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Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon

  • 59 years old
  • Welsh
  • Actor, writer, executive producer, stand-up comedian, presenter and script editor

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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 winners

After Life, Staged, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster and Inside No. 9 have won prizes in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Radio 4 comedies Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Joe Lycett's Obsessions have also won.

British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2021

ITV to air unseen footage of Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett is to be the subject of a new documentary special on ITV. Ronnie Corbett's Unseen Tapes will include previously unbroadcast footage from his home movies and photos from his family albums.

British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021

Would I lie to you about the greatest comedy on TV?

It is hard at times like this to hang on to your sense of fun. It can feel, as crisis leads to ray of hope and back again to crisis, as if there is nothing left to laugh about. Thank heavens, then, for Would I Lie To You?, the most consistently funny, consistently joyful television show of the century. Why should I make wild claims for what is, after all, a parlour game, a panel show, a bit of fluff? Because now more than ever we need to seize on to what unites us.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 5th January 2021

Review: Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse

Twinkly tale for troubled times.

Joseph Walsh, The Arts Desk, 24th December 2020

Comedians help voice charity Ivor The Engine audiobook

Eddie Izzard, Rob Brydon and Rhys Ifans are among the prestigious names that have lent their storytelling talents to a new Ivor The Engine audiobook.

Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2020

Rob Brydon: 'I love this job. I want to keep doing it'

Rob Brydon's quick-wit has charmed us all. But it wasn't always so simple. Here, he talks about his five children, being prodded by Boris and the moment his fortunes changed...

Tom Lamont, The Observer, 8th November 2020

Rob Brydon: Gavin & Stacey movie would be a mistake

Rob Brydon believes Gavin & Stacey wouldn't work as a movie, but he thinks another special would be "wonderful".

The List, 22nd October 2020

Slapstick Festival online events during August

Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020

Days of the Bagnold Summer (2020) review

A feel good and sweet natured British film focusing on the strained relationship between a mother and her 15-year-old son.

Sarah Morris, The Fan Carpet, 9th June 2020

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