Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan starring in 'Boswell for the Defence'

Steve Coogan will take on the part of James Boswell in Boswell for the Defence.

Rob Brydon: 'Michael Caine loves my impression'

Rob Brydon has said that Sir Michael Caine enjoyed being impersonated by the Welsh comedian and Steve Coogan in The Trip.

Tim Key Q&A - follow along live!

Enigmatically droll comedian Tim Key is in Edinburgh with his show Single White Slut, and he's answering your questions now. He's collaborated with everyone from Steve Coogan to Charlie Brooker, and is perhaps the UK's worst - and funniest - poet. So what do you want to ask him?

The Trip is such a pleasure to look at - from the meals to the wine and the sweeping Italian vistas - that it's easy to forget just how unusual an idea it is. Part improvised comedy, part foodie travelogue, all built around the testy charms of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing heightened versions of themselves, outdoing each other with impressions of Michael Caine and Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight, or Parky. They've redefined the idea of what a half-hour sitcom can be, with non-stop gags, and just a hint of drama around the edges - Coogan's son, Brydon's dalliances - to add a touch of pathos in the Italian sunshine.

Steve Coogan doesn't want Scottish independence

Actor Steve Coogan has become the latest celebrity figure to speak out in the debate over Scotland's future, saying he does not want the country to become independent. The comedian, who created the character Alan Partridge, told former Labour strategy director Alistair Campbell that "insularity isn't good".

Since when has Steve Coogan stood against censorship?

Why is Index on Censorship cosying up to the tribune of Hacked Off? I have looked everywhere. I have Googled, and asked around. But I can find no evidence that Steve Coogan has ever taken the trouble to defend freedom of speech at home or abroad.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Q&A report

The Q&A, screened live to over 180 cinemas across the UK, saw the pair talk about their Mediterranean jaunt, re-uniting with Michael Winterbottom, their relationship on and off set, growing old gracefully and more.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon to host live Q&A in cinemas

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are to host a live Q&A at cinemas across the UK on Wednesday after a feature-length screening of their BBC comedy series, The Trip To Italy.

To celebrate BBC2's 50th anniversary, the channel exhumed an hour of so-called hidden treasures from The Comedy Vaults, including un-aired pilots, cult classics and first television appearances from comedy legends such as French & Saunders, Steve Coogan and Billy Connolly. There was even rare archive footage of Harry Hill with hair.

Monty Python's Eric Idle was also on hand to puncture the general air of self-congratulation, suggesting BBC2 should actually be charged with crimes against humanity for losing or wiping so many tapes containing classic comedy episodes and performances.

One tape the station would have done well to lose featured the band Madness, starring in an eponymous sitcom written for them by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. It would be hard to pick out one band member for opprobrium, as they were all so dreadful.

Exclusive clip from The Trip to Italy DVD

Need an extra helping of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's brilliantly tasty gastronomic tour of Italy? Then wait no longer. The DVD of their latest series, The Trip To Italy, is out next Monday, but just to whet your appetite here is one of the previously unseen extras from it in which affable but-not-quite-as-affable as his TV persona Rob Brydon persuades Steve Coogan to do an impression of former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock as they cruise through Tuscany.