Revealed: Details of Black Mirror Series 4
As Charlie Brooker says: Real events are outpacing satire
25/08/2017 … Charlie Brooker says writing satire has become difficult because real politics is so insane – and moves too quickly.
2017 Archives
Fri 25 August 2017
Pat Cahill: The Fisherman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
25/08/2017 … Pat Cahill has an endearing habit of dismissing his previous shows as self-indulgent folly, promising something more mainstream, then reverting to his eccentric…
© Steve Ullathorne 'One of the funniest, most brilliant pieces of anything committed to film'
Ashley Storrie's Perfect Playlist
25/08/2017 … Ashley Storrie picks her comedy favourites.
Steve Bugeja: Summer Camp
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
25/08/2017 … After a more traditional stand-up show which received mixed reviews last year, Steve Bugeja returns to the storytelling vibe that won him such acclaim for his 2015…
So You Think You're Funny final 2017
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
25/08/2017 … With its high ceiling, vast stage and ambient temperature higher than most active volcanos, Gilded Balloon’s Debating Hall is an unforgiving room for stand-ups,…
Russell Kane to host Manchester Arena reopening
Fundraiser for victims of bomb attack
25/08/2017 … Russell Kane is to host the Manchester Arena reopening concert.
Robert White performs a track from InstruMENTAL
25/08/2017 … Comedian Robert White has written an opera based on his troubled early life.
A British Daily Show would be 'too expensive'
Comedy Central's US chief on the pitches he gets
25/08/2017 … A British version of the Daily Show would probably too expensive to be viable, the head of America’s Comedy Central has said.