Gervais, Pilkington and Merchant Simpsonified
Ricky Gervais was famously immortalised in Springfield back in March 2006, but only now do we know what his closest pals Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant look like once Simpsonised.
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Channel 4 Mispronouncing The Simpsons
No matter how glamorous your job, every supermodel, Premier League footballer and Channel 4 continuity announcer has to instil some fun into their daily routine to stop it from becoming, well,…
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Jimmy Carr
We are sitting in a private members’ club in London with Jimmy Carr when he is handed a phone. It’s Elton John. He wants to know if the comic fancies coming to see his new Vegas show.…
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Johnny Depp v Ricky Gervais
Johnny Depp has been called many things in his time, but an elephant? Hey, stop that puerile sniggering at the back. Come on, grow up.
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Dominic West's Tour Of The Hour Set
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Which, in this case, being BBC’s cracking new 50s drama, The Hour, we want suave, but possibly incompetent, newsreader Hector Madden, aka Dominic West. And West…
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Ian Hislop
As Private Eye celebrates half a century, its editor, Ian Hislop, takes the reins at ShortList. Tom Ellen sits down with the king of British satire.
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The Afghanistan Office
If your knowledge of the Kabul comedy scene is a bit lacking, then don't fret as we're about to give you a heads-up on what to look out for.
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VIDEO: Alan Partridge talks his new book
Bravely throwing his hat into the competitive field of literature, Norfolk's finest export Alan Partridge is finally unleashing his book on us lucky people.
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The Simpsons to get their own channel?
Who likes The Simpsons? Well, we all do, obviously. Who likes them all day, every day, until the end of time?
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Matt Smith
After effortlessly proving the doubters and the ‘Doctor Who?’ headlines wrong, Matt Smith is a man in demand. Not that he likes to boast about it, as ShortList’s Jonathan Pile…
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VIDEO: Freddie Flintoff Vs Lion
Being stranded in the plains of Botswana with only local wildlife for company is not what you'd typically expect a celebrity to be doing in their downtime.
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Behind the bars of a mega-jail
Writing exclusively for ShortList, broadcaster and journalist Louis Theroux describes his four weeks filming within Miami’s notorious county jail system.
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When cartoons get political
Today’s more grown up cartoons might satirise politics in outrageous fashion, but even back in the early days of animated sketches, politic ribbing was rife – like, for instance, the US…
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Ten Greatest Fake Simpsons Products
As well as being the scene for a never-ending series of adventures and stories, Springfield is also home to a thriving production industry. Powered by the safe and highly-regulated nuclear power…
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Arrested Development in Lego
We miss Arrested Development. Humming along to that O.P.P. song got us through many double physics lessons back in the day. See, we are hip hop.
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British TV Smartens Up
Green, rickety doors swing open to reveal threadbare carpets, a thick cloud of cigarette smoke and battered brass fittings as heavily pomaded men bustle past a large Art Deco clock. Beyond that…
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Idris Elba Interview
Despite the deluge of rain that’s soaking this corner of New York, Idris Elba is in good spirits — and he has plenty of reasons to celebrate. Seven years after leaving The Wire, he scored…
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Brent is Back
As you may already be aware (we shout loud) we've been celebrating the 10-year anniversary of The Office. During our interview with Ricky Gervais in this week's issue, we had him don an ill-fitting…
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Backstage at Ricky Gervais’s new sitcom
He may have hit 50 this year, but Ricky Gervais is still some way off the creative pipe and slippers.
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Literal TV posters
The last time we heard from Patrik Svensson, he was dragging our jaws to the floor with his well-crafted typographic movie posters.
