Rory Kinnear must be one of the UK's most versatile actors, equally at home onstage in classical dramas and on TV in comedies. His latest role on the box is in the new BBC2 series, Count Arthur... more
Interviews
In today's Bafta nominee interview Alan Carr talks about his love of being in the limelight and the challenge of trying to get better guests than Graham Norton. The friendly rivalry with Norton... more
The second feature in our series on this year's Bafta nominees is a location report on the making of Twenty Twelve featuring interviews with co-stars Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes first published... more
2013 is shaping up to be good year for Doc Brown. He appeared alongside Ricky Gervais in C4 comedy Derek and the professional relationship continued when Brown co-starred with David Brent in the... more
The current kerfuffle about Reginald D Hunter's recent gig at the PFA dinner is not the first time the soft-spoken stand-up has ended up in hot water. My interview with him here, from December, 2006... more
David Haig is one of our great comic actors both onstage and onscreen. Unfortunately his latest project, The Wright Way, is not so great. Here is a frank, funny interview with Haig from December 2008... more
Comedy Crisis? What Comedy Crisis? Russell Howard has just announced a World Tour for 2014 taking in four nights at the Royal Albert Hall, which is certainly classier than the O2 Arena. Here is an... more
Julian Clary starts his new live tour, Position Vacant, this weekend. Details here. This interview, first published in The Times, dates from his last tour, Lord of the Mince, but, as you can tell... more
This article that first appeared in The Times in January 2012 coincided with Sarah Solemani's appearance in the stage play The House Of Bernarda Alba, which was a bit of a U-turn after the grubbily... more
8/12/18: Kevin Eldon is on Pointless Celebrities on BBC One. Here's some background. I recently interviewed the legendary Kevin Eldon for the Guardian to tie in with his eagerly anticipated... more
