Patricia Routledge
Jordan North: 'Other kids were out drinking – I was watching the Vicar of Dibley'
The Radio 1 DJ and I’m a Celebrity runner up on a childhood spent watching sitcoms with his mum, from the Dawn French classic to The Royle Family and Keeping Up Appearances
As told to Hannah J Davies
16, Mar, 2021 @2:00 PM
Clive Swift, actor in Keeping Up Appearances, dies aged 82
RSC veteran was best known for starring as the beleaguered husband of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom, and also appeared in Doctor Who
Gwilym Mumford
01, Feb, 2019 @5:10 PM
Women's Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life
Second world war records made public for first time give fascinating glimpse into how British civilians coped with bombing
Maev Kennedy
04, Jul, 2017 @4:00 PM
New Year honours list: arise Sir Mark Rylance
Oscar-winning actor is knighted while Patricia Routledge and Kinks singer Ray Davies are among artists honoured
Hannah Ellis-Petersen
30, Dec, 2016 @10:30 PM
How we made Noises Off
Patricia Routledge: ‘I kept bashing into doors and they kept bashing into me. I got through two bottles of arnica in rehearsal alone’
Interviews by Andrew Dickson
16, Feb, 2016 @7:00 AM
Right actor, wrong role: when stars are not aligned
Lyn Gardner: Ever seen a production with a performance so misconceived you’ve wondered how the actor was ever cast? Share your stories of actors mismatched to their parts
Lyn Gardner
17, Dec, 2014 @8:00 AM
An Ideal Husband review – Patricia Routledge can’t rescue Wilde revival
A host of bankable stars weigh down an evening that is funereal in pacing and design, writes Lyn Gardner
Lyn Gardner
01, Dec, 2014 @5:36 PM
An Ideal Husband review – splendid and witty, but stuffy
Patricia Routledge and Edward Fox show the others how it’s done at Chichester, writes Clare Brennan
Clare Brennan
30, Nov, 2014 @12:05 AM
Chichester theatre reopens with Rupert Everett in Amadeus
After a £22m facelift restoring its eccentric magnificence, the West Sussex theatre kicks off new season with Peter Shaffer's classic play
Maev Kennedy
18, Jul, 2014 @1:28 PM
Patricia Routledge: 'There's a fashion to speak badly'
What has tempted Patricia Routledge back on to the stage? A wartime pianist and the King James Bible. She tells Laura Barnett what she thinks of theatre today
Laura Barnett
01, Nov, 2011 @9:31 PM
Patricia Routledge: 'The King James Bible has great cadences'
Patricia Routledge tells Emma John why the King James Bible is heaven and modern musicals are hell
Emma John
01, Oct, 2011 @11:04 PM
Alan Bennett: turning melancholy into an art
Laura Barton: This week's celebration of Alan Bennett is a treat – which are your favourite Bennett moments?
Laura Barton
07, Dec, 2009 @3:45 PM
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