The Crown Dual
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Wilton's Music Hall, London
06/09/2019 … This is the pantomime version of The Crown, distilling the first series of Netflix’s lavish royal drama into a little over an hour and on a budget that wouldn’t…
Fri 06 September 2019
What's the opposite of a mermaid?
06/09/2019 … Tweets of the week For a man so opposed to socialism Boris Johnson seems to love getting publicly owned.
© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 Boris Johnson gets his ideas from Private Eye
06/09/2019 … Boris Johnson is not only beyond parody – he seems to be inspired by it.
© BBC/Zeppotron Sky orders shorts from up-and-coming comics
To be introduced by Romesh Ranganathan
06/09/2019 … Sky has commissioned a series of ten comedy shorts in which Romesh Ranganathan will introduce some of Britain’s best up-and-coming comedians.
Blackadder will NEVER return
Don't listen to Baldrick, says Ben Elton
06/09/2019 … Blackadder will never return, Ben Elton has vowed, scotching the constant rumours of a comeback.
Thu 05 September 2019
Matt Berry spoofs Points Of View for a new charity campaign
With impressionists Lewis MacLeod and Morgana Robinson
05/09/2019 … Matt Berry and impressionists Lewis MacLeod and Morgana Robinson have made a series spoof TV shows to promote charity giving.
Greenwich Comedy Festival 2019 opening night
05/09/2019 … The Greenwich Comedy Festival is always a late-summer treat: a chance to catch top names on a line-up bill, often after they’ve done boot camp of Edinburgh…
National Lottery hails Comedy School founder
Surprise to reward 21 years of good work
05/09/2019 … The founder of an organisation that uses comedy for social good is to feature in a National Lottery advert this weekend.