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Sally Phillips to Star in ‘How to Please a Woman’ Australian Comedy Drama (Exclusive)

• 12 April 2021
• Variety

Sally Phillips, the British actor known for her role in all three Bridget Jones movies, will head the cast of Australian comedy drama film “How to Please a Woman.” Pitched as a warmhearted look at ...

Mandy review – from naked sushi model to tarantula assassin

• 13 August 2020
• The Guardian - TV News

Diane Morgan is the writer and star of this new comedy about a hapless, jobless heroine whose daft adventures always end in calamity – if not arson I have long nurtured the theory that we will know ...

The Teleprompter Interview: Laura Carmichael ‘Doctor Who Used to Give Me Nightmares’

• 16 July 2020
• Den of Geek

Australian thriller The Secrets She Keeps, currently airing on BBC One and iPlayer, takes the audience to a very dark place says Laura Carmichael. Her character Agatha, a supermarket worker who ...

Jonathan Whitehead obituary

• 23 June 2020
• The Guardian - TV News

Composer of soundtracks, theme music and songs for TV shows including Smack the Pony, Green Wing and Brass Eye Musical excellence and comic sensibility combined with wit and panache in the TV and ...

Sally Phillips to host 2019 Screen Awards

• 15 October 2019
• ScreenDaily

The Screen Awards take place on November 28 at The Ballroom Southbank in London. Actress, presenter and comedian Sally Phillips will host the 2019 Screen Awards, which take place on November 28 at ...

Sexy, stupid and still spot on: the timeless genius of Smack the Pony

• 23 January 2019
• The Guardian - TV News

As Smack the Pony announce their comeback, we look at the beloved sketch show’s best offerings so far … and find they haven’t aged at all In news that will have comedy fans feeling that perhaps 2019 ...

‘We’re working on the reunion’: Smack the Pony comeback

• 21 January 2019
• The Guardian - TV News

Two decades after the cult sketch show first aired, its creators discuss its inception, near-death experiences and why they were the Spice Girls of turn-of-the-century comedy Want to laugh your tits ...

How we made: Green Wing

• 25 June 2018
• The Guardian - TV News

‘Filming in a hospital was hell. We shot scenes in the recovery area, surrounded by patients coming round from their operations’ We’d done three and a half series of Smack the Pony and wanted to ...

‘Veep’ Star Sally Phillips: “British TV Is Still Sexist”

• 06 February 2018
• Deadline TV

Veep and Bridget Jones' star Sally Phillips has warned that British television is still sexist and there are fewer opportunities for women to break through. Phillips, who played Un Special Envoy Minna ...

Sally Phillips interview: Ferdinand, Taskmaster, Smack The Pony, Veep

• 14 December 2017
• Den of Geek

Louisa Mellor Dec 15, 2017 We chatted to actor and writer Sally Phillips about comedy, European accents, special cuddles, writing films and more... “I’m quite keen to meet a Finnish shaman, have you ...

Alice Lowe webchat – your questions answered on folk horror, Sightseers and sexy golf

• 05 May 2017
• The Guardian - TV News

The Prevenge and Chubby Funny star answered your questions on working with Ben Wheatley, being weird in moon boots and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace 2.14pm BST Thanks for all the really funny ...

Twelfth Night, Your Name and Ted come to theatres in our April Events list

• 30 March 2017
• Cineplex

Twelfth Night, Your Name and Ted come to theatres in our April Events list Twelfth Night, Your Name and Ted come to theatres in our April Events list Scott Goodyer3/30/2017 10:13:00 Am April is here ...

Sally Phillips To Host UK Casting Directors Association’s Inaugural Awards Ceremony

• 28 February 2017
• Deadline TV

Britain's Casting Directors Association is launching an awards ceremony geared specifically towards honoring the work of the casting director. The inaugural event, dubbed the Casting Awards, will take ...

Sally Phillips To Host UK Casting Directors Association’s Inaugural Awards Ceremony

• 28 February 2017
• Deadline Movie News

Britain's Casting Directors Association is launching an awards ceremony geared specifically towards honoring the work of the casting director. The inaugural event, dubbed the Casting Awards, will take ...

Doon Mackichan: 'We were sexy, funny women – perhaps that was a bit much'

• 20 November 2016
• The Guardian - TV News

The comic hits out at the sexism that held back Smack the Pony, the rise of rape as entertainment – and the pleather trousers she spent 11 hours in for Two Doors Down Doon Mackichan has just moved to ...

Clive James: ‘I am continually reminded of what a misery guts I have been’

• 22 October 2016
• The Guardian - TV News

When I was young, I rarely demonstrated any subtlety at all Nothing makes me feel decrepit and obsolete quite as much as when friends of my children make television programmes. That used to be my ...

Actor Doon Mackichan hits out at 'crime porn' TV thrillers

• 07 October 2016
• The Guardian - TV News

The Smack the Pony star has criticised use of ‘brutalised women’ as ‘entertainment fodder’ in series such as The Fall The actor Doon Mackichan has criticised what she calls “crime porn” – the use of ...

On The Hour: revisiting a brilliant radio comedy

• 21 August 2016
• Den of Geek

Andrew Blair Oct 17, 2016 Armando Iannucci & Chris Morris' BBC Radio 4 news spoof not only gave rise to Alan Partridge but also launched countless comedy careers. If you haven’t heard of On The ...

Christmas Gift Guide: 41 Essential Presents For 2014

• 05 December 2014
• Obsessed with Film

Universal Pictures It’s the most wonderful time of the year (again), and as usual it’s getting to those last few weeks before the big day when creative ideas and planning make way for frantic grabs ...

24 great comedy shows that deserve more love

• 13 November 2014
• Den of Geek

We asked Den Of Geek’s writers to recommend brilliant comedy shows that deserve to have more of a fuss made about them. Here they are... Banging a drum about stuff we love is more or less our remit ...