Teddy at the 2009 Scottish Comedian Of The Year final
28/09/2009 … Teddy, making his third appearance in this competition, started very strongly, with freshly-minted topical gags about baggage-handler-turned-hero John Smeaton running…
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Mon 28 September 2009
John Gavin – Original Review
28/09/2009 … John Gavin’s wife entered him into the 2008 So You Think You're Funny? competition for stand-up newcomers – and within the first month of his comedy career found…
Sun 27 September 2009
Rich Hall DVD recording
27/09/2009 … Rich Hall has never been a man with a sense of occasion.
Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)
27/09/2009 … ‘This is the documentary I always hoped would be made - something so complete and so faithful to the truth that I don't need to watch it,’ says Terry Jones of…
Tue 22 September 2009
Elizabeth Mee at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Elizabeth Mee admits she’s a stereotype: middle-aged and upper-middle-class, she’s Radio 4 in human form, and makes predictable references to Agas and children…
© Claudia Wass Jo Selby as Tatiana Ostrakova at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Jo Selby's character of Russian comedian Tatiana Ostrakova, fresh from Jongleurs Minsk, was a highlight of the night.
Catherine Semark at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Though a relative newcomer, well-spoken Catherine Semark has understated elegance and quiet confidence, that draws the audience in – even though her routine is…
Rhona McKenzie at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Relative newcomer Rhona McKenzie offers an earthy set, with cheap-laugh references to the likes of camel toes, overgrown bushes and big pants, which she’s not…