2016 Archives
Wed 22 June 2016
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Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
22/06/2016 … Netflix has signed up plenty of big-name stand-ups for specials to sit on their streaming service.
© Lars Thornhill This is why your joke isn't working
Tom Crowley offers some advice for writers
22/06/2016 … Let's address the inherent arrogance of my daring to write this article.
Third series for Scot Squad
22/06/2016 … Scot Squad is to return for a third series, with filming getting under way in Glasgow this week.
Folk-comedy star Bob Williamson dies at 67
Pioneer of the pre-alternative scene
22/06/2016 … Bob Williamson, one of the pioneering generation of folk-club comedians, has died at the age of 67.
From the Sex Pistols to Peter Kay
Tony Kinsella recalls the life of Bob Williamson
22/06/2016 … 'My dad only bought me the guitar to get me to bloody shut up' And thus began the musical-comedy career of Bob Williamson, an only child, bored and feckless…