Simon Crowther
- Writer and producer
Press clippings
Home From Home, BBC1, review
Old-school sitcom should focus on characters, not contrived plots.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 28th April 2018Creating and writing Home from Home
Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther talk about their writing careers, their comedy heroes and creating their new show.
BBC, 27th April 2018Johnny Vegas as everyman hero
Gentle class-divide sitcom.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 21st April 2018TV: Home From Home, BBC One
If Vegas he has to be in the mainstream I'd rather see him in this than in Benidorm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2018BBC orders full series of Home From Home
Home From Home - the sitcom pilot starring Johnny Vegas, Joanna Page, Emilia Fox, Adam James - has been given a full series.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2016BBC Sitcom Season: review of the pilots
Some of comedy's hottest names have been busy working on new sitcom pilots for BBC iPlayer, airing in September, with the hope of these creative projects later being picked up for a television series.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 19th October 2016BBC Landmark Sitcom Season: the pilots review
In my last post I looked at three of the sitcom revivals that the BBC have produced but alongside these pieces, this new season also includes five new sitcom pilots. Over the next two weeks, all five of these shows will air and in this article I will pass judgement on them all.
Matt Donnelly, The Custard TV, 6th September 2016TV review: Home From Home, BBC2
If the Landmark Sitcom Season was planning to promote edgy modern comedy the wait is still on. Home From Home might not be as old hat as Are You Being Served?[/ but there is nothing very new about it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th August 2016