Robbie Coltrane
- Scottish
- Actor
Press clippings Page 2
Urban Myths: Orson Welles in Norwich, review
What's with this baffling series? Is it supposed to be comedy, or drama, and crucially, what's the point?
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th October 2020Urban Myths Series 4 line-up revealed
Series 4 of Sky Arts' Urban Myths will feature stories about Les Dawson; Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand; Jimi Hendrix; and Orson Welles.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2020Scotland's funniest 60 people
As the Glasgow International Comedy Festival prepares to launch with a gaggle of giggles later this month, we count down Scotland's funniest 60 people.
The Herald, 3rd March 2019Tutti Frutti to be repeated after more than 30 years
Finally, after more than 30 years, one of Scotland's greatest TV shows, Tutti Frutti, is returning to our screens. The six-part series, which was first aired in 1987 and launched the careers of Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson, will be shown on the new BBC Scotland channel from March 2.
Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 20th February 2019Blackadder's Christmas Carol at 30
Thirty years ago, Blackadder brought us a brilliantly subversive take on the Charles Dickens classic - and it's still inspired.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th December 2018Blackadder's greatest episodes
With an ensemble cast that no other sitcom can ever hope to match, the show gave us plenty of memorable episodes, but we've tried to narrow them down to just a select few.
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 25th October 2017Why drama National Treasure featured real comedians
The creator of the Channel 4 drama about a comedian accused of sexual abuse explains that the use of real stars was vital for the drama's "authenticity", including Frank Skinner, Alan Carr and Lee Mack.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 11th October 2016Robbie Coltrane plays fallen comic in Yewtree drama
Robbie Coltrane is to star as a fallen comedian in an incendiary TV drama inspired by the historic sex cases involving Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris.
Baz Bamigobye, Daily Mail, 22nd January 2016Radio Times review
No comic actor ever wrinkled their nose or pushed up their spectacles with better timing. Ronnie Corbett's gifts are lauded by a biography strand that's previously given warm tributes to Robbie Coltrane, Les Dawson, Judi Dench and indeed Ronnie Barker. Interviews and clips aim to bring out the secrets behind the success of The Two Ronnies, and Corbett's rather bleak solo sitcom, Sorry!
There's plenty to explore from the years before his TV career: when Corbett appeared on The Frost Report as a fresh-faced, talented newcomer, he was actually 36 and a veteran of the clubs. Before that were his days as a teenage organist - no, that's not the set-up for a Two Ronnies newsreader joke - and his 1952 film debut in You're Only Young Twice.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 23rd December 2015Fringe Q&As: The Tobolowsky Files
Stephen Tobolowsky, of The Tobolowsky Files, talks a near-miss with haggis, baseball dreams and losing a part to Robbie Coltrane.
The Herald, 4th August 2015