News about Steve Coogan

In six first-look images released by Channel 4, Steve was seen in full character with receding greying locks, a thin stature and a striped black and white suit.

Never mind nuclear Armageddon - West End audiences are being warned a new production of Dr Strangelove includes cigarette smoking and bad language. Critics attacked the warnings, saying smoking and swearing alerts were ridiculous given the play is about nuclear doomsday. The new production, which stars Steve Coogan , is the first official adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed anti-war film, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. In the 1964 satire, a deranged US Air Force general orders a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union, and the film ends with a bomb heading towards Russia .

A veteran BBC presenter who was rumoured to be one of the inspirations for the fictional character Alan Partridge will quit the Today programme after 43 years. Garry Richardson, 67, brushed shoulders with former American president Bill Clinton and was punched by Nelson Mandela. But it is the dubious accolade of being thought of as a source of inspiration for Steve Coogan 's hapless presenter Alan Partridge that many will remember him for. In fact the speculation was so persistent he once asked Mr Coogan: 'Was I the original Alan Partridge?' Mr Coogan answered: 'No you weren't, there were many before you'. The presenter acknowledges 'there's a bit of Alan Partridge in every sports broadcaster'.

A BAFTA award winning star looks unrecognisable in the first look at Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove. The actor has overhauled his image to star in the theatre adaptation of the iconic 1964 film, playing at the Noël Coward Theatre in London next month. The household name will be taking on the titular role as well as three other characters in the production which centres on an unhinged American general who orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union.

Katrina Russell (left and right) was instrumental in how the band was managed while working at Creation Records, which helped shoot Oasis into stardom around 30 years ago. She is the best friend of Meg Matthews (left), Noel's first wife, and also dated Robbie Williams and Steve Coogan before settling for a quieter life in Cornwall after being a famous 'It girl' in the 90s. Despite having a front-row seat of the band's split and the pair's bitter feud Ms Russell always knew they would reform. In an interview with her local paper in 2020, Ms Russell said she was sure fans would get a reunion but it may not be a world tour. Inset: Katrina and her daughter, Milla Magee - the reigning Miss England

A top comic has accused Edinburgh's Fringe Festival of becoming a Scots version of Munich's beer-swilling Oktoberfest. German comedian Henning Wehn said performers and shows were becoming 'superfluous', with thousands of revellers flocking to the city to drink. The Fringe, which started on Friday and runs until August 26, helped launch the career of scores of comedy stars such as Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly and Steve Coogan.

More than 20 years on, the Irish are still divided over the events that unfolded on the Japanese Island of Saipan back in 2002. The Saipan incident was a public quarrel between the Republic of Ireland's captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy. Here is what really happened and how it unfolded.

Steve Coogan will play Mick McCarthy in a new film portraying the events of the Republic of Ireland manager's bust-up with captain Roy Keane ahead of the 2002 World Cup. Keane ended up leaving the Ireland camp before the start of the tournament in Japan and South Korea after a public falling out with McCarthy. The pair were involved in a verbal altercation after Keane had given an interview to a newspaper bemoaning the preparation and facilities laid on by the Football Association of Ireland.

Many of us have been yearning for the self-indulgent, unaccountable green activists who inflict mayhem on our society to be given the punishment they deserve. Ordinary people have grown increasingly incensed by these arrogant eco warriors, who believe that their obsession with the so-called 'climate emergency' gives them the right to vandalise public property, paralyse the transport network and cause endless disruption without facing the consequences. That's why, like millions of others, I applauded the robust stance taken by Judge Christopher Hehir at Southwark Crown Court last Friday, when he threw the book at five zealots from the extremist pressure group Just Stop Oil who had mounted a major protest over four days on the M25. The gang's pony-tailed ringleader, former organic farmer Roger Hallam, got five years, while some of his fellow zealots - blessed with genteel names such as Cressida Gethin and Lucia Whittaker De Abreu - received four years each.

