Wed 24 October 2012
Where's the satire?
Political comedy thrives under the Tories... except this time, says Chris Hallam
24/10/2012 … It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that political satire only tends to truly thrive under Tory Governments.
'Will joke for food'
Desperate move for starving comics
24/10/2012 … 'Will work for food' is the sign of the starving and wretched everywhere – and now hard-up comedians have turned to making the same desperate offer.
Give a gorilla a camera...
Boosh's Bollo exhibits comics' portraits
24/10/2012 … He's best known in comedy for playing Bollo The Gorilla in The Mighty Boosh – but now Dave Brown is showing a different side, with an exhibition of comedians'…
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24/10/2012 … MATTHEW WINNING, Matt Rees and Lucy Beaumont are all through to the final of the BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award, after triumphing at the semi in London's Leicester…
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24/10/2012 … TOMMY TIERNAN made around £400,000 last year, according to accounts just filed with Ireland's Companies Registration Office, which showed nearly €500,000 in profits…
Kevin Bridges up for two Scottish Baftas
24/10/2012 … Kevin Bridges is up for two Scottish Bafta award – going head to head against Mrs Brown's Boys.