How comedy causes – and eases – my anguish
One stand-up's frank admission
08/09/2016 … The other day, while in conversation with my long-term partner, I made a flippant comment about how we all think about killing ourselves.
Thu 08 September 2016
© BBC Lost Sitcoms: Hancock's Half Hour
08/09/2016 … Of all the sitcoms dusted down for the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom season, Hancock's Half Hour has got the most experience behind it.
Ben Elton starts shooting his new movie
Three Summers is his first directing job in 15 years
08/09/2016 … Ben Elton is directing his first film in more than 15 years.
Wed 07 September 2016
© BBC/King Bert Revealed: Walliams & Friend co-stars
Sketch show returns with Harry Enfield and more...
07/09/2016 … David Walliams’s celebrity co-stars have been revealed for his new BBC One sketch series Walliams & Friend.
© BBC Comedy Feeds: Man Like Mobeen
iPlayer review by Steve Bennett
07/09/2016 … Man Like Mobeen starts imposingly, with Guz Khan’s alter-ego delivering a direct-to-camera missive about the ‘neo-conservatives' illegal war’ on brown people…
© Andy Tyler Waiting For Waiting For Godot
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
07/09/2016 … Waiting For Waiting For Godot is one of those ‘why-didn’t-anyone-think-of that-before’ ideas: a simple pitch that opens a realm of possibilities.
Timing is everything...
Finally released, the show George Carlin recorded on the eve of 9/11
07/09/2016 … A previously unheard stand-up special George Carlin recorded the day before the 9/11 terrorist attacks is to be released for the first time next week.