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Sun 22 March 2009

The future of satire |

The future of satire

22/03/2009 … A week of events about satire at South London's Greenwich Theatre kicked off with a debate entitled The Future of Satire - Safe and Smug or Edgy and Offensive? Here's…

Go Jerry | Interview with Dave Spikey

Go Jerry

Interview with Dave Spikey

22/03/2009 … Phoenix Nights deservedly made a star out of Peter Kay, but also raised the profiles of other stand-ups in the cast - perhaps none more so than Dave Spikey, co-writer…

Festival: The Movie |

Festival: The Movie

22/03/2009 … You probably wouldn’t have noticed her among the hundreds of desperate performers thronging Edinburgh’s Royal Mile during last year’s festival.

Meet the makers | How The Guide was rewitten...

Meet the makers

How The Guide was rewitten...

22/03/2009 … It might seem like sacrilege to its legions of fans, but the new Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy movie has taken liberties with the characters, lines and script…

Acting funny | Dylan Moran's movie debut

Acting funny

Dylan Moran's movie debut

22/03/2009 … Dylan Moran is making his movie acting debut opposite Michael Caine in the new comedy The Actors in a story, by Conor McPherson and Neil Jordan, of two dead-end…

Noble thoughts | Ross's funny old world

Noble thoughts

Ross's funny old world

22/03/2009 … As Ross Noble embarks on new series of Radio 4 travelogues from around the world, he reveals a few favourite anecdotes: What was the best place you visited for this…

Tue 17 March 2009

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