Peter Sellers
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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House where Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes wrote together on sale for £6.5m
A chic six-floor west London townhouse which has been dubbed the 'home of British comedy' after being the writing haven of Eric Sykes and Spike Milligan for several decades is on the market for £6.5 million.
Jessica Taylor, Daily Mail, 24th October 2022Lost 1955 Hancock's Half Hour episode recovered
A lost episode from the first radio series of Hancock's Half Hour has been discovered and will be broadcast on Radio 4 in October.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2022Peter Sellers was British comedy's greatest chameleon
He may be most famous for the Pink Panther films and Dr Strangelove, but Sellers's early British movies were some of his funniest work.
Simon Heffer, The Telegraph, 2nd July 2022The Wrong Arm Of The Law, Blu-ray review
The restoration for Blu-ray is stunning, with an incredibly crisp and sharp black and white print belying its six decades of age.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 30th April 2022Aston Martin used by Peter Sellers up for auction
The 1964 DB5 convertible, which has carried a bevy of high society stars, could fetch up to £1.7m.
The Shropshire Star, 8th July 2021Review: Put on your crooked smiles for The Ladykillers
Whether or not The Ladykillers star Alec Guinness was fully aware of how horrifically funny his grotesque false teeth would come across when projected on massive movie screens after this last great Ealing Studios comedy reached theaters in 1955, the illustrious British actor's choice of choppers was nevertheless one for the ages.
Robert Abele, LA Times, 2nd July 2021Goons at 70: anarchic rowdy never-bettered radio comedy
After 70 years, the zany antics of the Goons still hold up to modern ears. What makes their bizarre comedy so enticing, even today?
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 28th May 2021DVD/Blu-ray review: The Ladykillers
The last great Ealing Comedy, in a pristine restored print.
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, 8th November 2020On the set of The Ladykillers - in pictures
The much-loved British caper starring Alec Guinness is being reissued, 65 years on, fully restored from the original negative. It was shot at Ealing Studios and around King's Cross in London, where photographers captured the stars relaxing on set.
Sarah Gilbert, The Guardian, 23rd October 2020The Ladykillers review - comic crime caper still kills
Sixty-five years later the classic from Ealing Studios is still subversive, hilarious and distinctly English.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 23rd October 2020