Peter Sellers
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
Peter Sellers, Stanley Kubrick and the battle to stop Dr Strangelove from bombing
How a control-freak director and his maniacal star defied terrified studio executives and onset injuries to make comedy gold from Armageddon.
Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 29th October 2024Dr. Strangelove was a nightmare comedy. Time forgot the nightmare part.
Stanley Kubrick's feature is such a sidesplitting laugh riot that, sixty years later, the radioactive level of fear and trembling in the atmosphere may have dissipated - unless you were there at the time.
Thomas Doherty, Hollywood Reporter, 29th January 2024Heavily modified Bentley once owned by Peter Sellers to sell for £150k
A heavily modified Bentley once owned by a comedy legend is set to sell for £150,000.
The unique 1960 S2 Continental model is set to go under the hammer at the Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire.
Salma Ouaguira, The Sun, 23rd January 2024Steve Coogan to star in Dr Strangelove play
Steve Coogan will take on multiple roles in Dr Strangelove, the stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1964 film overseen by Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley.
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2023Unseen Peter Sellers footage features in new Channel 5 documentary
Previously unseen home movie footage of Peter Sellers features in a new documentary about the comedy star coming to Channel 5, Peter Sellers: The Dark Side Of The Goon, part of a series of upcoming profiles that also includes Dudley Moore, Eric Sykes, Norman Wisdom and Diana Rigg.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2023Michael Parkinson's best interviews with comedians
Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who did so much to launch and promote comedians - most notably giving Billy Connolly his big break - has died at the aged of 88. Here are some of the best interviews he conducted with comedians aver his seven-decade career.
Chortle, 17th August 2023Aston Martin driven by Peter Sellers in The Wrong Arm Of The Law is on sale
The classic car, which featured in the 1963 film, could sell for more than £2.5million.
Monica Charsley, The Scottish Sun, 1st June 2023Cars owned by comedy icons Rowan Atkinson and Peter Sellers could be yours... for eye-watering price
A Lancia Delta and Lotus Elan owned by comedy icons Rowan Atkinson and Peter Sellers could be yours for an eye-watering price.
Jorge Hinojosa Mena, The Sun, 20th February 2023Last missing Navy Lark episode recovered
The last completely missing episode of long-running radio sitcom The Navy Lark has been recovered. However, other editions still only survive in inferior and cut forms.
British Comedy Guide, 18th January 2023Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan and the house with comedy value
The birthplace of Doctor Who's Daleks, The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour is on the market for £6.5 million.
Emma Wells, The Spectator, 16th November 2022