Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Shappi Khorsandi chooses her comedy favourites
10/10/2012 … Charlie Chaplin: The Great DictatorChaplin was a cinematic and comedy genius and I hope anyone who disagrees slips on a banana skin and gets chased around a lamppost…
Sarah Slack reviews the new documentary Alone Up There
09/10/2012 … ‘Stand-up comedy is the most difficult art form of them all’, according to filmmaker Sean Patrick Shaul.
Steve Bennett reviews Alan Carr et al
07/10/2012 … The gala opening the Brighton Comedy Festival has to be better than some of the guff surrounding it.
BBC One's new sitcom Me And Mrs Jones
01/10/2012 … The timing couldn't have been better.
By Steve Bennett at the O2 Arena
24/09/2012 … Is there any area of performance Tim Minchin can’t do expertly well? Comedian, songwriter and now standout musical star.
Steve Bennett at the revival of Peter Cook's legendary club
21/09/2012 … Hillsborough, Levenson, MPs’ expenses – trust is failing in the institutional pillars of British society.
Oliver Lansley on playing Kenny Everett
19/09/2012 … BBC Four is about to add to its considerable catalogue of biopics about dead comedians, with a new 90-minute drama about Kenny Everett.
Lee Hurst on his comedy favourites
18/09/2012 … The GoodiesI was very young when this was first shown and I loved the silliness and speed of it.
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