2013 Archives
Thu 08 August 2013
Still rocking a showgirl leotard at 67!
Vikki Stone chooses her comedy favourites
08/08/2013 … Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl Before Streisand got all serious, she made a movie musical called Funny Girl.
Win a mediocre prize, with Rob Brydon
New BBC One Saturday night pilot
08/08/2013 … Rob Brydon is piloting a new BBC One Saturday night game show – in which all the prizes are ‘mediocre’.
Wed 07 August 2013
Comic sent down mine over a ill-judged joke
Satirist upsets North Korean officials
07/08/2013 … A North Korean comedian was sent away to undertake hard labour in a coal mine midway through her performance, after she said something to offend the draconian regime.
Rob Lloyd: Who, Me?
07/08/2013 … As the online world goes loopy about Peter Capaldi becoming the 12th Doctor, it’s hard to remember a time when Whovians were pariahs, even among other geeks.
Gary Delaney 2: This Time It's Not Personal
07/08/2013 … In honour of Gary Delaney’s simple approach to stand-up; a simple review.
Pat Cahill: Start
07/08/2013 … From what he tells us, it’s a miracle that Pat Cahill got this show written at all.
Alex Horne: Lies
07/08/2013 … With its trained ostrich, troupe of aquatic dancers, and the first stand-up to be performed in Aramaic for 2,000 years, Alex Horne’s Lies is the winner of this…