Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings Page 15
Celebrating Mindhorn, a home-grown comedy gem
Mindhorn is an underrated gem from writers and stars Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby - here's why you should spare some time to watch it.
Sarah Myers, Film Stories, 28th March 2022Steve Coogan will meet Jimmy Savile's victims dressed as the monster paedo
Jimmy Savile victims will watch actor Steve Coogan dressed as the sex fiend during filming of a controversial BBC drama.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 27th December 2021Mae Martin, Sarah Kendall and Aisling Bea's shows up for writing award
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards shortlist features Feel Good creators Mae Martin and Joe Hampson, Sarah Kendall (Frayed) and Aisling Bea (This Way Up).
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2021Steve Coogan eerily transforms into Jimmy Savile
Steve Coogan fans may be left cold by his uncanny likeness to vile paedophile Jimmy Savile who he has been transformed into for a new BBC drama.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 25th October 2021Steve Coogan has apparently paid back furlough cash
Steve Coogan has apparently paid back furlough cash after being named and shamed. The Sun revealed that the Alan Partridge comic, 56, used the scheme to keep on a gardener and housekeeper at his £4million mansion. He also furloughed nine staff at Baby Cow Productions.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 22nd October 2021Steve Coogan goes jogging as he films Savile drama
Steve Coogan goes jogging as he portrays the early days of sex attacker Jimmy Savile.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 21st October 2021Steve Coogan seen as Jimmy Savile for the first time
Eerie photos show the Alan Partridge star as Savile wearing a jester costume.
Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 11th October 2021Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile
Steve Coogan is to take on his most serious role yet: playing Jimmy Savile in a new BBC drama series The Reckoning.
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2021BBC Radio 4's The Reunion brought together most of the main cast of 1994's TV news satire The Day Today, though not the ever elusive Chris Morris. Steve Coogan was down the line from the Lake District (presumably on a windy fell outside a restaurant from The Trip, while Rob Brydon ate pudding). Patrick Marber joined via Zoom too, while Armando Iannucci, Doon Mackichan and David Schneider were in the studio with Kirsty Wark. The recollections were riotous and giggly, but also instructive about how the news has changed. They didn't think Morris's interviewee-baiting, surreal vox pops would have worked now ("The power's now with whoever's stopped at the market," Schneider suggested). I also loved Wark teasing Coogan about ingesting helium to play a thinly veiled parody of Gerry Adams, whose voice was disguised on TV at the time. "You've never done dangerous substances before?" "Well, I have," Coogan replied, "but not ones that are funny."
Jude Rogers, The Observer, 21st August 2021Review: The Reunion - The Day Today, Radio 4
Want to feel old? Listen to this week's The Reunion, which brought together (most of) the key members of The Day Today, which was first broadcast by the BBC...27 years ago.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th August 2021