'People saying "pop" drive me insane'
Simon Callow on his new role as The Rebel
30/06/2016 … Simon Callow is about to star in the new Gold sitcom The Rebel, adapted from Andrew Birch’s strip cartoon in The Oldie.
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Thu 30 June 2016
Wed 22 June 2016
From the Sex Pistols to Peter Kay
Tony Kinsella recalls the life of Bob Williamson
22/06/2016 … 'My dad only bought me the guitar to get me to bloody shut up' And thus began the musical-comedy career of Bob Williamson, an only child, bored and feckless…
Tue 21 June 2016
Win Cuckoo series 3 on DVD
Five copies of Greg Davies comedy up for grabs
21/06/2016 … The third series of Cuckoo has just been released on DVD – and we have five copies to give away.
Mon 06 June 2016
Win a Billy Connolly DVD
Tracks Across America, featuring a previously unseen episode
06/06/2016 … Billy Connolly's travelogue Tracks Across America is out on DVD and digital download today – and we have five copies to give away.
Fri 03 June 2016
Self-deprecation, hubris and mental illness...
Steve Rannazzisi chooses his comedy favourites
03/06/2016 … Howard SternThe self-proclaimed 'King of all media' is just that in America.
Wed 25 May 2016
'There's no time to agonise'
Interview with Power Monkeys writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
25/05/2016 … Can you explain a bit about Power Monkeys?ANDY: It’s a peek behind the curtains in the corridors of power – four different corridors of power, looking at the…
© C4/Ryan Mcnamara 'Being German is a viable business plan'
Henning Wehn on his new TV show
25/05/2016 … An Immigrant's Guide to Britain is a new three-part series in which Henning Wehn and other first-generation immigrants provide a guide to life in Britain, through…
Thu 12 May 2016
© English Heritage A little bit of blue...
Which comedians have been honoured with plaques
12/05/2016 … Tommy Cooper today becomes only the 12th comedian to be honoured with a blue plaque – although he is one of the more famous to modern minds.