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John Antrobus remembers the strange days of Associated London Scripts
22/03/2009 … It was an inauspicious, and unlikely, birthplace for some of the finest comedies this country has ever produced.
2009 Archives
Sun 22 March 2009
The old uns are the best
Steve Bennett chats to Barry Cryer
22/03/2009 … At 67, and after a career that's involved just about every comedy legend you can think of, some comics might start thinking about taking things a little easy and…
Mocking the afflicted
22/03/2009 … Almost every successful British comedy of the past 40 years has used disabled characters as figures of fun, a Radio 4 show has claimed.
Winging It
Interviews with the Green Wing cast and creator
22/03/2009 … Channel 4's acclaimed sitcom Green Wing returns for a second series on March 31.
The future of satire
22/03/2009 … A week of events about satire at South London's Greenwich Theatre kicked off with a debate entitled The Future of Satire - Safe and Smug or Edgy and Offensive? Here's…
Aussie rules!
Mark Little on Australia's comedy heritage
22/03/2009 … During the Eighties, Mark Little was best known for his role as lovable rogue Joe Mangel in Neighbours, though his real love was stand-up comedy.
Go Jerry
22/03/2009 … Phoenix Nights deservedly made a star out of Peter Kay, but also raised the profiles of other stand-ups in the cast - perhaps none more so than Dave Spikey, co-writer…
Why good jokes are hard to remember
22/03/2009 … Good jokes are harder to remember than bad ones, scientists have discovered.