Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips: Female comedians have to work harder

Sally Phillips has said she has seen a "huge change" for female comedians in recent years, but that it is "still much harder" for them in general.

Sally Phillips: 'TV comedy is still sexist'

Television comedy is still sexist, despite greater numbers of women progressing in the business. That's the view of Sally Phillips, who discussed the issue on Radio 4's flagship Today programme this morning.

Sally Phillips interview

Sally Phillips talks terrible auditions and rivalling Tom Hiddleston's night manager in Trollied.

Nothing says Christmas like a fusillade of puns. Happily, that's just what Tim Vine - travelling not just in time with this show, but all the way from radioland - has got in store for us. In what is essentially Mr Benn but with nearly real people such as Emma Bunton, Tim travels from his antiques shop to Tudor England, where he lands a role as Henry VIII's jester. Appearances also from Sally Phillips and Rev Richard Coles.

Review - Alan Partridge: Why When Where How and Whom?

Steve Coogan's monstrous comic icon is all set to return to the BBC next year with a new Brexit-related show, so as a nice curtain-raiser this documentary about Alan Partridge works as both a laugh-packed clips show and a history of the spoof celebrity who put Norwich on the map.

Sally Phillips interview

We chatted to actor and writer Sally Phillips about comedy, European accents, special cuddles, writing films and more...

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.