Phil Cornwell

Preview: Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How & Whom?

This richly textured account of the craft involved in that early development and the ongoing story of how, through Coogan's virtuoso performance, Alan remains one of the most beloved comic creations of the last few decades.

Stella Street box set review

Phil Cornwell and John Sessions play the cornershop owners Jagger and Richards - plus Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, David Bowie and many, many more - in this hilarious, heartwarming mockumentary.

Radio Times review

As this series scampers along, it feels less like a comedy and more like a family drama with the odd moment raising a chuckle. Which isn't to say it's not a pleasurable half-hour in the company of Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine as Nana V and Naomi Singh, now reeling at the news they're about to become gran and great-gran to Eron and Jasmine's baby.

Tonight's guest spot goes to Phil Cornwell as V's grotty, errant brother, Fatdraic. He offers Naomi unexpected succour when her marriage breaks down and spikes the Rice Krispie cakes that the youngsters are smuggling into prison. Naomi and V must take swift action.

Brian Pern: a Life in Rock, BBC2 - TV review

Brian Pern: a Life in Rock (BBC Two) also had the feel of a reunion, or perhaps the office Christmas party for British comedy's hardest workers - Martin Freeman, Jack Whitehall, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse and Phil Cornwell all popped up in various roles.

E4's The Midnight Beast began a second series last night. The comedy-pop band of the same name first won fans for their YouTube video parodies of artists such as Ke$ha, before making the leap into this self-titled sitcom in 2012.

It features the band members playing versions of themselves, wacky sub-plots and original music numbers, so unfavourable comparisons to Flight of the Conchords and The Mighty Boosh are inevitable. They are also unfair, because while The Midnight Beast isn't as original as those shows, it's not aimed at the same audience either. Judging by this second series commission, the TMB's teen followers are well satisfied with their TV incarnation.

This episode made a self-deprecating reference to the gang's youth appeal. Having been employed to organise a 16th-birthday party, Stefan, Dru and Ashley tried - and failed - to come up with an appealing teen-friendly theme: "A Twilight party? What do you think I am? Fifteen years old, three years ago?"

There were also many more dud gags besides, but a scene in which Stefan visited a frontman support group almost compensated. Any sitcom that includes roles for both Simon Farnaby from Yonderland and Stella Street's Phil Cornwell, can't be all bad.

Video - Michael Caine turns 80: the 6 best impressions

To mark Michael Caine's 80th birthday, Digital Spy has taken a trip through the video archives to unearth some of the best impersonations of the Brit actor. Includes Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan and Phil Cornwell.

Instead of one evening going pear-shaped, our Stockport lads have a whole weekend away to mess up in this larky comedy drama. Triggered by Kath's desire to escape her job, the chaos begins when she and Hodge decide to head off for a glamping trip. But with Beggsy playing gooseberry in his mam's house as she gets lovey-dovey, the pair might soon have a cuckoo in their romantic camper van. Phil Cornwell and Keith Allen guest star alongside regulars Craig Parkinson and Stephen Walters.

Tonight, on top of the increasingly good main cast, we get a gift-box of guest stars: Keith Allen, Kevin Eldon and Phil Cornwell all drop by - enough comic talent to power a series on their own. Allen plays a mad comedy farmer (with shotgun and ukulele) in whose field our bunch of friends go to camp. And as his saucy daughter, it's a barely recognisable Sophia Di Martino (Polly from Casualty). She coaxes Beggsy into an assignation in the hay-barn that could be a mistake.

Meanwhile, Glyn is on a promise with Julie, which in this sort of show means everything that can go wrong, will. It's lovably silly, knockabout farce and it puts a smile on your face.

The season finale is as warm, cheesy, simple and satisfying as the previous seven episodes. A bereavement puts the Starlings in the mood to change their lives, grab opportunities, seize the day and refresh their characters in advance of a possible second run.

Meanwhile, Terry and Charlie are rewiring a derelict stately home, sharing the job with a boorish, fly-by-night spark (Phil Cornwell) who's funny and yet another reminder that Terry is a gentle saint. But then, so's everyone in the family: this show quite boldly insists on doling out bittersweet goodness all the time. You know the final funeral scene will be affecting without being too devastating, and that's fine.

There's a montage of happy clips from the series to close. It's a shameless device but, yes, they're very pleasant memories.

Here's daring. This new four-part comedy by David Spicer and the tartly witty Dr Phil Hammond is about two brother doctors getting to grips with the new National Health Service, the one just over the horizon where all the funds are to be transferred from area Health Authorities to General Practitioners. The power shift is momentous. The risks will be many. The cast is marvellous, including Celia Imrie, Nigel Planer, Phil Cornwell, Carla Mendonça. As there's no preview disc it remains to be heard whether the script lives up to the promise of its premise.