6 Music axe: What does it mean for comedy?
08/03/2010 … The BBC’s plan to axe 6 Music has caused widespread uproar and more wailing and gnashing of teeth than an Old Testament omnibus.
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Mon 08 March 2010
Thu 04 March 2010
Keeping it clean: comedy's last taboo
Chris Brooker says comics can learn from keeping it PG
04/03/2010 … rnA challenge for you.
Thu 25 February 2010
Where did all the political comedians go?
Nelson David mourns their passing...
25/02/2010 … I’ve often wondered why many younger generation comedians seem less politically and philosophically engaged with the world around them than their predecessors…
Wed 24 February 2010
Did Father Ted give studio sitcoms the last rites?
Liam Mullan on the state of TV comedy
24/02/2010 … In his recent Correspondents contribution, Dave Cohen launched a pre-emptive strike against the ‘death of the audience sitcom’ becoming an accepted fact.
Mon 22 February 2010
75 gigs... and nine lessons leaned
Norman Cho shares the tips he wsh he'd known when he started comedy
22/02/2010 … What I wished I knew when I started doing comedy.
Does comedy screw you up?
Kevin Maslen thinks it might...
22/02/2010 … How many times have you heard that comedians are a bunch of manic depressives with issues that go back to when they were still in nappies? Indeed we could all list…
Sun 21 February 2010
The new politics of comedy
Liam Mullone explains where Doug Stanhope is coming from
21/02/2010 … Doug Stanhope has no need for me to defend him, be I ever so humble in the meritocratic (and therefore perfect) world of comedy.
Thu 18 February 2010
No one should be the butt of a joke
Mab Jones says too many gags are rooted in hate
18/02/2010 … My comedy partner, Kevin Coleman, is big, and fat, and bald.