Making it up as they go along
Brighton Fringe improv shows reviewed
14/05/2008 … Maybe it’s something to do with the sea air, but there seem to be rather a lot of improv shows at the Brighton Fringe, so Chortle sampled a couple, back-to-back.
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Wed 14 May 2008
Sun 04 May 2008
Johnny Vegas manhandled me
04/05/2008 … By Chortle editor Steve BennettI was manhandled by Johnny Vegas.
Wed 30 April 2008
A little bit of politics
On the eve of the local elections, Julian Hall takes a look at political comedy
30/04/2008 … Legend has it that when a Nazi officer confronted Picasso with a print of Guernica and asked him: ‘Did you do this?’, Picasso replied: ‘No, you did.
Wed 02 April 2008
Was Lenny right?
Julian Hall on the future of black comedy
02/04/2008 … The recent speech by Lenny Henry about the lack of diversity in TV raised some uncomfortable and contentious questions about the lack of black comedy talent.
Thu 27 March 2008
The third man
Interview with Eddie Braben, Morecambe & Wise's writer
27/03/2008 … The voice on the phone is warm and friendly, tinged with a soft Liverpudlian accent.
Mon 10 March 2008
Where there's a Willbond...
Ben's long wait for his TV break
10/03/2008 … Success at the Edinburgh Fringe is often seen as a passport to instant TV fame.
Mon 04 February 2008
© C4 States of independence...
Dave Gorman on his odyssey around America
04/02/2008 … Dave Gorman does the things the rest of us only talk about.
Wed 09 January 2008
© BBC Winding up the wind-ups
Marc Wootton on his new BBC Three sketch show
09/01/2008 … Marc Wootton has pretty much built his career on tormenting people.