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Twenty Twelve: Back on track with Hugh Bonneville, the lord of office jargon
Mar29

Twenty Twelve: Back on track with Hugh Bonneville, the lord of office jargon

Interview by James Rampton for The Independent

As the BBC's Olympics satire Twenty Twelve returns for a second series, Hugh Bonneville talks to James Rampton about a role far removed from Downton Abbey but just as quintessentially English.

On 14 March last year, the Olympic countdown...

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May02

TV Blog Interview

Interview for David Stephenson's TV Blog

Hugh is interviewed about his performance as Captain Avery in Doctor Who and his upcoming projects in 2011, including a guest appearance in series 2 of Rev and working on the second series of Downton Abbey.

 

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Apr11

Hugh Bonneville's Winchester

Interview by York Membery in The Telegraph

Hugh on the architectural beauty and appeal of the English cathedral city of Winchester.

WHY WINCHESTER?
Firstly, for the history. It has the cathedral, of course, which dates back to Saxon times – and the college, which often has a good...

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Mar14

Twenty Twelve

Interview by Alex Fletcher for Digital Spy

Taking a break from the spiffing good drama of Downton Abbey and battling in the Tardis on Doctor Who, Hugh Bonneville will be showing off his comedic talents this week in new BBC Four mockumentary Twenty Twelve. Based around the team in charge...

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Jan21

My London

Interview by Hannah Nathanson in The Evening Standard Magazine

Hugh Bonneville plays with the giant Macs at the Hoxton Hotel and does his wooing at dusk on Primrose Hill...

Home is
The Hampshire-Sussex border with my wife Lulu and our nine-year-old son Felix. I grew up in Blackheath but now I...

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Dec19

Escape from Downton

Interview by Emine Saner in The Guardian

Hugh stars in this Christmas's Poirot. How did he become the poster-boy of period drama?

Down at the ITV offices, Hugh Bonneville thinks he is giving a press conference about his role as a butler in the new Poirot, Murder On the Orient...

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Nov17

Press Association Interview

Interview to coincide with the National Youth Theatre's annual auditions

TELL US ABOUT YOUR OWN ROUTE TO FAME

Fame isn't something I recognise either as a route or a destination; more an accidental detour along the way. I'm currently enjoying a picnic in a charming lay-by near Downton Abbey. How I got here has...

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Feb28

Fat Pig

Interview by Cassandra Jardine in The Daily Telegraph

The actor tells Cassandra Jardine why he's up for a non-stop 100km race.

Hugh Bonneville's wife, Lulu, took one look at him when he returned from filming the BBC archaeology drama Bonekickers last March and said: "You are as fat as a...

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Feb16

Hugh and Tom Hollander on Freezing, Fame and Friendship

Interview by Alan Franks in The Times

“Yes, but what does it mean?” asks Hugh Bonneville, the star, or rather one star, of a star-filled TV series called Freezing, about stardom and the desperate things that risen or fallen stars will do to retain or regain it. “What does what...

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