by drum | Aug 15, 2017 | Press
Article: Demise of Count Arthur Strong signals the end of the family sitcom August 14, 2017 by Alec Charles So, the BBC has decided to cancel its sitcom Count Arthur Strong after three series – presumably in favour of spending its dwindling budget on something more...
by drum | Jul 6, 2017 | Press
July 6, 2017 by Lucy Sweet I’ve been trying to stop myself from writing about Count Arthur Strong. You see, it’s funny (or not, depending on your point of view) in a way that’s hard to describe without people looking at you with blank pity. It uses...
by drum | Jun 8, 2017 | Press
Who are you calling dummy? CRAIG BROWN on why we are living through a golden age of ventriloquism 08/06/17 When I was growing up in the Sixties, ventriloquism seemed a spent force. On television, Ray Alan ruled the very small ventriloquist’s roost, primarily...
by drum | May 28, 2017 | Press
Count Arthur Strong -blissfully, brilliantly bewildered by Brian Logan at the London Palladium 28/05/17 Not the least of the achievements of Steve Delaney’s extraordinary character Count Arthur Strong is that he’s made mincemeat of the distinction between mainstream...
by drum | May 20, 2017 | Press
May 20, 2017 by Tim Dowling I’ll confess that the first time I encountered Count Arthur Strong (BBC1), I didn’t get it. I caught the second half of an episode of his Radio 4 show while driving, and thought I was listening to a live broadcast going genuinely wrong. It...
by drum | May 17, 2017 | Press
May 17, 2017 by Bruce Dessau It’s been a while since the last Count Arthur Strong series but the third run does not mark a significant change. Which is a Good Thing. Our befuddled hero (Steve Delaney) is still as hapless as ever, putting his foot in it at every...
