Russell Tovey
- 43 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings
Juice to return for Series 2
Mawaan Rizwan's sitcom Juice is to return to BBC Three for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2024Juice review
The comic was surely always destined to be a star even without a vehicle such as this - but as a cheerful expression of his unique comic sensibilities, Juice has plenty of zest.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th September 2023Juice review
Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is wacky, witty and weird in this surreally entertaining series, which also stars Russell Tovey. Fans of The Mighty Boosh will want to check it out.
Shaad D'Souza, The Guardian, 18th September 2023Juice review
The jokes don't always land and the story sometimes falters, but Rizwan's series is a rare thing: a genuinely original TV series.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 18th September 2023How we made Him & Her
"A lot of people said Becky's poo set the show back."
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 8th May 2023Allelujah, review
A moving love letter to the NHS set in a world of death and incontinence.
Geoffrey Macnab, i Newspaper, 17th March 2023Allelujah review
Starry NHS hospital drama is less than scalpel-sharp.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 16th March 2023Allelujah, Alan Bennett's 2018 play about the ailing fortunes of a geriatric hospital, gets a tonally bizarre big screen adaptation courtesy of Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas and director Richard Eyre. A slew of beloved British stage and screen stars - among them Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi - play the hospital's ailing patients, while Jennifer Saunders (as a ward nurse), Russell Tovey (as a government management consultant) and Bally Gill (as an immigrant doctor) attend to the plot, which revolves around the cash-strapped hospital's viability. Tovey gets a couple of good scenes, but a last-minute swerve into The Good Nurse territory doesn't come off at all.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 15th March 2023Allelujah review
Overall, Allelujah is an intriguing production. It has a lot of things it wants to say, but its commitment to a shock-value plot twist blunts its ability to say those things and causes it to largely squander its runtime, making for an experience that feels inconsistent and compromised, despite its best efforts
Umar Ali, The Upcoming, 12th March 2023Off Menu and Guilty Feminist podcasts go live this Christmas
The Southbank Centre has announces two popular podcasts to be performed live this Christmas, bringing merriness and mirth out of the headphones and onto the stage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022