I confess. I am a huge fan of the BBC TV series Ghosts. The creators of Horrible Histories made a sitcom with all the elements of the children’s show, plus a touch of Monty Python and the odd slice of pathos thrown in for good measure. The series centred on a woman called Alison, who…
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The Magic Faraway Tree
Can we say all hail, Simon Farnaby? The performer and writer who started life in Horrible Histories and went on to co-write the BBC comedy Ghosts has taken the family film and breathed no life into it. Having co-written Paddington 2 and Wonka, he has now taken a beloved series of books by Enid Blyton,…
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans
Director: Dominic Brigstocke Starring: Sebastian Croft, Emilia Jones, Nick Frost, Craig Roberts, Kate Nash, Kim Catrell, Derek Jacobi, Rupert Graves, Warwick Davies, Alexander Armstrong, Lee Mack Written by: Jessica Swale, Caroline Norris, Giles Pilbrow, (additional material) Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley Running Time: 92 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th July 2019 Horrible Histories is…
Bill
Director: Richard Bracewell Starring: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewis Written by: Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond Running Time: 94 mins Cert: PG Release date: 18th September 2015 One of the big success stories in British television of the past few years is Horrible Histories,…
