It makes my blood Boyle!
CK Goldiing says Frankie's fans get what they deserve
09/12/2010 … Three years ago, while looking after my five-year old niece, she was bitten on the nose by a dog… my dog.
2010 Opinions
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Thu 09 December 2010
Lost in translation
Giacinto Palmieri on parochial English-speaking comics
09/12/2010 … I have been reading with renewed admiration about Eddie Izzard’s plans to move to France for three months and perform, not for the first time, his comedy there.
Tue 07 December 2010
Less is more...
Andrew Moir on the extended panel shows
07/12/2010 … Sometimes the director's cut of a movie restores a masterpiece to it's rightful form.
Mon 06 December 2010
Death-defying comedy
Bob Slayer on why Dr Brown is a genuis
06/12/2010 … It's not easy being a reviewer, the majority of whom get into it because they are passionate about the subject they are reviewing, like to see creativity and as…
Fri 19 November 2010
Jason Manford: Bringing sexy back
CK Goldiing cheers for a comic's indiscretions
19/11/2010 … In a former Correspondence piece, I characterised 95 per cent of the stand-up comedians I’ve met as ‘pussies’.
Thu 18 November 2010
Who said the sitcom was dead?
Chris Hallam on a resilient beast
18/11/2010 … In the 1990s, one thing seemed clear: the British sitcom was dead.
Tue 16 November 2010
Putting the alternative back into comedy
Bob Slayer calls for a rock-style revolution
16/11/2010 … In a recent Guardian article – Stand Up Comics Hit The Boom Time – Eddie Izzard’s promoter, Mick Perrin, predicted: ‘There will be a reaction against the…
Thu 11 November 2010
Tweeted like a criminal
Penny Nicholas on today's theat to free speech
11/11/2010 … I'm concerned about the Twitter Joke Trial.