The Essay: Adrian Edmondson
05/07/2021 … During lockdown, it seems like every gig-starved comic has decided to dash off a book, unanimously deciding that literature, not grubby gigging, is their true calling.
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Mon 05 July 2021
Mon 21 June 2021
Aidan Goatley: 12 Films of Christmas
21/06/2021 … It’s Christmas in June, and Aidan Goatley is full of the ‘goodwill to all men’ spirit.
Ali and Fran: Intense!!
21/06/2021 … Fran and Ali is a two-hander, rather than a double act, even if their contrasting chalk-and-Swiss-cheese personalities might seem ideally suited for comic juxtaposition.
Gerry Carroll: When I Was Alive
21/06/2021 … The inventive idiots at the cult Alternative Comedy Memorial Society night have a permitted heckle: ‘A failure - but a noble one.
Thu 17 June 2021
© BBC Laugh Lessons
Our critical guide to all 20 of BBC Three's new comedy shorts
17/06/2021 … BBC Three has today launched a series of 20 shorts under the Laugh Lessons banner, showcasing new and diverse comedy talent, put together from production houses…
Mon 14 June 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: Last Night Of The Proms
14/06/2021 … This series of Inside No 9 ends with probably its weakest link, even though it’s always fascinating to see what Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith…
Sun 13 June 2021
© BBC Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator
13/06/2021 … To research this Radio 4 essay about the role of the unreliable narrator, Stewart Lee spent almost three weeks with the Inrravat people of northern Canada, who believe…