Snorri Hergill Kristjansson – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

20/05/2007 … Think of jokes about Iceland, and you’ll probably instantly come up with something about the cold and maybe a pun about the frozen food store.

Goodbye, Brother

Brand to host one last BB spin-off

19/05/2007 … Russell Brand is returning to pass comment on Big Brother – despite having quit the Big Mouth spin-off.

Dyson gets his goat

League Of Gents writer updates fairytale

19/05/2007 … League Of Gentleman co-writer Jeremy Dyson is updating the Three Billy Goats Gruff fairytale for BBC One.

The bees' needs

The week's trivia round-up

18/05/2007 … Jerry Seinfeld launched his animated film Bee Movie in Cannes last night, saying: ‘One thing I hate is any kind of movie promotion that smacks of desperation in…

puns18

18/05/2007 … STEPHEN FRY is to present a Radio 4 programme about Britain's strange love of puns, featuring Tim Vine and Arthur Smith, due to air at 11.

Ed O'Meara – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

18/05/2007 … The bulk of Ed O’Meara’s set is an odd, borderline-racist routine about Polish men, which he portrays as a tribe of shaven-headed Neanderthals forever on the…

Richard Coughlan – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

18/05/2007 … Richard Coughlan is certainly a ball of manic energy; giddily pacing the stage at frantic pace, his arms flail around in a blur of demonstrative gestures.

Comic in US 'hate speech' row

Condell branded racist

17/05/2007 … A British stand-up has been accused of spreading ‘racist hate speech’ in California.