A Dent in the univers
22/03/2009 … Radio 4 concludes its adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy with an eight-part series, starting on May 3, taken from Douglas Adams’s third and fouth…
2009 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Sun 22 March 2009
On another planet...
Simon Jones on the return of Hitchhikers\' Guide
22/03/2009 … When Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy star Simon Jones left California following the funeral of his friend Douglas Adams in May 2001, it was with a heavy heart.
Adam and the rants...
Adam Bloom talks - and talks - about his new radio show
22/03/2009 … As the next series of The Problem With Adam Bloom prepares to hit Radio 4, with a longer running time and the prime 6.
Write good advice...
Expert advice on getting that sitcom off the ground
22/03/2009 … "I'm looking for people to bring us their worlds, rather than the worlds they think we want to see.
Queen Victoria
22/03/2009 … Victoria Wood is back on TV, having written new episodes of her Acorn Antiques spoof for a new programme about the history of the comedy sketch.
Hiding behind laughs
22/03/2009 … Great tomes have been written on the psychology of comedians.
Brigstocke: 'To be honest, I'm a bit of a tart'
22/03/2009 … As fictional historian David Oxley BA (Hons) returns to our screens for a new series of We Are History, Marcus Brigstocke, shares his thoughts on the character he…
The Christians told me where to shove it...
22/03/2009 … You might imagine that returning to a job you haven’t done for five years to be a bit disconcerting.