Steve Coogan

Henry Normal to leave Baby Cow

Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow Productions nearly two decades after launching the Alan Partridge indie with Steve Coogan.

Mainstream Sitcom: Situation Report

Why are household names like Steve Coogan and Harry Enfield still making comedy for BBC2, not BBC1 or ITV?

DVD review: Alan Partridge Mid Morning Matters series 2

Alan remains a great comedy creation, often sympathetic (unexpectedly bringing out the softer side of a loathsome opinion former played by Reece Shearsmith) but just as often sickeningly egotistical, politically incorrect and tyrannical, this format (which never sees Alan leaving the radio studio) works well.

Series two of the faultless Mid Morning Matters concludes. Series one's finale was pitched perfectly and so is this, with trouble brewing on the home front between Alan and Angela, and then at work with Sidekick Simon, who could be about to betray Alan in the most grievous manner. As one might expect, Alan's inner turmoil spills out into "North Norfolk's best music mix". Coogan and co hit a perfectly calibrated sweet spot where poignant meets snortingly funny.

Rhod Gilbert working on Llanbobl sitcom

Rhod Gilbert is working on a sitcom based in his fictional Welsh hometown. Back To Llanbobl is being developed by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal's production company Baby Cow, which hopes to shoot a pilot episode this autumn.

Steve Coogan banned for speeding in Brighton

Actor and comedian Steve Coogan has been banned from driving after he was clocked doing 54mph in a 30mph zone.

Alan Partridge: still Jurassic Park after 25 years

I can't imagine ever not finding Alan Partridge funny.