Stephen Merchant
- 49 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Stephen Merchant working on a third series of The Outlaws
Stephen Merchant has told US radio that he's working on ideas for a third series of The Outlaws.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2022Stephen Merchant on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Marenghi is setting out to seem bad when it's actually done with great skill.
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19th April 2022BBC Comedy Festival 2022 set for 11th to 13th May in Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne will host the BBC's first Comedy Festival. The three day event - 11th to 13th May 2022 - is aimed at comedy producers and those looking to break into or advance their career in the industry.
British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2022BAFTA TV Awards 2022 nominations
Alma's Not Normal, Motherland, Stath Lets Flats and We Are Lady Parts have gained BAFTA nominations. Meanwhile Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea, Anjana Vasan, Natasia Demetriou, Rose Matafeo, Jamie Demetriou, Joe Gilgun, Ncuti Gatwa, Samson Kayo, Steve Coogan and Tim Renkow are up for acting awards.
British Comedy Guide, 30th March 2022Drama Four Lives proves Merchant has finally overtaken Gervais
The former collaborators who brought the world The Office are both back on screen - and in very different shows. Gervais's career might have started out bigger and brasher, writes Ed Cumming, but the brilliant new BBC drama Four Lives shows that Stephen Merchant is the tortoise to his old partner's hare.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 10th January 2022Stephen Merchant stopped by police while filming
Stephen Merchant has revealed he was stopped by police as he filmed a scene in the middle of Bristol because they thought the black water pistols were real guns.
Janet Hughes, The Bristol Post, 14th December 2021The Outlaws wins Best New Comedy in I Talk Telly Awards 2021
The Outlaws has been voted as Best New Comedy in the I Talk Telly Awards 2021. There were also wins for Sex Education, Ncuti Gatwa, David Tennant & Michael Sheen, Joel Dommett and Rosie Jones.
British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2021Victoria Coren Mitchell: thank heavens for Christopher Walken
I'm very much enjoying Stephen Merchant's new comedy drama The Outlaws on BBC One.
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 6th November 2021Mackenzie Crook wants to cast Office stars in Gummidge
After shooting to fame 20 years ago, the stars of The Office have all gone their separate ways - with plenty of success. But Mackenzie Crook would love to bring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant back together on his own baby, Worzel Gummidge.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 4th November 2021The chief problem with The Outlaws is that none of them is very likeable. Writer Stephen Merchant plays Greg, a solicitor arrested in his car with a prostitute. Eleanor Tomlinson is a social media junkie, in every sense, with a vicious temper, and Christopher Walken is an alcoholic fraudster who talks like a Prohibition-era gangster.
There's barely any story. Last week someone stole some money and hid it, this week a couple of other people found it. We're supposed to be drawn into the characters' lives. But I'd cross the road to avoid most of them.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 2nd November 2021