belly laughs and squirrel gags.

Robert Popper confirms Friday Night Dinner has ended

Friday Night Dinner's creator Robert Popper has confirmed that he will not be making any more episodes of the hit sitcom after Paul Ritter died in April.

Greig tried to urge Paul Ritter not to do documentary

Tamsin Greig has reflected on the death of late Friday Night Dinner co-star Paul Ritter, saying that she tried to convince him not to take part in the show's 10-year anniversary special due to his ill health.

For Paul Ritter: Friday Night Dinner - The Anniversary

It's a great episode. As Martin is explaining he and his wife's sexual escapades, he delivers the immortal line "If your mother and I had never met all those years ago, you two would never have been produced... Those two acts of penetration" - to the utterly justified disgust of the boys.