I like to divide opinion...
07/12/2010 … Do you see the TV show as an extension of your stand-up, or do you approach the medium differently?I try to do exactly the same as I do at a gig.
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Tue 07 December 2010
Wed 01 December 2010
Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights
01/12/2010 … Channel 4 played its cards very close to its chest with Tramadol Nights; releasing not so much as a preview clip before last night’s premiere, perhaps for fear…
Tue 23 November 2010
A (very) little bit of politics...
Steve Bennett heads to a political comedy night
23/11/2010 … Never mind their effects on the country, right-wing governments are supposed to be a boon for political comedians, giving traditionally liberal satirists something…
Tue 16 November 2010
© BBC Royle secrets revealed...
10 things you might not have known about the show
16/11/2010 … GOLD is continuing its celebrations of The Royle Family tomorrow (Wednesday) with Royle Family Portraits, in which the cast and celebrity fans select their favourite…
Mon 08 November 2010
© BBC Malcolm Tucker on comedy
EXCLUSIVE Q&A with the spin doctor from The Thick Of It
08/11/2010 … Are you a comedy fan?Who doesn’t like comedy? Apart from the Head of BBC Three.
Fri 05 November 2010
'The funniest man I know'
Frank Sidebottom's director remembers a legend
05/11/2010 … Frank Sidebottom’s Fantastic Shed Show is to be released on DVD for the first time on Monday.
Wed 03 November 2010
'It was a labour of insanity'
03/11/2010 … Red Dwarf actor Robert Llewellyn became an internet sensation with his unlikely online chat show, Carpool, in which he interviewed celebrities while giving them…
Mon 01 November 2010
Jailed for his jokes
Jay Richardson on the new film about Burmese prisoner Zarganar
01/11/2010 … Imagine that following Beyond The Fringe and Peter Cook’s unprecedented mimicry of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, the group were placed under secret surveillance,…