'Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean - but good'
Alasdair Beckett-King shares his comedy favourites
04/08/2019 … Father Ted Father Ted was created by comedy writer Arthur Mathews and mad internet bully Graham Linehan.
Sun 04 August 2019
Can 'the funniest woman on Instagram' cut it live?
The best of the week's live comedy
04/08/2019 … The week's best live comedy.
New R4 series for John Moloney
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
04/08/2019 … Our pick of the week’s comedy on TV and radio.
© BBC/Two Brothers Fleabag named programme of the year
By America's Television Critics Association
04/08/2019 … Fleabag was the big winner at last night’s Television Critics Association awards.
Sat 03 August 2019
Ben Van der Velde: Fablemaker
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
03/08/2019 … Ben Van Der Velde spins many crowd work plates in Fablemaker, seeking a patchwork narrative in a one-man improv show entirely comprising audience interaction.
Am I still mentally ill or do I not understand what it is to be healed?
Eric Lampaert on whether the Fringe will help him with his problems
03/08/2019 … Like many performers, I subconsciously stepped onto the stage seeking a love that could potentially replace the kind I lacked in previous years.
'Growing up, there was nobody on TV who looked like me'
Rosie Jones talks about her cerebral palsy and how she got into comedy
03/08/2019 … Comedian Rosie Jones has said that she only rarely felt sad about growing up with cerebral palsy – and even counted herself ‘lucky’ she wasn’t…
John Robins: I'd be dead if they had online gambling when I was a teen
Comic speaks up about his addiction
03/08/2019 … John Robins has spoken about his teenage addiction to fruit machines – saying that he could have been driven to suicide had he had access to online gambling…