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Pete Jackson

  • Actor and writer

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Matt Smith to take on Nick Cave's The Death Of Bunny Munro

Matt Smith will star in a Sky Atlantic TV adaptation of acclaimed musician Nick Cave's darkly comic novel The Death Of Bunny Munro.

British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2023

Urban Myths: Princess Diana preview

Sky Arts have chosen a cracking true story to kick off their new series of Urban Myths, about the time Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Princess Diana walked into a bar - the Royal Vauxhall Tavern gay club to be precise, the epicentre of London's drag scene at the time.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th April 2019

14 comedy shows up for BBC Audio Awards 2017

The shortlists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017 has been revealed, with 14 comedies in the running across the Best Scripted Comedy and Best Comedy with a Live Audience categories.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2016

Radio Times - Pick of the Week

It's a credit to Pete Jackson's writing and the cast's acting prowess that the listener can switch from laughing out loud to rapt silence.

Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 8th March 2016

Pete Jackson: Christmas Future: Sober?

I've thought a great deal about my own alcoholism, and alcoholism in general whilst writing Love In Recovery and it's an endlessly complex, slippery, frustrating and fascinating subject.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 24th December 2015

Pete Jackson: Christmas Present - Sober

My name's Pete Jackson. I write a Radio 4 series called Love In Recovery, set in Alcoholics Anonymous and based, in part, on my own experiences.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 18th December 2015

Pete Jackson: My Christmas as a drinking alcoholic

I'm Pete Jackson. Six years ago, in late September, I quit drinking. It wasn't my first attempt, not by a long stretch, but I hoped (and six years later I'm still hoping) that it was my last.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 11th December 2015

Final episode of what has been an astonishingly good new comedy series. Why "astonishing"? Because its subject is serious, alcoholism. The situation is in a weekly meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, each episode following the story of why the speaker got there, complete with anger, lies and the pain of finding the truth about oneself. And yet it's funny, because life is funny and so is the road to self revelation. The cast is impressive, the acting superb and if Pete Jackson, who wrote it from his own experience, doesn't get a prize there's no justice.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 11th February 2015

The sublime Love in Recovery wraps up on Wednesday 11th February, with the sixth and final instalment of Radio 4's touching comic drama. Written by Pete Jackson, the series follows the lives of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting group, made up of characters portrayed by Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Front and Paul Kaye, whilst Julia Deakin plays village hall cleaner Marion.

The Velvet Onion, 9th February 2015

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