Last Post for The Bugle?
Times pulls plug on satirical podcast
15/12/2011 … The Times has pulled the plug on Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver’s satirical podcast The Bugle after four years.
2011 Archives
Thu 15 December 2011
Phil Hammond axed in NHS reforms
15/12/2011 … Medical comedian Dr Phil Hammond is losing his GP’s job under cost-saving NHS reforms.
It's Money Python...
Cleese and Idle clash over cash
15/12/2011 … John Cleese and Eric Idle have become involved in a public spat over the money made by Monty Python musical Spamalot.
Wed 14 December 2011
Want to build a comedy career? Do it yourself
Bob Slayer on the rise of independent comedy
14/12/2011 … Stewart Lee quite rightly pointed out in his book How I Escaped My Certain Fate that in the Nineties when Janet Street-Porter said, ‘comedy is the new rock and…
Win an orchestral CD - no strings attached
Tim Minchin's latest up for grabs
14/12/2011 … Tim Minchin’s latest show with the Heritage Orchestra is out now on CD and download – and we have six copies to give away.
Louis CK beats the media giants
Direct downloads turn a healthy profit
14/12/2011 … Louis CK made a profit from the stand-up special he released as a $5 download in just 12 hours.
Louis CK Live At The Beacon Theater
Download review by Steve Bennett
14/12/2011 … This is the sort of move that might have DVD distributors worried.
Uncaged Monkeys: Night Of 200 Billion Stars
Review of Hammersmith Apollo gig, by Steve Bennett
14/12/2011 … Is particle physics the new rock and roll?Well, obviously not.