The vinyl frontier
Liam Mullan longs for the return of the comedy album
03/06/2010 … As a child, whenever I was at my grandparents’ house I would make sure to venture into my father’s old bedroom and inspect his record collection.
2010 Archives
Thu 03 June 2010
Pete and Dud: Back from the dead
Comics to resurrect their lost sketches
03/06/2010 … Some of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s lost material is to be recreated for a new TV show.
The first Noel
Fielding's new solo shows... but they're in Canada
03/06/2010 … Noel Fielding is to perform his first solo shows since hitting the big time – but fans will have to travel to Canada to see them.
deuchars03
03/06/2010 … THE Edinburgh Fringe has agreed a sponsorship deal with the locally-brewed Deuchars IPA beer to sponsor the venue boards at this August's festival.
Lembit Opik's first stand-up gig
03/06/2010 … Few would-be stand-ups would ever dare perform their first nervous gig in front of the nation’s press.
Supporting Lembit...
03/06/2010 … Jobbing comedians are used to the fact that, generally, comedy-club audiences aren’t there to watch them specifically, but just a generic night of stand-up.
Wed 02 June 2010
The last of the Last of the Summer Wine
02/06/2010 … The BBC has axed Last of the Summer Wine after 37 years.