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Al Murray

August 2023

  • Angela Marie Hurst, Carly Bawden and Zizi-Strallen in Rock Follies.

    The week in theatre: Rock Follies; The Crown Jewels – review

    The wit and sharpness of the 70s TV series about a pioneering all-female band is partially captured in a spirited stage adaptation. As for Simon Nye’s new regal romp, the more off-script the better

July 2023

  • Al Murray and Mel Giedroyc in The Crown Jewels.

    The Crown Jewels review – the cream of British comedy can’t find a funny line between them

    The likes of Al Murray, Neil Morrissey and Mel Giedroyc can’t rescue Simon Nye’s woefully tedious show about the real-life heist of King Charles II’s crown jewels

September 2021

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    Sunday with Al Murray: ‘I’d like to say a special thanks to the creators of Paddington 2’

    The comedian tells Michael Segalov about his Big Green Egg, his rowing machine and his and his young child’s favourite film

September 2020

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    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    A funny thing happened: stunning portraits of stellar standups – in pictures

    From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage

August 2020

  • Olga Koch stars in the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society cabaret.

    Lockdown culture
    Forecast is funny: the best comedy shows to stream this summer

    The Edinburgh fringe may have been cancelled but there are plenty of online gigs to enjoy featuring Dane Baptiste, Ivo Graham, Sarah Millican and more

May 2019

  • Al Murray in Landlord of Hope and Glory at Alban Arena.

    Al Murray review – the ultimate Brexiteer remains on the fence

    Murray’s Pub Landlord character, a patriotic little Englander, is well-placed to comment on our political moment, but Murray seems unwilling to take sides

April 2019

  • Al Murray<br>British comedian Al Murray photographed at a pub in Chiswick .

    This much I know
    Al Murray: ‘If comics become respectable, they’re no longer funny’

    The comedian, 50, on campaigning against Nigel Farage, working hard at being a standup and why he loves playing in a band

November 2017

  • Billy Connolly.

    Billy Connolly at 75: Eddie Izzard, Armando Iannucci and more salute 'Beatles of comedy'

    Izzard was inspired by his incontinence knickers routine. Iannucci had to listen to his albums in secret. Al Murray was in awe of his rampant charisma. And he made Susan Calman hurt with laughter. Top comedians salute the Big Yin

April 2017

  • Al Murray with Nigel Farage

    What’s it like on the frontline in the Brexit culture wars? Just ask a comedian

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    Al Murray: Comedians are getting it in the neck for a bias against leave supporters. But the normal rules of punching up and down no longer apply

November 2016

  • Al Murray the Pub Landlord

    Who said it: Pub Landlord Al Murray, or JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin?

    Ale, Brexit and philosophical musings – time to sort the wheat from the hops. Try our quiz

October 2016

  • Al Murray as the Pub Landlord

    Al Murray, Pub Landlord review – pulling punches as well as pints

    Brexit gifts the Little Englander a barrel-load of acidic spoofs, but this act seems content to serve up just the mild

September 2016

  • Al Murray, comedian

    The funniest thing
    Al Murray: 'Dame Edna wrote Prince Philip a poem. It was the rudest thing ever'

    From Michael Palin to Father Ted, the comedian reveals the things that make him chuckle the most

August 2016

  • Clockwise from left: Paul Merton, Isy Suttie, Lazy Susan and Al Murray

    'Booed off in 17 seconds' – comedians recall their first gigs

    Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she’d walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul Merton, Susan Calman and other top comics go?

May 2016

  • Al Murray: ‘When it comes to something as monumental as this, I have to step out from behind the pumps, roll up my shortsleeved shirtsleeves and get involved.’

    Shortcuts
    Move over Wetherspoons, here’s the Pub Landlord’s Brexit beer mats

    If Wetherspoons’ Tim Martin can argue for Brexit via the medium of beer mats, what’s to stop Britain’s most outspoken publican from having his say?

July 2015

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    Index on Censorship stages fund-raising night of satire

    The pub landlord and six other leading stand-up comedians to take part

May 2015

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    Nigel Farage can drown his sorrows in my pub should he lose, says Al Murray - video

    Al Murray says he would welcome Nigel Farage in his pub 'to drown his sorrows tomorrow' should he lose to the Tories in South Thanet as the early signs suggest

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    UK election candidates: Independents fight to bring their issues to the fore

    Whether they are defending the NHS or oppose fracking, many independents are running because they are disgruntled with the status quo
  • English bulldog

    Al Murray, the Pub Landlord: ‘I’m not worried about polling 1%’

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    It’s been an uphill battle on the streets of South Thanet. But our policy of free dogs for everyone might just win it for FUKP

April 2015

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    The Do Something expert
    The Pub Landlord on how to shake hands

  • Al Murray in front of Big Ben

    King or queen for a day
    If I were prime minister for a day, I’d let them eat chips

    The Pub Landlord
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