Oliver Callan, who is well known for his appearances on The Saturday Night Show in Ireland, has given his verdict on the show which has seemingly divided people both in the UK and across the Emerald Isle. The classic comedy show, which is frequently described as 'unfunny' and 'vulgar',  has been met with criticism from Irish people themselves, with one simply summing it up as 'a load of old sh**e'. Meanwhile, a number of Brits can't get enough of it, having described it as 'hilarious' for its 'lighthearted' take on life, seemingly reflecting the thoughts of millions of viewers who have made it a BBC mainstay for more than a decade. It seems Callan has at one time, been a member of both camps, having started out loathing the show for its poorly worked dialogue and ridiculous plot lines.

In the four-minute video broadcast on TV last night, Sir Keir and the former Manchester United star went for a stroll through the beauty spot discussing the Labour leader's plans for power. They visited Langdale Pikes, which is where Sir Keir used to spend summer holidays with his parents. But social media users were quick to lampoon the clip, comparing it to Coogan and Brydon's hit TV show The Trip - where the pair travel around the Lake District reviewing meals, swapping impressions and talking about life - and branding it a 'parody'.

Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, is suing Mr Coogan, who was a writer and producer of the 2022 film, The Lost King. The film focuses on the role of amateur historian Phillipa Langley who led the search to find the Plantagenet king's skeleton. The lost remains of Richard III were found in a Leicester car park in 2012, more than 500 years after his death. A High Court judge ruled today that the portrayal of Mr Taylor, played by British actor Lee Ingleby, did have a defamatory meaning. The ruling means the case can now proceed to trial, for which a date has not been set. Mr Taylor has brought legal action against Mr Coogan, his production company Baby Cow, and Pathe Productions.

Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, had sued Mr Coogan, who was a writer and producer of the 2022 film, The Lost King. The film focuses on the role of historian Phillipa Langley in the search to find the controversial king's skeleton. The lost remains of the Plantagenet king were found in a Leicester car park in 2012, more than 500 years after his death. Mr Taylor, whose screen character was portrayed by British actor Lee Ingleby, brought legal action against Mr Coogan, his production company Baby Cow, and Pathe Productions over his portrayal in the film. Mr Taylors' lawyers, William Bennett KC and Victoria Jolliffe, argued that their client was presented as being 'dismissive, patronising and misogynistic' towards Ms Langley, who was played by actress Sally Hawkins.

Richard Madeley has been mocked by GMB viewers after having another 'Alan Partridge' moment.  The 68-year-old presenter is often compared to Steve Coogan's tactless character, and drew parallels yet again on Thursday during an interview with Kerry Katona.  Kerry, 43, appeared on the breakfast news show to discuss her new nose job after drug abuse left her with a hole in her septum.

Lord Cameron proved why he is better placed behind the House of Commons despatch box rather than a bar as he pulled a dodgy pint while out on the general election campaign trail. The foreign secretary was visiting the Flower Pot pub in Macclesfield where punters greeted him with a rapturous round of applause. He made his way behind the taps and began pulling a pint of ale where he warned: 'I haven't done this for a while, so I'm trying to make sure I don't get too much head.' After being given words of reassurance and encouragement, he then idly chats away to Macclesfield MP David Rutley to ask how his campaign is going who tells the former prime minister they are off to a good start having delivered thousands of leaflets already.

The Lib Dem leader's love of a stunt saw him embark - and then rapidly disembark in an uncontrolled manner - from a paddleboard on Windermere, the scene of a highly controversial effluent spillage in February. He will be hoping the situation has been rectified after he fell off the board into the chilly waters of England's largest lake. Earlier this month it was claimed million of litres of raw sewage were 'illegally pumped' into the Lake District beauty spot by United Utilities after a fault was not corrected for hours. According to the Environment Agency, sewage spills into England's rivers and seas more than doubled in 2023 with 3.6 million hours of spills last year - equal to about 400 years - compared with 1.75 million hours in 2022. The Lib Dems are campaigning for local environment experts to get seats on water company boards as non-executive directors to 'improve public accountability and transparency'.