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Ricky Gervais
Awkward and gag-free, The Office had none of the hallmarks of a successful comedy. Ten years on, Ricky Gervais dons his Brent garb and talks Tom Ellen through an unlikely classic
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Kayvan Novak
At a rust-bitten south London swimming pool, Kayvan Novak is making ShortList nervous. “Woohoo!” he screams, bouncing higher and higher on a creaking diving board as we trade awkward…
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Sir David Attenborough
“Can you hear me now?” comes the instantly recognisable voice down the echoey line. Even when he’s grappling with a troublesome speakerphone Sir David Attenborough brings a…
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The Return of the Dambusters
Back when reading Roy of the Rovers, chewing Hubba Bubba and listening to Modern Romance were de rigueur – the early 80s in short – we used to love listening to our Nan telling us stories…
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Exclusive shots from The Kennedys
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” The Kennedy family did quite a lot for its country: one son became president and the other a presidential…
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Derren Brown’s Guide to overcoming Awkward…
Life. It’s always waiting around the corner, ready to stick out a gnarly ankle to send you tumbling into the muddy puddles of social peril. Whether it’s coming a cropper with oversharing…
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Banksy does The Simpsons
That Banksy, eh? Always up to something. This time he's created The Simpsons opening title sequence for the show that aired in the US, yesterday.
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Leaked: Family Guy's Apprentice Audition Tape
Now that 2011’s most anticipated event has been and gone – of course we’re talking about the World Snooker Championships, jeez – the next event in our bulging…
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The Odd Couple
As comedy goes, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan will always be gifted a place on the A-List. Alone, they’re titans of wit; together, they’re just rather silly, as ShortList’s Andrew…
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Super Hans' top Peep Show moments
Stay with us on this: Peep Show's Super Hans is essentially a 21st century Trigger. We're not bringing his IQ or recall for names into question, just like we're not claiming Trigger has a fondness…
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Family Guy meets Star Wars again
The wait is almost over. The giddy, gurgly, pre-orgasmic, knee-knocking sensation is almost tangible. No, we’re not referring to the interminable drag towards Yuletide. That’s for little…
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Retro TV adverts
Now these really will stir some memories. Whether your TV upbringing was haunted by giant bandy-legged crows in hats singing about expensive orange juice, or cartoon cats telling you never to talk to…
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Worst TV remakes
While the list of bad movie remakes would be as long as a very long arm, it's quite easy to forget about the many televisual travesties that have plagued our sorry screens in the past. Cancelled,…
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New Partridge
Another week, another brand new helping of Partridge – we could get used to this.
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Top US TV imports
They may have inflicted watery lager, substandard chocolate and Paris Hilton on the world but — as classic shows like The Sopranos attest — Americans know how to make a compelling TV…
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Tiny TV Shows
While an entire season of your favourite show in miniature form might start to grate pretty swiftly (Don Draper's expressions are limited as is), these excellent shots give us an interesting peek…
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Richard Bacon reveals all
The celebrated Five Live host has a chinwag with ShortList's Andrew Dickens
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8 weirdest TV shows
TV execs are strange folk. While Twin Peaks get cancelled after just two seasons, dross like Everybody Loves Raymond manages to run for nine whole years. For every awful show that makes it through…
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Top 10 uncommissioned pilots
As the very existence of 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' proves, TV bosses don’t always get it right.
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11 signs you've absorbed too much reality TV
The Apprentice is no more for 2010, but did it (and others) get inside your head?
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This Is England returns (again)
It's not standard practice for hit films to have genuinely great TV sequels so when This Is England '86 landed on our screens earlier this year, it was a pleasantly dark surprise.
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Parky's interview secrets
After more than 2,000 TV interviews Sir Michael Parkinson has a tale or two to tell. ShortList swapped places with the legendary interviewer to discover the backstage intrigue behind his iconic…
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Napoleon Dynamite TV trailer
Anyone who went to university (even for a day trip) in the year 2004 will remember the effect that Napoleon Dynamite had on students. The surprise indie hit became a cult classic and was endlessly…
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Embarrassing Celebrity Adverts
While our idea of easy money might be spending £1 on a scratch card and getting £2 back, for celebrities it's a far different game.
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