Simon Pegg

Spaced turns 21: it couldn't be more relevant today

Despite airing at the start of the millennium, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes' wacky comedy Spaced is more relevant to lockdown life than you'd think, says Lauren Morris.

Simon Pegg interview

The screenwriter and actor talks about lockdown life, Black Lives Matter, and his latest film about a pop producer dealing with mental illness.

Simon Pegg: "Alcoholism is a very private hell"

The actor tells Jamie Graham about his dark times, being rescued by Mission: Impossible and getting properly serious in his new film, Lost Transmissions.

Simon Pegg: why Hot Fuzz 2 probably won't happen

"I'm probably too old now."

Another chance to catch the first season of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jessica Hynes's 1999 sitcom running back-to-back until 2am. In the opening episode, Pegg and Hynes meet in a greasy spoon and decide to go flat-hunting together, posing as a couple until they come across a promising property in Tufnell Park.

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg on Shaun Of The Dead

'An extra came up to me one day and said: "Straight to video, this one"'

Top 20 British sitcoms of 21st century: Spaced

Spaced is likeable, endless quotable, highly watchable and very, very funny.

Comedy Central exec joins Simon Pegg indie

Lucy Robinson exits head of original content post for Stolen Picture.

Simon Pegg interview

Simon Pegg's 40th birthday back in 2010 was, the actor recalls, quite a memorable one. He was serenaded while standing on the gallows with a noose around his neck. Pegg was filming Burke and Hare in Scotland with the director John Landis at the time.