Zoe Williams (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings
Emily Atack on tabloids, trolls and life after The Inbetweeners
The role of Charlotte 'Big Jugs' Hinchcliffe made her a star - then she spent years trying to get the respect and the roles she deserved. Now, at the age of 34, she's been having the time of her life shooting Jilly Cooper's Rivals. What changed?
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 7th October 2024'It's great!' Rafe Spall on having a baby with his co-star in Trying, the infertility sitcom
In the hit TV series Trying, Rafe Spall and Esther Smith play a couple who have endured the pain of infertility. And now it turns out they're having a real-life baby together. The proud dad-to-be reveals all.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 14th May 2024The nasty noughties: Russell Brand and the era of sadistic tabloid misogyny
At the turn of the century, the tabloid press was untouchable - and women in the public eye faced ceaseless persecution. We are still grappling with the fallout today.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 19th September 2023Graham Norton on drag, dreams, death and desire
The genial face of chatshow TV is back with Queen Of The Universe. He discusses the joy of Eurovision, his late start as a novelist - and his even later marriage.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 13th June 2023Mel Giedroyc on cake, comedy and Sue Perkins
How did a struggling stand-up become one of the best-loved names on TV? The star of GBBO, Light Lunch and Unforgivable talks about the despair that almost broke her - and the big break she struggled to believe in.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 12th September 2022The finder of Richard III's remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film
As the astonishing story of the king's bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity - despite chronic illness - located the monarch.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 24th August 2022Robert Lindsay on acting, ageing - and surviving cancer
The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked - and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 19th April 2022Lisa McGee interview
The writer wowed the world with her sitcom about five working-class kids. Now she's tackling poverty in a series of monologues for the BBC. She talks about the childhood that inspired her, the breaks that got her into TV - and the barriers that keep so many out.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 14th March 2022Charlie Brooker: 'Mr Dystopia? That makes me sound like a wrestler'
As he releases the latest fruits of his new megabucks deal with Netflix - an interactive cartoon about a cat - the Black Mirror creator discusses gaming, nuclear war, and why his generation has wrecked the UK.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 21st February 2022David Thewlis on new show Landscapers
The actor talks about his discomfort with Naked, doing night shoots with Julie Walters - and growing old grotesquely.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 7th December 2021