Jack Whitehall review – perennial kidult’s cartoonish comedy
In Settling Down, the standup promises more mature work to match his imminent parenthood but the material remains superficial
April 2023
The Q&A
Jack Whitehall: ‘I have a punchable face, and my body looks like it’s been drawn by a child’
The comedian on alienating his friends, regrettable hairstyles and tricking his dad into naked yoga
January 2023
TV review
Bad Education series four review – at least this lazy sitcom got rid of Jack Whitehall
This pointless revival of the awful BBC comedy sends its one-time star behind the camera and is slightly better for it. But it’s still a clumsy, slapdash show packed full of weak jokes
December 2022
Observer New Review Q&A
Jack Whitehall: ‘Two stars from the Guardian, that’s the aim’
The comedian and actor on doing his own stunts, trying to mature as a comedian,and his return as Alfie Wickers in a Bad Education Christmas special
July 2022
Flashback
Hilary and Michael Whitehall look back: ‘I wanted an agent, he wanted a wife’
The parents of comedian Jack Whitehall on running wild at the Acropolis, their age gap and getting married
December 2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog review – benign live-action film of the US children’s book series
Puppy love meets awkward class commentary in this family comedy starring Jack Whitehall and Big Little Lies’ Darby Camp
November 2021
‘I have always been a fashion person’: Billy Porter to host Fashion Awards
The actor, who wore a gown to the Oscars in 2019, is set to bring his gender non-conforming style to fashion’s starriest night, at London’s Royal Albert Hall later this month
May 2021
Brit awards 2021: the best of the ceremony and red carpet – in pictures
Brit awards 2021 in pictures
July 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: medals all round for Britain's sporting heroes
Comic Jack Whitehall ratchets up the heart-thumping nostalgia for nation-uniting tournaments. Plus: water buffalo run wild in the Fens. Here’s what to watch this evening
February 2020
Jack Whitehall pays tribute to Caroline Flack at Brit awards – video
The host of this year's Brit awards Jack Whitehall pays tribute to Caroline Flack, the former presenter of Love Island who is understood to have taken her own life on Saturday.
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – family films
Mulan fights her way out of controversy, Pixar jams with a jazz Coco and Keanu Reeves stars opposite SpongeBob Squarepants in next year’s most promising kids’ flicks
November 2019
Jack Whitehall review – puerile, inauthentic and by-numbers jokes
The comic, who doesn’t seem to have any interest in people or the world, puts on a weak showwith anecdotes that ring untrue
August 2018
Casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure
Caspar Salmon
Gay people can act straight convincingly, but the reverse is far trickier, says film writer Caspar Salmon
Outrage at Disney casting Jack Whitehall to play a gay character is misguided
Gary Nunn
Not very long ago, a gay character leading a Disney film would have been unthinkable. Let’s give this moment the celebration it deserves
Jack Whitehall's role as first major gay Disney character sparks row
The actor and comedian is reportedly playing the gay brother of Emily Blunt’s character in Disney film Jungle Cruise
February 2018
Brit awards 2018: five things we learned, from Haim's humour to Stormzy's power
Apart from the politics, 2018's Brit awards were business as usual
Alexis Petridis
November 2017
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Alias Grace; Blue Planet II; Trust Me I’m a Doctor and more
Netflix’s Margaret Atwood adaptation is every bit as mighty as The Handmaid’s Tale. And David Attenborough’s oceanic survey is a gorgeous triumph
April 2017
Decline and Fall review – Waugh-mongers be damned! This is a fine show
The ghastly gaggle of toffs are back with Jack Whitehall as the perfect Pennyweather and Eva Longoria bringing the glamour in this excellent companion to Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel
January 2017
Jack Whitehall review – maladroit manchild runs away from the truth
The foppish comedian is a terrific performer but his tightly scripted comedy doesn’t compensate for the dearth of anything real or insightful to say
