'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…
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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…
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…
Fri 07 June 2013
'All the best comics have a tremendous work ethic'
Q&A with Parks & Rec's Aziz Ansari
07/06/2013 … Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari is to play the Hammersmith Apollo on June 15, his second UK visit following his short run at the Soho Theatre in 2011.
Fri 31 May 2013
TV makes mediocre comics look good, and good comics look mediocre
Judah Friedlander talks to Jay Richardson
31/05/2013 … Best known for playing slobbish, trucker cap-wearing comedy writer Frank Rossitano alongside Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock, comic Judah Friedlander is in…
Thu 30 May 2013
Why should rock 'n' roll get all the stadium glitz?!
Eddie Izzard on arena gigs, politics and his acting ambitions
30/05/2013 … In the second part of his Chortle interview to coincide with his global Force Majeure interview, Eddie Izzard tells Jay Richardson about his ambitions in acting,…
Wed 29 May 2013
Eddie Izzard: The first global comedian
'If comedians have drive and imagination, it's an exciting time'
29/05/2013 … In the first of a two-part interview, Eddie Izzard talks to Jay Richardson about his multinational Force Majeure tour:Has the tour lived up to your expectations?You…
Mon 11 March 2013
When you take something as beautiful and indefinable as good comedy and regard it as ‘product’, then it’s spoilt
Kevin Eldon is hoping for a punky revolution
11/03/2013 … Kevin Eldon has a peerless television résumé, after appearing in Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Big Train, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge,…