Timothy West
- 90 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings
Timothy West recalls the double act that made his wife Prunella Scales a star
When I told Pru that I'd soon be attempting to write something about Sybil and Fawlty Towers, she issued me with one simple instruction. "You will do a good job, won't you, darling? Everybody loves Sybil."
Daily Mail, 10th September 2023Last Tango in Halifax
Understated laughs and intense anguish make this drama's long-awaited return a triumph.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 23rd February 2020Last Tango in Halifax, review
Anne Reid is on sparkling form as Last Tango returns with authenticity and bite.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd February 2020Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes review
Don't panic! It's as good as the original.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd August 2019Timothy West replaces Bernard Cribbins in Dad's Army remakes
Bernard Cribbins - who was due to play Private Godfrey in Dad's Army - The Lost Episodes - has left the show due to personal reasons. Timothy West replaces him.
British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2019The second of the new Comedy Playhouse season is written by The Royle Family's Craig Cash and Phil Mealey. Five seemingly disparate groups of people discuss their lives to camera, including Brenda and Roger, who run the "Brenroger" B&B, elderly couple Milton and Pearl, fixated with their smoke alarm, and brothers Martin and Tom. It's Alan Bennett with more swearing and a decent cast (Timothy West, Alison Steadman), but ultimately not quite as touching, clever or as funny as it thinks it is.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 4th March 2016John Cleese slammed over advert by Timothy West
Actor Timothy West, whose wife played the long-suffering Sybil in the classic sitcom, says it was a mistake to recreate the scene of Basil thrashing his car for Specsavers.
Hannah Hope, The Mirror, 4th February 2016BBC to air Comedy Playhouse pilot Broken Biscuits
The BBC is to air Broken Biscuits, a new Comedy Playhouse pilot written by the creators of Early Doors. Stars include Alison Steadman, Timothy West and Stephanie Cole.
British Comedy Guide, 26th January 2016Radio Times review
Our favourite booming buffoon has landed a part in a West End play called Man of Sex by Gaviscon Kerchief. Also appearing is Toast's nemesis Ray ("bloody") Purchase, and worse, Ray's albino twin Bill has turned up in London looking to make trouble. It's a perfect storm for our man, but at least he has the consolation of a new girlfriend, though the fact she's a doctor of drumming is proving troublesome.
It doesn't add up to a vintage Toast plot but there are incidental pleasures, like Timothy West in a cameo as an old-school actor with a drink problem, and Toast's opening humiliation at the voiceover studio is a new low: he's made to do sound effects.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 14th December 2015Timothy West talks about Prunella Scales dementia
Timothy West tells of his heartbreak as the Fawlty Towers icon Prunella Scales slowly succumbs to the dementia disease.
The Sun, 10th December 2015