Almost Royal
- TV sketch show
- E4
- 2014 - 2016
- 15 episodes (2 series)
Comedy-reality series in which Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart travel across America pretending to be distant descendants of the Royal Family. Also features Gemma Whelan.
Press clippings
Jessica Knappett was almost in Almost Royal
Jessica Knappett was cast in the E4 mockumentary Almost Royal alongside Ed Gamble but had to pull out because of Drifters her replacement Amy Hoggart has revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2023Almost Royal to return for a second series
Almost Royal, the prank show in which two British actors fool the American public into thinking they're minor royals, is to return for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 1st December 2014Almost Royal review
Amy Hoggart and Ed Gamble star in a gentle, Royalty-mocking romp.
The List, 27th August 2014Review: Almost Royal - sub-Borat jokes in the US, what?
This show isn't a travesty, thankfully, because I'm glad Georgie and Poppy aren't excruciating caricatures of "posh" Brits, and there's the occasional line to smile over... but it's all rather tame and pointless. It just confirms that Americans are largely good-humoured when interacting with silly Limeys, and it would actually be out-of-character if Georgie or Poppy did anything ghastly to provoke bigger reactions.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 11th August 2014Almost Royal review
This first episode of Almost Royal did elicit some chuckles, but it was never as satirical or as audacious [as Sacha Baron Cohen].
Ellen E Jones, The Independent, 10th August 2014Amy Hoggart and Ed Gamble interview
Amy Hoggart and Ed Gamble talk about Almost Royal.
Nick Barnes, Unreality TV, 9th August 2014E4 to screen Almost Royal series
E4 is to show Almost Royal, the BBC America comedy series in which two actors travel around the US pretending to be distant descendants of the Royal Family.
British Comedy Guide, 7th July 2014