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Stuart Heritage

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David Mitchell brings Outsiders back to Dave

Outsiders is returning for a second series on Dave with David Mitchell, featuring Jessica Hynes, Phil Wang, Joe Wilkinson, Maisie Adam, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Darren Harriott.

British Comedy Guide, 16th June 2022

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's comic chemistry

How did Coogan and Brydon become 'the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy'? As The Trip returns, we rank all their world-beating comedies to find out.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 6th April 2017

WONKchannel: 'new Spitting image' is a nightmarish mess

A new online show from the Spitting Image team is so bad it's like a series of placeholder demos. Isn't it time we let animated satire die with dignity?

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 10th May 2016

Zig & Zag: 'We should build a wall around Donald Trump'

They're back! It's the reboot to end reboots as the twin puppets from planet Zog celebrate their new cartoon by sharing all their juiciest celebrity stories.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 26th April 2016

Interview: Nick Knowles

It took seven years for the DIY SOS presenter to make The Golden Years, a film about bank-robbing pensioners. At first no one would take him seriously. Then some old-time crooks struck with the Hatton Garden heist ...

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th April 2016

Sky's Steve Coogan land grab

Now that Sky has nabbed the rights to the new series of The Trip, only a minuscule band of wealthy die-hards will be able to watch it. Should we get used to all our best TV going behind a paywall?

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 15th February 2016

Harry & Paul: a double act that gets better with age

After more than a quarter century of comedy collaboration, the BBC celebrates the duo's impressive run with live show-cum-retrospective An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse - evidence of the pair's enduring talent.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 31st August 2015

Baftas 2015: what should win best TV comedy?

With nominations for everything from Mrs Brown's Boys to The Wrong Mans, Olivia Colman for Rev., Jessica Hynes for W1A and Matt Berry in Toast of London, this year's comedy sections are a mix of national treasures and off-putting broadness.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 5th May 2015

Ballot Monkeys: did the first episode get your vote?

The most impressive thing about Ballot Monkeys, though, is that it isn't simply a response to recent events. The characters - who, on most other shows, would be simple joke-delivery systems - are all distinct and well-rounded.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 22nd April 2015

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