A love letter to TV

Peter Serafinowicz on his new sketch show

04/10/2007 … The vacillations of the American TV industry always come in for a lot of flack.

'She thinks she’s in with a chance. It’s tragic and embarrassing'

Brenda Blethyn on playing a club comic

20/09/2007 … Comedians always get a raw deal when portrayed in fiction, with that tragic tears-of-a-clown image proving just too irresistible to dramatists.

'I've wanted this for so long...’

Interview with if.comedy winner Brendon Burns

11/09/2007 … Comedians, as a rule, feign indifference towards awards, fearing that blatantly chasing the glittering prize should dent their iconoclastic cool.

20 questions: Guy Pratt

26/08/2007 … Or rather 19 questions, due to an administrative error in what we sent to the bass player turned comedy anecdotalist…How does it feel performing alone as yourself,…

99% of women's breasts are way too big

20 questions: David Ward

25/08/2007 … Which comedians inspired you to become a stand-up? Harry Hill , Stewart Lee, Adam BloomWhere and when was your first gig? Don’t remember How did it go? Great What’s…

20 questions: Al Pitcher

25/08/2007 … Which comedians inspired you to become a stand-up?Billy connolly and my uncle BobWhere and when was your first gig?Purple Turtle Bar, Islington 1999How did it go?Brutal.

The night I unlocked the funny cupboard

20 questions: Des Clarke

24/08/2007 … How did the idea for the show come about?The show is called Destiny so being a sucker for word play it seemed like quite a cool way to include my name in the show…

I need some Pepto-Bismol for the soul

20 questions: Liam Mullone

23/08/2007 … Which comedian(s) inspired you to become a stand-up?When I started I knew three fifths of fuck all about stand-up; people around me still discuss 'household names'…