Newly anointed Miss England Milla Magee does have a crown on her head (it comes in its own box with a handle, who knew?) but she isn't sounding much like a beauty queen right now. She tells me that she's never applied fake tan in her life and although her teeth are brilliant white - they're entirely her own. Her hair is the blondest blonde but she reckons this is part genetic ('No idea how because my mum is really dark') and partly because she's always in and out of the sea so there's some natural bleaching going on.

BBC One's new six-part series And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge comes five years after the character's last TV appearance. The mockumentary will see Partridge in a state of 'unease' after a year working in Saudi Arabia, feeling there are glaring questions to ask about himself and Britain. Filming kicked off in the south of England last week and gave a first look at Partridge - who will write, presenter, produce and direct the series - on his journey to 'understand what's going on, with Britain's minds and his own'. On Monday, BBC One released a first look at the beginning of filming for the series - where Coogan could be seen at horse riding stables surrounded by cameras.

As one of England's largest and most popular natural attractions, Lake Windermere, based in Cumbria, is part of a Unesco World Heritage site. However, according to files obtained by the BBC , it has been revealed that United Utilities failed to stop the illegal pollution of Windermere for 10 hours despite the firm saying it took 'urgent' steps to resolve the incident. The firm also failed to report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started. It is said that a nearly identical incident took place in the same location in 2022. A telecoms fault on the night of February 28 caused the main pumping station at Bowness-on-Windermere, which normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works, to stop.

Lock up your Toblerones and set aside the big plates, Alan Partridge is back and in no mood to take prisoners after spending a year adjusting to life overseas. Actor Steve Coogan has resurrected the tactless presenter for a new mockumentary, five years after his last TV appearance on 2019 show This Time... With Alan Partridge. And first images from the production find him dressed in the character's favoured bomber jacket and jeans while shooting outdoor scenes with a small production team.

The actors used the glitzy ceremony London's Royal Festival Hallas a platform to make a political statement as they arrived on the red carpet wearing red pins with hands on. The pins were launched by Artists4Ceasefire, a group of people within the entertainment industry, and are a symbol that is seen as calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. A-list celebrities were slammed by Israeli figures in March for wearing the red pins at the Oscars, as they say the image hearkens back to the 2000 Ramallah lynching of two Jewish men. Mr Cox, who starred as Logan Roy in Succession, attended the Baftas alongside his actress wife Nicole Ansari-Cox who was also seen wearing a red pin.

Steve Coogan (pictured left as Savile and inset at the BAFTAs tonight) has said his nomination for his portrayal of Jimmy Savile (pictured right) in The Reckoning feels like 'vindication' for taking on the risky role. Coogan, 58, is in the running for the leading actor prize at the awards for his role in the BBC drama about how the serial sexual abuser managed to conceal his crimes until after his death in 2011. Arriving on the red carpet tonight, the TV star said 'being acknowledged by the academy feels like a sort of a vindication'. He previously said taking the role was a 'risk', but an important one to ensure that people can learn from the depraved exploitation of power which hundreds of young children were victims of. Since production began in 2020, The Reckoning has been repeatedly questioned for potentially immortalising a serial abuser.

The Saturdays singer, 35, flashed her toned stomach in an elegant pink two-piece ensemble, which showcased her incredible figure.  The chic ensemble consisted of a baby pink cropped blouse with padded shoulders and a matching floor-length skirt which featured ruched detailing at the centre. 

Amber Rose Gill effortlessly turned heads in a revealing dress while heading to the BAFTA Television Awards in London on Sunday. The former Love Islander, 26, displayed her incredible physique as she slipped into a black see-through lace maxi dress which hugged her curves. The very racy number left little to the imagination, as she flashed matching black underwear and bandeau.The TV personality exuded style in the floral number which she paired with fingerless opera gloves.