Saunders: BBC is dumbing down
...and that's why I don't work with Dawn any more
20/10/2008 … Jennifer Saunders has claimed that BBC is ‘dumbing down’ comedy – and blamed the corporation for ending her comic partnership with Dawn French.
Mon 20 October 2008
Silverman bombs at UK debut
Fans fuming over 45-minute show
20/10/2008 … Sarah Silverman was heckled during her first UK live dates, after performing for little more than 45 minutes.
Kay's spoof storms charts
Winners Song outsells the real X-Factor winner
20/10/2008 … Peter Kay has made No 2 in the pop Top 40 with his spoof reality show song.
Roseanne Barr Q&A
20/10/2008 … Roseanne Barr is coming to London's Leicester Square Theatre this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tom Goodliffe – Original Review
20/10/2008 … Newcomer Tom Goodliffe is self-assured and comfortable in his persona of a middle-class Home Counties chap, with a well-spoken eloquence that serves him well in…
Stephen Hill – Original Review
20/10/2008 … Despite being a comedy newcomer, Stephen Hill is ultra-confident, with an appealing delivery but lacklustre material about how backward village folk are, or how…
Sun 19 October 2008