'The telly lot are never going to make any sketch shows'
07/10/2009 … The world of comedy can seem obsessed with youth, driven by the perpetual quest for the next big thing in a sea of rising stars.
Latest Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 07 October 2009
Tue 01 September 2009
© ITV What Katy did...
Q&A with Katy Brand as her series returns
01/09/2009 … How did it feel to win best female newcomer at last year’s British Comedy Awards? It was very exciting but mainly it was a relief! I hadn’t really been drinking…
Comics on film
As Funny People is released, Jay Richardson examines the relationship between stand-up and cinema
01/09/2009 … Comedians love cinema.
Tue 18 August 2009
'Comedy feels serious now'
Vic and Bob on the return of Shooting Stars
18/08/2009 … When he’s not making comedy, Vic Reeves runs an electrical contracting business installing Ethernet cabling in offices near his Kent home, with Bob Mortimer working…
Thu 18 June 2009
It's like 24 – with laughs
Steve Pemberton on Psychoville
18/06/2009 … Reece and I got together two years ago to write this, after League Of Gentlemen had come to a stop.
Mon 01 June 2009
For Krod's sake...
How BBC2's sword-and-sorcery comedy came to the screen
01/06/2009 … ‘I don't recall many sitcoms featuring a bisexual Cyclops.
Thu 28 May 2009
The Cat's Whiskers
Steve Bennett reports from the Carlsberg Cat Laughs Festival
28/05/2009 … Tuesday June 2, 2.
Tue 26 May 2009
'I don’t go out of my way to be controversial'
Steve Bennett talks to Sandra Bernhard
26/05/2009 … I think I’ve just woken Sandra Bernhard up – and with the fierce reputation she has, that’s a slumbering lioness you don’t want to prod.