Steve Speirs
- 59 years old
- Welsh
- Actor and writer
Press clippings
Death Valley - the new BBC comedy drama - reveals cast
Steffan Rhodri, Alexandria Riley and Melanie Walters are joining Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth in the regular cast of Death Valley, the new comedy drama coming to the BBC in 2025. Guest stars will include Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Sian Gibson, Patricia Hodge and Jim Howick.
British Comedy Guide, 11th September 2024Michael Socha leads cast in pot growing film 'Go Away!'
Go Away!, a British comedy film about a layabout who runs a pot growing business, is now in production. Michael Socha stars, with the cast list also featuring Hugh Bonneville, Ella Bruccoleri, Steve Speirs, Jo Martin and Niky Wardley.
British Comedy Guide, 27th June 2024The Tuckers ends after three series
The Tuckers, the Welsh sitcom created by Steve Speirs, has ended after three series. The BBC has confirmed it has opted not to commission a fourth run.
British Comedy Guide, 4th May 2023BBC Wales launches Festival Of Funny season
BBC Wales is launching Festival Of Funny, a season that showcases Welsh comedy talent across TV, radio and BBC iPlayer.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2021Tuckers Series 2 and 3 start filming
Stella star Steve Speirs's comedy is returning as filming starts.
Megan Nisbet, Wales Online, 17th June 2021BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021The Tuckers to return for two more series
BBC One Wales has ordered two more series of The Tuckers, the sitcom written by and starring Steve Speirs.
British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2020Comedy gold: The Upstart Crow reviewed
The elevated silliness of Elton's many-layered plot is superbly handled.
Lloyd Evans, The Spectator, 27th February 2020David Mitchell steals the show in the Upstart Crow
Less highbrow than The Globe, less lowbrow than a panto, the Upstart Crow is without a doubt one of this year's top productions.
Hari Mountford, Londonist, 21st February 2020London theatre review: The Upstart Crow
This is a marvellous mash-up of the scholarly and totally ridiculous, performed by some of Britain's finest comedians and comedy actors.
Jack Hudson, London Theatre Direct, 21st February 2020