Ending the great divide
03/06/2007 … Divisions between northern and southern humour are eroding, according to a panel of comedy academics.
Sun 03 June 2007
Beyond the Fringe
03/06/2007 … One show on this year's Edinburgh Fringe could win £5,000 and the chance to appear at the city's prestigious international festival - and it could go to a comics.
Lewis Black – Original Review
03/06/2007 … Lewis Black is one of the original grumpy old men.
Andrew Stanley – Original Review
03/06/2007 … Andrew Stanley's a regular compere in the clubs of Ireland, and that grounding shows through in his set.
Sat 02 June 2007
Bernard O'Shea – Original Review
02/06/2007 … Bernard O'Shea is a fizzing, iridescent ball of sheer energy; a fast-talking, fast-thinking comedian who invigorates a room with his presence.
Fri 01 June 2007
Comedy with no class
Decline of the working-class sitcom
01/06/2007 … Working class heroes have all-but disappeared from comedy, as society becomes increasingly middle class.
© BBC British comedy 'is bigoted'
Racism 'as rife as in the Seventies'
01/06/2007 … British comedy is as bigoted and racist today as it was in the Seventies, academics have claimed.