'Ethnic' comedy can be mainstream
A previously unpublished interview with Felix Dexter
21/10/2013 … In 2011, Felix Dexter performed what was to be his last tour, Multiple Personalities In Order.
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Interviews with the top comedians.
Mon 21 October 2013
Thu 17 October 2013
© Michael Prince The idea of creating something feel-good is never really an issue...
Sam Bain on writing Fresh Meat
17/10/2013 … Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong created both Peep Show and Fresh Meat.
Wed 16 October 2013
'The Inbetweeners movie changed my life'
Q&A with Jessica Knappett, as her show Drifters comes to E4
16/10/2013 … Jessica Knappett, the former member of the Ladygarden sketch group, who played Neil’s love interest Lisa in the Inbetweeners movie, has just written and stars…
Wed 25 September 2013
From Mrs Brown's Boys to Stewart Lee, it's all valid
Interview with Channel 4 comedy chief Phil Clarke
25/09/2013 … Phil Clarke will have had a nervous night last night.
Wed 11 September 2013
'I'm not Elton John'
Q&A with Sarah Millican as her talk show returns
11/09/2013 … What would you say is your unique selling point as a comedian?I think it’s that I could be sitting beside you in the audience.
Tue 27 August 2013
'I came so close to madness'
Greg Davies on his new C4 sitcom Man Down
27/08/2013 … Greg Davies’s new Channel 4 sitcom, Man Down, is due out in the autumn – but industry delegates at the Edinburgh International Television Festival at the weekend…
Tue 16 July 2013
You need characters you care about, not just funny voices...
Christopher Guest talks to Jay Richardson about his first TV series, Family Tree
16/07/2013 … Christopher Guest is best known for playing Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnell, an experience that led to him writing, directing and acting in a series of acclaimed…
© BBC/NBCUniversal He's warm and lovely... but terrifying
Chris O'Dowd and the rest of the cast talk Family Tree
16/07/2013 … It’s the press junket to launch his latest show, Family Tree, but Christopher Guest has cried off sick, leaving journalists and cast to speak about him in the…