© BBC Worst Flaw Yet
The heretical Dan Meyers claims Fawlty Towers just isn't funny
08/09/2009 … Fawlty Towers.
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Tue 08 September 2009
© BBC Mon 07 September 2009
© BBC Panel beaten...
Michael Bailey awaits the panel game backlash
07/09/2009 … There are three things I dislike about British TV: motor sport, reality shows and soap opera.
Thu 03 September 2009
The Edinburgh comedown
Ashley Frieze experiences the post-Fringe malaise
03/09/2009 … I’ve been to the Fringe ten times.
Wed 02 September 2009
Comedians vs critics
Joe Daniels tries – and fails – to sit on both sides
02/09/2009 … There is one major dichotomy in showbusiness; one that is so engrained in its culture and history that if shaken, the whole industry would collapse.
Tue 01 September 2009
I wanna sell you a story...
Sian Bevan on widening the appeal of comedy
01/09/2009 … My parents have started going to comedy clubs.
Fringe spirit is in the pink
Katie Duce on Edinburgh's most esoteric venue
01/09/2009 … I’m no fan of barbershop quartets, nor of wacky people shoving fliers with dubious quotes in my face, but when it comes to Edinburgh, it’s all in the spirit…
Mon 24 August 2009
Insecurity like I've never known...
Matt Price on the highs and lows of Edinburgh
24/08/2009 … I was standing outside the GRV in Edinburgh the other morning with my friend Kent Valentine when Stewart Lee walked in.
Tue 18 August 2009
When laughter isn't the best medicine
Daniel Meyers on the strains of watching comedy at Edinburgh
18/08/2009 … As I write this I am laid up in bed at home.