Laugh Tracks 2011: The playlist
The music comedians walk on to
30/08/2011 … This year, as usual, we asked Edinburgh Fringe comedians to tell us what music they came on stage to, and why they chose it.
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Tue 30 August 2011
Thu 18 August 2011
'You wonder what on earth they are up to'
The improv, fun, and banoffee pie on the set of Outnumbered
18/08/2011 … Outnumbered returns to BBC One for its fourth series next month, proving that ignoring the well-known adage never to work with children or animals can pay dividends.
Wed 03 August 2011
Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Comedy reviews from the festival
03/08/2011 … All 2011 Edinburgh Fringe reviews: Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches Hannah Gadsby: Mary.
Mon 25 July 2011
Alastair Campbell frightened me... he made Malcolm Tucker seem less outlandish
Jay Richardson interviews Peter Capaldi
25/07/2011 … With the nation gripped by the phone hacking scandal, what would Malcolm Tucker make of this massive political, media and police fuckaggedon?Peter Capaldi can only…
Tue 19 July 2011
Stewart Lee: What I really think about Michael McIntyre
19/07/2011 … On Sunday, at 2.
Wed 29 June 2011
We had groupies – a right rough load of tarts, they were
Final extract from Simon Day's memoirs
29/06/2011 … In 1998 we performed The Fast Show live at Hammersmith Apollo: thirty nights sold out! This was the cherry on the cake for me personally.
Tue 28 June 2011
Earning a fortune; living like a pauper
In the second extract from his memoirs, Simon Day recalls his time on Saturday Zoo
28/06/2011 … In 1993 Jonathan Ross’ production company, Channel X, embarked on the glorious folly that was Saturday Zoo, a music and comedy show to be broadcast on Channel…
Mon 27 June 2011
' If you fuck this up it’s over for you – you can’t do anything else'
In an extract from his new book, Simon Day recalls his first stand-up gig
27/06/2011 … Malcolm Hardee was what people call a character, but that’s like saying Mohammed Ali was a boxer.