The Trip

A cinematic version of The Trip has set the US talking

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's TV comedy travelogue has made stars of the bickering duo, says Sarah Hughes.

Steve Coogan: I'm better impressionist than Rob Brydon

Steve Coogan has suggested that he's a better impressionist than his Trip co-star Rob Brydon.

Steve Coogan: 'Neuroses help with creativity'

Steve Coogan has insisted that struggling with "hang-ups and neuroses" allows him to be more creative.

Video: Coogan on The Trip's journey to feature film

Talking Movies' Tom Brook reports on the feature film The Trip, which stars British comedian Steve Coogan.

In what started as a six part British television series, the feature film is set to be released internationally.

The film opens in the US on Friday 10 June.

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Steve Coogan: 'The Trip was very personal'

Steve Coogan has admitted that he felt "vulnerable" while filming The Trip. Speaking after winning 'Male Performance In A Comedy Programme' at the British Academy Television Awards, Coogan explained that he wasn't sure about the series at first.

Tribeca well worth 'The Trip'

Granted, Steve is a household name in the UK. He's a comic genius that has given the world, perhaps, the greatest of all talk-show hosts in Alan Partridge. In America, however, Coogan remains a virtual unknown to everyone with the exception of those that have seen Night at the Museum.

There are only two legitimate excuses for not watching The Trip over Christmas. The first is that you've already seen it, and the second is that you spent Christmas Day eating to such a relentless degree that the sight of food completely repulses you. If you don't fall into either of those categories, then a viewing is mandatory. The promos might have made this BBC series look like one long self-indulgent Michael Caine-off, but there's so much more to it than that. Steve Coogan gives a layered, pathos-drenched career-best performance - as himself, admittedly - and Rob Brydon proves to be his perfect foil. And Michael Winterbottom manages to make the Lake District look more beautiful than ever. It's extremely funny, too. Quite possibly the best TV series of the year.

Radio Times review

Even more brutally self-lacerating than Simon Amstell's portrayal of himself in Grandma's House was this extraordinary confessional from Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

A shapeless, talky, part-improvised thing with the will-this-do premise of the pair touring the north of England to review restaurants, The Trip saw Coogan play a needy, competitive egotist, terrified of career stagnation and depressed by his wrecked personal life.

Brydon, equally bravely, presented a comedian who's addicted to easy laughs, constantly doing impressions to avoid being himself. Yes, it was incredibly funny - a whole half-hour could be dedicated to Coogan and Brydon trading impersonations and improvisations, and many episodes weren't far off doing just that. But The Trip stood out as one of the most uncompromising celebs-as-themselves comedies ever.