Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards.

Articles by Andrew Billen

Results 141 to 150 of 512

Who asks the questions round here?

  • 21 August 2006

The tables are turned on our top political journalists, to oddly little effect Tony Benn: interviewing the interviewers Channel 4

Talking a load of crystal balls

  • 14 August 2006
  • 1 comment

A lazy tale of ESP-enhanced children leaves common sense far behind Cutting Edge: my kid's psychic Channel 4

Modern life is rubbish

  • 07 August 2006
  • 1 comment

Two satires on Blair's Britain take savage swipes at celebrity culture Time Trumpet BBC2 Modern Toss Channel 4

When too much is never enough

  • 31 July 2006

A punchy drama of shopaholism proves as addictive as any reality-TV series Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart BBC2

Don't panic: it's only a leaky reactor

  • 17 July 2006

The scaremongers are wrong - a little radiation may even be good for you Horizon: nuclear nightmares BBC2

Officers and gentlemen

  • 10 July 2006

At the Battle of the Somme, heroism was not confined to ordinary soldiers The Somme - From Defeat to Victory BBC1

What? No more big African adventures?

  • 03 July 2006

A stupid scheme by greedy public-school boys makes oddly delightful viewing Coup! BBC2

As American as apple pie

  • 26 June 2006

A subtle satire on polygamy reveals the secret oddness of every family Big Love Channel 5

There's no business like show business

  • 19 June 2006

A Pop Idol for playwrights is short on ideas, long on naked ambition, writes Andrew Billen The Play's the Thing
Channel 4

For youth, for Christ and for liberty

  • 12 June 2006

America's bonkers Christian soldiers save a borderline-dull documentary, writes Andrew Billen God's Next Army Monday 5 June, 9pm, Channel 4

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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