Paul Whitehouse
- 66 years old
- Welsh
- Actor and writer
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Michael McIntyre performs after fracturing bone
Michael McIntyre had to perform onstage yesterday evening with one leg in a special support boot due to a fractured bone.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th February 2017Brian Pern to return
The comedy character Brian Pern looks set to return to television. Creators Rhys Thomas and Simon Day have revealed the news on social media.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2017Radio 2 announces new season of comedy pilots
Radio 2's Comedy Showcase strand is to return, with comedies starring the likes of Harry & Paul, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Vine and Cardinal Burns.
British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2017Joke's over: how the TV panel show fell from grace
In their day, there was something intoxicating about the no-holds-barred panel show back-and-forth. But there seems to be little room for it in a society that has begun to appreciate empathy - and neither, conversely, in a more brutal political climate that is not particularly suitable for dissecting for cheap laughs. Perhaps, when the world lightens up again, they'll be back.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th November 2016Murder in Successville, review
The show's format has the potential to get stale quite quickly. But it still feels like it's at the sharper end of comedy's cutting edge.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 16th June 2016Preview: Murder In Successville, BBC3
There is certainly a lot of improvisation about at the moment. We reviewed this yesterday and there is this show at the Soho Theatre. But there is nothing quite like BBC Three's Murder In Successville, which features real celebrities winging it to crack a fictional killing alongside comedians playing it for laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2016How the most complicated comedy on TV made it big
It crosses a cop show with reality TV and the lead doesn't have a clue what's going on. So why are stars like Paul Whitehouse desperate to get involved?
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 4th June 2016Meet the new inhabitants of Successville
To celebrate, the good folk at Tiger Aspect have let us in on a little more about this year's murder victims and the suspects, who is playing who, and exactly when you'll be able to see them... plus a set of exclusive images across this post of most of our regulars in action. You'll probably notice there's a distinct lack of Paul Kaye in this images, but more on that one soon... until then, here's a run-down of each episode!
The Velvet Onion, 4th June 2016Comedy's five best sketch duos, according to Max & Ivan
The British double act pay tribute to their heroes - including Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, and the late Ronnies Corbett and Barker.
Max and Ivan, The Guardian, 8th April 2016"Was Bowie really a bender or was he putting it on?" is one of the questions that come tumbling from the mouth of former glam-rocker Ray, a "service user" visited by the titular mental health professional in Nurse (Wednesday, 11pm, Radio 4). Ray feels that everybody did better than he did: Bolan, Springsteen and, unaccountably, Peter Andre.
Like all the male characters in this serious comedy, Ray is played by Paul Whitehouse, who created the show along with David Cummings. The nurse, played by Esther Coles, provides reassurance to each of them, from the bed-bound middle-aged man who lives with his mother to Ray, still furious that his star-spangled peers managed to spin out their careers longer than he did.
David Hepworth, The Observer, 2nd April 2016