Simon Day
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings Page 6
Preview - Brian Pern: A Tribute
One of the lesser known deaths in recent months was that of the Thotch frontman and Simon Day lookalike Brian Pern.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 29th March 2017Killing their creation off in a Segway accident allows Simon Day and writer-director Rhys Thomas to present "an exclusive, cobbled-together tribute, with whoever we could get hold of at short notice". In practice, the spoof obituary means a greatest-hits feel, as Christopher Eccleston, Jane Asher and the rest take their characters' disdain for Pern up a notch. There follows a compilation of Pern hits, "with some poorly written captions underneath". Sublime.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 29th March 2017Brian Pern - a knowing parody of the rock eulogy
Following the unofficial year of celebrity death that was 2016, another victim has been claimed by the great Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in the sky.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 29th March 2017Simon Day reveals the fate of Brian Pern
Simon Day's BBC4 superstar was the subject of a spoof obituary - but it seems there could be life in the old rocker yet...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th March 2017Brian Pern to return
The comedy character Brian Pern looks set to return to television. Creators Rhys Thomas and Simon Day have revealed the news on social media.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2017Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: #32 Brian Pern
The best Pern yet was a "revealing but convoluted documentary" combining sublimely ridiculous mockumentary and painstakingly constructed spoof retrospectives.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 24th December 2016Re-record, not fade away: The Lost Sitcoms strand resurrects wiped BBC classics by remaking them from the original scripts. That means "new" episodes of Steptoe and Son and Hancock's Half Hour, but first up is Simon Day channelling Warren Mitchell as bigoted cockney foghorn Alf Garnett, howling at the cosmos after being denied his dinner. It's followed by a doc exploring the ambiguous appeal of Alf, the original problematic fave.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 1st September 2016Watching unPC sitcoms should be part of the curriculum
The BBC's remakes of Till Death Us Do Part and Are You Being Served? are only to be appreciated through the filter of irony. But things like It Ain't Half Hot Mum weren't malicious.
James Delingpole, The Spectator, 1st September 2016The Lost Sitcoms: Till Death Us Do Part - review
While there were some laughs, especially in the phone box scenes in which lines get crossed, the episode did feel at times rather pedestrian. You get the feeling that of all the episodes the BBC could have picked to remake, this was one of the lesser ones.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 1st September 2016Preview: Till Death Us Do Part
Unfortunately, this outdated set-up works against the production, reminding audiences how much our day to day lives have changed in 40 years - and not just with the advent of mobile phones and, dare we say it, Just Eat and Deliveroo.
The Velvet Onion, 31st August 2016