Tim Downie
- English
- Actor
Press clippings
Big Mood review
Blimey. Channel 4's new comedy Big Mood doesn't waste much time getting going.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th March 2024Upstart Crow axed by the BBC, David Mitchell reveals
Upstart Crow will not be returning to the BBC, David Mitchell has revealed. Ben Elton's Shakespeare sitcom ran for three series on BBC Two, with three Christmas specials and a spin-off stage play. Mitchell has said that he would love to reprise his role as the Bard and appealed to other broadcasters to rescue the period sitcom.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2023Hapless to return for Series 2
Hapless, the sitcom starring Tim Downie as an investigative journalist working at a Jewish publication, is to return for a second series. Eight new episodes have been filmed for streaming platform Viaplay.
British Comedy Guide, 1st July 2022Simon Pegg to star in Nandor Fodor And The Talking Mongoose
Simon Pegg has signed up to take the lead role in a dark comedy film based on the real-life story of a psychoanalyst investigating claims of a talking mongoose.
British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2022New cast announced for Good Omens series 2
Pete Firman, Andi Osho, Toast Of Tinseltown's Tim Downie and Two Doors Down actor Alex Norton are all joining the second series of Good Omens. Stage star Sian Phillips is also joining the cast, but Benedict Cumberbatch and Frances McDormand won't be back.
Chortle, 26th January 2022Toast Of Tinseltown review
Toast is hot stuff - with more laughs in 30 minutes than in most sitcom series.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 5th January 2022TV review: Toast Of Tinseltown, BBC Two
The script is superb and and the visual gags are the icing on the cake, from the 1970s titles (Columbo 1974?) to the gaggle of ancient in-joke celebs in the "Colonial Club" including David Hockney, George Melly and Tom Baker in his Doctor Who iteration.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2022Toast Of Tinseltown review
Knowingly naff and stuffed with surreal one-liners, this riotously absurd cult comedy sees Britain's worst actor arrive in Hollywood.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 4th January 2022Tim Downie interview
Tim Downie on playing an argumentative journalist in comedy Hapless.
Michael Darling, What's On TV, 5th March 2021All-star sitcom The Jewish Enquirer launches on Amazon
A new British sitcom, The Jewish Enquirer, has today launched on Amazon Prime Video, with an all-star comedy cast.
British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2020