Spaced 1999
Chris Hallam celebrated the cult sitcom's tenth birthday
23/09/2009 … Ten years ago, the British comedy scene was very different from the one we know today.
Latest Opinions
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Wed 23 September 2009
Mon 21 September 2009
Too old to be funny?
Ashlea Dutton, 16, wonders if comics have a sell-by date
21/09/2009 … Does the comedy scene belong to the younger model? In the showroom are the flashy Porsches named Whitehall, Kane and Donnelly, revving up technology-based gags,…
Tue 15 September 2009
You know what comedy needs? More critics
Donnchadh O Conaill wants comedy to be taken seriously
15/09/2009 … Critics are often thought of as being to comedy what a vendor hawking pork pies is to an orthodox Jewish wedding – unwelcome intruders offering unpalatable goods.
Mon 14 September 2009
Gorilla tactics
How a man in a primate suit changed Matt Price's ideas of comedy
14/09/2009 … It's the immediacy of live comedy that appeals to me.
Doing adverts? It's a crime against the truth
Ivor Dembina has the last word on the subject
14/09/2009 … Like Carl Donnelly, I’ve never done an advert, but I’m sure if I needed the money I would do.
Fri 11 September 2009
Why I made those Magners ads
11/09/2009 … When I accepted the offer to advertise Magners cider earlier this year I was well aware of some of the credibility pitfalls associated with such a move; being compared…
Thu 10 September 2009
Don't take comedy too seriously!
Carl Donnelly responds to critics of comics who do adverts
10/09/2009 … David Jesudason’s Correspondents piece about comics who take money for ads and voiceovers annoyed me enough to write this brief response.
Wed 09 September 2009
Off the artistic roll call
David Jesudason on the comics who take money for ads and voiceovers
09/09/2009 … Money for old rope.