Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings Page 10
Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom on making 24 Hour Party People
"We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse," says the film's director, Michael Winterbottom. "It was chaos - people were crying because they were so nostalgic".
Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 6th February 2023Alan Carr making ITV sitcom Changing Ends
Alan Carr has written and stars in Changing Ends, an ITV sitcom based upon his adolescence growing up gay in Northampton, while his father was manager of the local football club.
British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2022I'm Alan Partridge is 25 years old - isn't it about time we finally let Steve Coogan's alter-ego die?
Today marks a quarter of a century since the hit BBC sitcom first aired; somehow, Alan Partridge is still going strong. There's no denying the brilliance of Coogan's creation, writes Louis Chilton - but it's long felt like the character is running out of road.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 3rd November 2022'You're a mentalist!': what happened when Alan Partridge met his number one fan
In Alan's finest half-hour, he offended the Irish, sold a few tie-and-blazer badge combinations and made a new friend. But what inspired it?
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2022Film review: The Lost King
Frustratingly, though, Frears is so blunt in his efforts to make this a populist underdog story in which she's sidelined in her own endeavour that he stacks the decks in Philippa's favour by turning virtually every academic expert she encounters into a snivelling, treacherous, elitist moustache-twirler.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 12th October 2022The Lost King review - Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama
Stephen Frears, Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan turn the true story of how the infamous king's remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 9th October 2022Steve Coogan explains why The Lost King includes Richard III character
In The Lost King - the new film telling the remarkable true story of the discovery of Richard III's remains in a Leicester car park - the 15th Century monarch himself appears as a character, played by Harry Lloyd.
Radio Times, 7th October 2022The Lost King, review
Steve Coogan's comedy about the discovery of King Richard III is no Philomena.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 7th October 2022In my experience... Steve Coogan
The actor and comedian, 56, on how becoming a dad saved his life and why he won't be saying goodbye to Alan Partridge.
Danny Scott, Saga Magazine, 6th October 2022The Lost King film review
A plucky outsider seeks to rectify a centuries-old libel in Stephen Frears's utterly English film.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 6th October 2022