Anger is an energy
Ted Shiress on channelling his bitterness
29/06/2011 … All comics have a particular personality trait which they magnify a hundred times then use as the cornerstone of their act.
2011 Archives
Wed 29 June 2011
© C4 Channel 4 goes off Campus
29/06/2011 … Channel 4 has axed its university comedy Campus in the face of poor ratings.
We had groupies – a right rough load of tarts, they were
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.
Gervais to hit Edinburgh TV festival
Sharing tips on breaking America
29/06/2011 … Ricky Gervais is to give a talk at the Edinburgh International Television Festival about how to break into American TV.
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The Stand takes over Assembly Rooms
Fringe coup for Edinburgh comedy club
29/06/2011 … The Stand comedy club is to move into Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms next year, ousting the operation that has run Fringe shows there for 30 years.
He's at it again...
Joke thief Jordan Paris exposed again
29/06/2011 … The comedian who stole Lee Mack’s material has been plunged into a new row over joke theft – despite claiming to have cleaned up his act.