Josh Howie at the Just For Laughs London showcase
18/01/2010 … Josh Howie’s material is not for the faint at heart, revolving almost entirely around domestic violence, paedophilia, anal sex and rape.
Mon 18 January 2010
Alun Cochrane at the Just For Laughs London showcase
18/01/2010 … Inveterate timewaster Alun Cochrane’s subdued approach was perhaps a little too subtle for the more alcohol-soaked punters, but his downplayed charm did eventually…
Miles Jupp at the Just For Laughs London showcase
18/01/2010 … Miles Jupp is unassuming in his delivery, with a set that is entirely driven by the understandable perception of him as the sort of posh man who could quite happily…
Elis James at the Just For Laughs London showcase
18/01/2010 … Likeable Welshman Elis James’s ruse of opening with new material about Montreal, culled from Wikipedia, was ill-advised – but it did mean a welcome change when…
© Trish Gant/Funny Women Holly Walsh at the Just For Laughs London showcase
18/01/2010 … Holly Walsh’s gentle but smartly crafted gags didn’t quite hit home, hampered by an imperfect delivery.
Sun 17 January 2010
Review: Leicester Comedy Festival preview show 2010
17/01/2010 … You probably couldn’t get two more different comedians than Jenny Éclair, who hosted the Leicester Comedy Festival preview in outrageously sordid style last year,…
Birth of a plonker
Nicholas Lyndhurst on the Only Fools... prequel
17/01/2010 … Rock & Chips, the prequel to Only Fools And Horses, will be aired on BBC One next Sunday, telling the origins of Del Boy and his gang in 1960 Peckham A whole new…
© BBC Sitcoms have 'gone downhill'
...says Only Fools creator Sullivan
17/01/2010 … Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan has complained that modern sitcoms are badly written, and rely too much on swearing to get cheap laughs.