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Harry Enfield to play Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently
Harry Enfield is to star as Douglas Adams' comic detective Dirk Gently in a drama on Radio 4.Enfield will play the lead role in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, which will co-star Andrew Sachs,...
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Philippine ambassador hits out at Harry Enfield over 'racist' TV sketch
"Alright! Alright! Calm down, calm down" was always enough to placate the bickering Scousers on Harry Enfield's 1990s TV show. However, the catchphrase is unlikely to help resolve the diplomatic row...
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Tim Footman: Harry Enfield's no laughing matter for Filipinos
It's rich that the Philippine ambassador is offended by a satire of a Filipina maid: his country is renowned for its dislike of the poorThese days it seems as if every government, every religious body,...
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Q&A: Harry Enfield, comedian, on eight hour walks, eating and fighting like...
Harry Enfield, comedianHarry Enfield, 47, began his comedy career writing for radio and doing impressions for the TV show Spitting Image. In the late 80s, he created the characters Stavros and...
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Heard the one about Harry Enfield's stolen jokes?
Comedian must have mixed feelings after robbers ask for a mere £750 in ransom for material saved on laptopHave you heard the one about the thieves who stole Harry Enfield's laptop containing his latest...
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Harry Enfield: 'I don't like doing me'
His characters were once the talk of every office and school yard. Then Harry Enfield disappeared. He didn't want to do quiz shows, his writing stalled. Now he's back doing what he does best: other...
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Harry Enfield's Office politics | Media Monkey
Harry Enfield admits that the brilliance Ricky Gervais's The Office made him feel like he was a bit of a "past it" comic dinosaur – but then David Walliams and Matt Lucas's Little Britain made him...
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Harry & Paul on, er, Harry & Paul
How well do TV funnymen Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse know each other? There's only one way to find out: with a revival of gameshow classic Mr & MrsHARRY ON PAUL1. Paul had posters of which two...
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Harry Enfield: 'I can't get out of bed if I've got to do the same thing over...
The comedian Harry Enfield has killed off almost as many characters as he has created. His latest project sounds like the strangest yet: a film his next-door neighbour asked him to appear in – in...
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Acts of Godfrey – review
A suave Simon Callow plays God in many guises, manipulating the lives of eight salespeople attending a weekend motivational course at an English country hotel. The dialogue is in rhyming couplets, an...
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TV highlights 15/01/2013
Locomotion: Dan Snow's History Of Railways | The Riviera: A History In Pictures | Yes, Prime Minister | Pramface | Utopia | Harry & Paul's Magnificent Sporting MomentsLocomotion: Dan Snow's History...
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Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy
Thatcher left an indelible impression on the comedy landscape, still felt today – sometimes in the strangest of waysSay what you like about Margaret Thatcher (and many people have, these last few...
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In praise of … the Tim takeoff | Editorial
As the first official British astronaut, Major Tim Peake will surely rescue his first name from derisionThe sickly child in Dickens and the dog in Blyton– the literary canon was never especially kind...
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Royal Free Rocks with Laughter – review
Adelphi theatre, LondonThe League of Gentlemen reassemble to headline a one-off gig with a top-notch line-up to raise funds on World Aids DayMonty Python are reforming; you've probably heard. Just as...
View ArticleTV ratings: April 27
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's BBC1 sketch show continued to leak viewers, with 300,000 fewer people tuning in to see the third instalment of Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul on Friday night.Ruddy...
View ArticleTV ratings: May 11
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's BBC1 sketch show clawed back some of its lost viewers on Friday night.Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul was watched by 4.3 million viewers at a 19% share between...
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Harry and Paul were ruddy good
The critics weren't kind, but Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's comeback series made me laugh - well, at times.Paul Whitehouse as Oliver and Harry Enfield as Jamie in Ruddy Hell, It's Harry and Paul....
View ArticleThe big questions: Harry Enfield
Over the weekend, while stopping and pestering 'artists' who have better things to do - like get the mud out of their gold lame jackets - we'll be asking them a series of highly pertinent questions....
View ArticleBBC2 marks 50 years with Michael Palin, Harry Enfield and Ricky Gervais
Celebration includes one-off Goodness Gracious Me, satirical history of channel and shows on music and sports heritageBBC2 is marking its 50th anniversary next month with a satirical look at its...
View ArticleBBC spoof might have Alan Yentob ruing his little bit of largesse | Media Monkey
A bunch of bananas to Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse for Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos their spoof history celebrating 50 years of BBC2 which airs on 25 May. Highlights include a mickey take...
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