What is the last thing you do before you go onstage (apart from check your flies and/or check your knickers aren't sticking out of your skirt and check for spinach between your teeth)?Pace up... more
Interviews
You are in Roisin Conaty’s new sitcom GameFace. What can you tell us about the show, and who you play?GameFace follows the adventures of Roisin’s character, Marcella, as she tries to make it as an... more
Your new series is GameFace. Explain a little bit about the show. The show centres around Marcella. She’s found herself in her mid-30s, and the acting career she thought she would have has never... more
Can you give us an overview of the new series?This series builds up to the launch of BBC Me - an incredible new online platform - and everything orbits around that I guess. Will’s programme idea, On... more
What can you tell us about your character and this series of W1A?Ian Fletcher’s bedside reading is currently 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Other Psychological Conditions' and 'Optimism in a Post-... more
A version of this interview first appeared in the London Evening Standard here at the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017. Martin went on to pick up a lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy... more
The phrase ‘bigger and better’ might have been coined specifically for Joe Lycett’s new touring show. Hitting the road with I’m About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett (more on that punning... more
Why are you taking part in Strictly this year?I am taking part in Strictly partly because I am a huge fan of the show. I think it is the nicest show on television, I am obsessed with watching it and... more
What’s Back about?It’s about Stephen [David Mitchell] and Andrew [Robert Webb]. They’re in their early 40s. Andrew was fostered with Stephen’s family 30 years ago, along with many other kids, and... more
What is Back about and who do you play?Stephen, played by David has inherited a pub from his recently dead father. His mum and dad used to foster lots of children when he was a kid and Stephen... more
