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Singer Mick Hucknall hasn't spoken to comic Steve Coogan for 20 years over quip

Comic Steve Coogan and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall used to be friends and even sang a duet together but the pair stopped speaking after Coogan gave him a ribbing

Daily Mirror

‘I did my climactic speech – then took half an E’: Steve Coogan on making 24 Hour Party People

‘We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse,’ says the film’s director, Michael Winterbottom. ‘It was chaos – people were crying because they were so nostalgic’

The Guardian - UK

Kit Hesketh-Harvey obituary

Writer, broadcaster and half of the renowned cabaret act Kit and the Widow

The Guardian - UK

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New movies in cinemas and on Netflix and Prime Video from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day

Tom Hanks as a grump, Emma Thompson as a villain, Daniel Craig as a flamboyant detective, Antonio Banderas as a cat - plus docos, awards-season contenders, family films, biopics and more.

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Triangle of Sadness, The Banshees of Inisherin and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: the biggest films coming to Australia on Boxing Day

Australian distributors save the best for the holidays. Here’s our guide to what’s about to hit a screen near you

The Guardian - AU

Top Gear hosts you forgot about - Noel Edmonds to Matt LeBlanc as Sue Baker dies

Following the sad death of Top Gear icon Sue Baker, we take a look back at some of Top Gear hosts who you have probably forgotten about down through the years

Daily Mirror

I’m Alan Partridge is 25 years old – isn’t it about time we finally let Steve Coogan’s alter-ego die?

Today marks a quarter of a century since the hit BBC sitcom first aired; somehow, Alan Partridge is still going strong. There’s no denying the brilliance of Coogan’s creation, writes Louis Chilton – but it’s long felt like the character is running out of road

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The Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama

The team behind Philomena turn the true story of how the infamous king’s remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King review: Discovery of Richard III’s skeleton is farcically replayed in Frears and Coogan’s drama

Why does the comedy drama think it can undo one form of malevolent villainisation by creating enemies of its own?

The Independent UK

Diana makes explosive revelations and Partridge devours the hand that feeds him: 100 years of the BBC, part eight

Steve Coogan’s alter-ego appears, as does Ricky Gervais’s in The Office, while Panorama rocks the royals

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Alan Partridge is back with anecdotes and ‘intimate details’

Steve Coogan’s character returns in the new season of From the Oasthouse. Plus: five of the best podcast host duos

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan ‘not a monarchist’ despite recent royal-related projects

The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan sets his sights on the life of a fugitive king

Inspired by a book by Princess Diana’s brother, the actor is researching flight of Charles II from Oliver Cromwell’s troops

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh woman who discovered Richard III in a car park inspires new Steve Coogan movie

The comedian's new film tells the incredible story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (played by Sally Hawkins) who led the team that found The Lost King

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Evening Standard

Steve Coogan on the return of Alan Partridge, duetting with Coldplay and playing Jimmy Savile in a new drama

Thirty years on and Partridge is as popular as ever – and still evolving

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history

Toronto film festival: Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave

Evening Standard

The Lost King movie review: Sally Hawkins is Oscar-worthy in crowd-pleasing Ricardian tale

With ghostly appearances and quiet subversion, this drama is bound to create more drama

The Guardian - UK

So Richard III was a good guy? Really? The Lost King: Imagining Richard III – review

Its standout exhibit is Paul Delaroche’s painting of the two princes the monarch jailed awaiting death. Why does this vogue-ishly pro-Richard show, a tie-in with the Steve Coogan film, place a question mark over it?

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh locations spotted in trailer for new British blockbuster The Lost King

Filming began back in April for the movie, with cast and crew members spotted around the capital in areas such as Roxburgh Street in the Old Town and Bruntsfield Links.

The Guardian - UK

Royal row erupts over Steve Coogan film about Richard III

Archaeologists fear they are ‘villains of the piece’ in movie, co-written by Coogan and directed by Stephen Frears, about search for British monarch

The Guardian - UK

‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film

As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch

Daily Mirror

Alan Partridge stuns fans as he joins Coldplay to belt out Kate Bush cover at Wembley

Steve Coogan surprised Coldplay fans by joining the band for an eccentric covers of Kate Bush and ABBA songs, while wearing a Snow Patrol jacket

The Guardian - UK

From Wakanda Forever to Don’t Worry Darling: the best films to see in autumn 2022

The Avatar sequel arrives, Michael Flatley’s secret agent struts in, Marvel returns to Black Panther territory – and Harry Styles teams up with Florence Pugh in a horror-thriller

Irish Mirror

Alan Partridge joins Coldplay on stage for cover of Kate Bush's iconic Running Up That Hill

Coogan has plenty of musical background, having performed Come Out You Black and Tans live on the BBC in the past

The Independent UK

Alan Partridge joins Coldplay to sing Kate Bush classic at Wembley

The character played by Steve Coogan joined the band during their penultimate London stadium show.

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