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The interview that shook Thatcher: ‘Brian and Maggie’ revisits a turning point in Britain’s political history

The interview is now seen as the beginning of the end for Thatcher’s premiership

The Independent UK

‘I’ve finally realised I like John Shuttleworth!’ Graham Fellows on 40 years with his organ-plonking alter ego

He has notched up tours, albums, books and a sitcom. Why is he tortured by feelings of under-achievement? As Fellows hits the road, he pops an aniseed ball and discusses his new song – about an audience member falling off a cliff

The Guardian - UK

‘Mask-like’ Thatcher difficult to portray, says Dame Harriet Walter

The actress plays the former prime minister in Channel 4 drama Brian And Maggie.

Evening Standard

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Steve Coogan reveals he asked for one scene to be cut from Thatcher drama

Mancunian actor described himself as ‘very anti-Thatcher’

The Independent UK

Comedian loses copyright court case against company Steve Coogan founded

Joshua Rinkoff had claimed the copyright of sitcom Shambles was infringed by Baby Cow Productions series Live At The Moth Club (LATMC).

Evening Standard

‘She was a fiend!’: how the interview that destroyed Thatcher became an intense TV drama

In 1989, an on-camera head-to-head triggered the then PM’s demise. Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan and James Graham discuss their gripping take on the bombshell broadcast

The Guardian - UK

From Roger Moore With Love review – TV to fall asleep to

This biopic paints a strangely dull picture of the one-time Bond. He seems very nice – just not very interesting, despite a bizarre Steve Coogan voiceover’s attempt to inject energy

The Guardian - UK

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Rob Brydon: ‘Ruth Jones is the closest thing I have to a sister’

The Gavin & Stacey actor on the last ever Christmas special, first working with his co-star Ruth Jones aged 14, and why he puts family before his career

The Guardian - UK

Actor Mathew Horne looks back: ‘Gavin and Stacey was a big turning point in my life. People would confuse me with Gavin in real life’

The comedian and actor on his Cure obsession, surviving a press storm, and being heckled by Robbie Williams

The Guardian - UK

Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been doing this week

A snowy Swiss Alpine sleepover, a design book fest in Milan, and a night with Steve Coogan in London – our editors' out-of-hours adventures this week

Wallpaper

Steve Coogan’s production company ‘obviously copied’ comedian’s show, court told

Joshua Rinkoff claims Baby Cow Productions infringed his copyright by using elements of his sitcom Shambles in its 2022 series Live At The Moth Club

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Dr Strangelove; Barcelona; Quiet Songs – review

In a week of underused talent, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley merely recreate Kubrick’s satire; Lily Collins totters through a bland night in Spain; and Ruth Negga graces a trance-like hour

The Guardian - UK

Dr Strangelove at the Noël Coward Theatre: Steve Coogan’s masterclass performance is the highlight of this Kubrick adaptation

In September last year, the Stanley Kubrick estate announced that actor, impressionist and comedian Steve Coogan would be taking the lead role (all four of them) in a play of Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This is the first ever stage adaptation…

The Conversation

Dr Strangelove review: Steve Coogan is stellar but this is a safe spin on a classic

3/5 Armando Iannucci and Coogan team up to bring Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War satire to the West End, but the production is constrained by aiming too hard for cinematic perfection

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The Guardian - UK

Dr Strangelove review – Steve Coogan scores a quadruple cold war coup

Adding a fourth role to Peter Sellers’ three turns in the classic film, the comic excels in a fun yet unadventurous adaptation

The Guardian - UK

‘The worse the world gets, the better for this play’: Armando Iannucci on staging Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan

Stanley Kubrick’s pitch-black comedy about nuclear armageddon was once called ‘sick’. Iannucci explains why – in the age of Trump, Putin and Musk – this madcap story is as relevant as ever

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh god I’m Sue Gray – don’t, I’m cringing’: comic Emma Sidi brings the embattled civil servant to the stage

After Starstruck and Taskmaster, the new project sees Sidi play a profane, lowbrow version of Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff. She explains why her latest comedy creation is breaking-news proof

Evening Standard

Steve Coogan's first-look picture as Dr Strangelove with the cast in the new West End show is released

Stanley Kubrick’s classic film hits the stage at the Noel Coward Theatre for its world premiere

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Todd Phillips praises Steve Coogan's work opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie a Deux

'Joker: Folie a Deux' director Todd Phillips admits one his favourite scenes in the sequel is when Steve Coogan's character Paddy Meyers goes “toe-to-toe” with Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck for an interview in the sequel.

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Armando Iannucci’s cultural highlights

The satirist and director on Scottish landscapes, falling asleep with his favourite podcast, and why he’s fascinated by Elon Musk’s X feed

Evening Standard

First look at ‘Brian and Margaret’, a Channel 4 drama depicting former PM Thatcher's final ever TV interview

The two-part drama will air on Channel 4 next year

Evening Standard

Dr Strangelove: London theatre audiences warned that nuclear satire play features 'cigarette smoking'

Critics mock warning of smoking on stage in West End adaptation of Dr Strangelove featuring Steve Coogan

The National (Scotland)

The celebrities who went from No to Yes on Scottish independence

IN the 10 years since the Scottish independence referendum, political events have made many people change their view on the country's future,…

WhatToWatch

I'm hooked by Netflix's Billionaire Island but trust me, watch it with Norwegian subtitles

I was reeled in by the comedy-drama about the fishing industry but avoid the odd English subtitles!

The Guardian - UK

‘Counterproductive and silly’: 30 years since the end of the bizarre Irish political voice ban

A new film looks at the restriction of broadcasting on named political groups in Northern Ireland – and the actors and comedians who benefited

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