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Paul Merton

Titles: 26movies36TV shows

Career: Active from 1991 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 46/100

Highest rated: Have I Got News for You
46/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Merton Catalog average

Satire & Parody
7.7average 2.3
Wit & Wordplay
8.1average 3.7
Politics
6.9average 2.6
Dark Humor
6.4average 2.8
Absurdist Humor
5.6average 2.0
Pop Culture
5.4average 2.2
Showbiz
4.3average 1.2
Situational Comedy
5.8average 2.7

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.4, average 4.2
Romance
1.1, average 3.8
Adrenaline
2.2, average 4.9
Mystery
1.6, average 4.1

Main genres

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Comedy 13
Documentary 4

Recurring tags

Travelogue 2
British Comedy 2
Cult Classic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

2 titles

When Motorhoming Goes Horribly Wrong

as Narrator

Motorhoming With Merton and Webster

TV show

2010s

5 titles · average score 82

Years and Years

TV show · as Paul Merton

Shoot From the Hip Improvised Plays

TV show

Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood

TV show · Creator, Writer

Paul Merton in Europe

TV show

Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema

Director, Writer

2000s

8 titles · average score 83

Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

TV show · as Paul Merton

Paul Merton in India

TV show

Trials and Tribulations

as (archive footage)

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

as The Captain

The Suicidal Dog

as Radio announcer & Man on Train

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime

as Lucretia

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

as Spirit of the Ring

1990s

11 titles · average score 64

Rex the Runt

TV show · as Dr. Dogg (voice)

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

as Narrator

Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's

TV show · as Arnold

Rex the Runt: North by North Pole

as Dr. Dogg (voice)

An Evening with Gary Lineker

as Ian

The Danny Baker Show

TV show

One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath

as Dentist (Voice)

If You See God, Tell Him

TV show · as Workman

Terry and Julian

TV show · as Vicar

Paul Merton: The Series

TV show · Writer, Creator

One Foot in the Grave

TV show · as Barman

1980s

1 title · average score 85

The Young Ones

TV show · as Peasant