Frank Chickens hailed as Comedy Gods
29/08/2010 … Japanese avant-garde collective Frank Chickens have officially topped the poll for the best ‘comedy god’, following a subversive internet campaign.
Sun 29 August 2010
© BBC Comedies scoop TV awards
29/08/2010 … Comedy shows have swept the board for awards handed out at the Edinburgh TV festival.
Roisin Conaty: Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar
29/08/2010 … Like a lot of comedians, Roisin Conaty was the weirdo outsider at school, a painfully uncommunicative creep unable to make friends.
Gyles Brandreth: The One To One Show
29/08/2010 … I hereby diagnose Gyles Brandreth as suffering from a new condition called appellative dyspraxia.
Checkley Bush
29/08/2010 … I have to admit my heart sank at the start of Checkley Bush, as the first scene involved two over-the-top ‘Lanarkshire lezzas’ doing little more than belting…
Jim Bowes: Obsession
29/08/2010 … Though an affable and engaging presenter, Jim Bowes lacks a strong direction in a show too short on strong punchlines to stand apart.
Paul Harry Allen: The Lost Letters Of Cathy G
29/08/2010 … Rummaging around in a second hand shop in London, Paul Harry Allen, discovers a bundle of letters from the Sixties belonging to someone we only know as Cathy G.