Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We?
Review of the now former Mock The Week host on tour
27/10/2022 … Given its seismic global impact, it’s no surprise that the Covid pandemic simulated so much stand-up, good and bad.
Thu 27 October 2022
When 13-year-old Michael McIntyre was on Going Live
...asking Five Star a nice polite question
27/10/2022 … It’s one of the most notorious moments on kids’ TV – when a caller to Going Live unleashed the f-bomb against Five Star live on Saturday morning…
Leicester Comedy Festival gets new patrons
As 30th anniversary programme is launched
27/10/2022 … Leicester Comedy Festival has announced a new raft of patrons as it launches its 30th anniversary programme.
Wed 26 October 2022
Eddie Izzard takes Great Expectations to New York
Six-week run of solo version of the Dickens classic
26/10/2022 … Eddie Izzard to return to the New York stage with a solo version of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
Agony aunts... of a fashion
New podcast from comics James Barr and Lauren Pattison
26/10/2022 … Comedians James Barr and Lauren Pattison are releasing a new fashion-based podcast.
Scott Bennett: Great Scott
26/10/2022 … ‘The comedy industry doesn’t think I’m cool,’ says Scott Bennett, more as a statement of fact than a lament.
© Avalon/Netflix Russell Howard: I ate a dog biscuit to prove a point... to my dog
Comic recalls his lockdown madness
26/10/2022 … Russell Howard has told how he knew Covid lockdown was driving him a bit doolally – when he ate a dog biscuit to prove a point to his pet.
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled to return for series seven
Eight more episodes coming to Dave next year
26/10/2022 … Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled is to return for a seventh series, broadcaster Dave has announced.