Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
The improv, fun, and banoffee pie on the set of Outnumbered
18/08/2011 … Outnumbered returns to BBC One for its fourth series next month, proving that ignoring the well-known adage never to work with children or animals can pay dividends.
Comedy reviews from the festival
03/08/2011 … All 2011 Edinburgh Fringe reviews: Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches Hannah Gadsby: Mary.
Jay Richardson interviews Peter Capaldi
25/07/2011 … With the nation gripped by the phone hacking scandal, what would Malcolm Tucker make of this massive political, media and police fuckaggedon?Peter Capaldi can only…
19/07/2011 … On Sunday, at 2.
Final extract from Simon Day's memoirs
29/06/2011 … In 1998 we performed The Fast Show live at Hammersmith Apollo: thirty nights sold out! This was the cherry on the cake for me personally.
In the second extract from his memoirs, Simon Day recalls his time on Saturday Zoo
28/06/2011 … In 1993 Jonathan Ross’ production company, Channel X, embarked on the glorious folly that was Saturday Zoo, a music and comedy show to be broadcast on Channel…
In an extract from his new book, Simon Day recalls his first stand-up gig
27/06/2011 … Malcolm Hardee was what people call a character, but that’s like saying Mohammed Ali was a boxer.
© James McNaught John Lloyd on the art of producing comedy
23/06/2011 … The new Mustard magazine has an exclusive interview with writer/producer John Lloyd, talking about his work on QI, Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not The Nine O’Clock…
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