Count Arthur Strong has been recommissioned for a second series. The comedy - which debuted on BBC Two last night (July 8) - has received an order for seven more 30-minute episodes. Co-written by The ...

"Comedy is the hardest thing," said Hadlow at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. "I think pre-watershed comedy's particularly difficult – it's very competitive, everyone's looking for a ...

Count Arthur Strong is a faded star from the golden days of variety, prone to delusions of grandeur, selective memory loss and the blurting out of malapropisms. He was never as famous as he thinks he ...

Count Arthur Strong is a variety performer of the old school The joke is added to by the Count’s growing confusion as he tries but fails to get even the simplest sentence out - it’s like his brain is ...

As well as being the all-around entertainer we all know and love from the telly, Count Arthur Strong is also a lifelong fan of astronomy, since having been given a microscope, or whatever it is they ...

Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. 4/6. Coach Trip: After an attempted coach trip to Bridlington goes terribly wrong, Arthur decides that he has to go 'native'.

Much to everyone's surprise, including his own, Arthur gets a part in a radio play. Meanwhile Michael finds house sitting for Arthur is a dangerous thing to do. When a riot forces everyone into a back ...