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The Fast Show to return
The Fast Show is reportedly set to return for a new special on the UKTV network.
British Comedy Guide, 1st March 2020Only Fools musical announces new West End cast members
New cast members have been announced for the Only Fools and Horses musical, which continues its run in the West End.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 7th February 2020The Personal History of David Copperfield review
This isn't a traditional, staid, by-the-numbers affair.
BBC, 24th January 2020Paul Whitehouse: how OFAH stage show nearly killed him
Only Fools And Horses has tickled our funny bones for decades, but the classic sitcom was no laughing matter for Paul Whitehouse. He revealed the stress of turning the much-loved telly series into a musical stage show almost sent him into an early grave.
Stuart Pink, The Sun, 28th December 2019Third series for Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
BBC Two has ordered a third series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, the comedy chat-and-travelogue format with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse.
British Comedy Guide, 7th November 2019Paul Whitehouse warns of 'big problem' for rivers
Paul Whitehouse has issued a rallying call to protect Britain's rivers as he warned there is going to be a "big problem" in the next decade because of water extraction.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 7th October 2019The Personal History of David Copperfield review
The London film festival opened with Armando Iannucci's larger-than-life adaptation of the Dickens crowdpleaser, starring Dev Patel as Copperfield.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2nd October 2019Jumpers for goalposts: 'The Fast Show' at 25
"And then, the BBC2 sketch series The Fast Show turned 25, giving a whole generation of comedy lovers a chance to reflect on the enormous impact the series, and its cast, have had on British culture ever since. Which was nice."
Paul Holmes, We Are Cult, 28th September 2019To bring a cackling close to another collection of angling adventures, the comedians head to the Yorkshire Dales on a quest to lure "the lady of the stream" - the increasingly scarce grayling - from the shallows of the River Ure. Topics include "angling Subbuteo", plus we meet a surprise guest.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 6th September 2019Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing review
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse make a splash with this effortlessly funny, profoundly life-affirming meditation on friendship, leisure and mortality.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd August 2019