'Likeability doesn't matter'
02/03/2016 … Julia Davis is to make her directing debut with Camping, a new comedy for Sky Atlantic which she also wrote and stars in, alongside Rufus Jones, Vicki Pepperdine,…
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Wed 02 March 2016
Tue 01 March 2016
Eight comedy presidents more insane than Donald Trump
01/03/2016 … To mark Super Tuesday, here are eight Presidents from comedy shows and movies who did a worse job of it that he would do.
Mon 29 February 2016
'I’ve never seen a taboo I didn’t want to pull into the open'
29/02/2016 … Raised By Wolves, the comedy series Catlin Moran wrote with her sister Caroline about their upbringing, starts a second series on Channel 4 this week.
Fri 26 February 2016
© BBC Win signed copies of the Tracey Ullman Show
26/02/2016 … Tracey Ullman’s Show – marking the return of the character comedian to British TV after 30 years – has just been released on DVD.
Thu 25 February 2016
'The benchmark for black British comedy'
Dane Baptiste chooses his Perfect Playlist
25/02/2016 … Chappelle's Show: Charlie Murphy True Hollywood StoriesWith the bulk of television being voyeuristic formats for celebrity, this hilarious sketch strand did it amazingly,…
The science of comedy
Dean Burnett looks at what we know
25/02/2016 … Where does humour and laughter come from in the brain? It’s a good question, but not one that has a simple answer.
Wed 24 February 2016
© Hal Shinnie/E4 'I'm not brilliant at a lot of things'
Michaela Coel on new comedy The Aliens
24/02/2016 … Michaela Coel – who shot to prominence in her own E4 comedy series Chewing Gum –is about to star in the new sci-fi-comedy drama The Aliens for the same channel.
Mon 15 February 2016
© Mark Johnson / Channel4 'It's the end of something so important'
Charlotte Ritchie on the end of Fresh Meat
15/02/2016 … This is going to be the last series of Fresh Meat.