Now, I’ve never been a massive fan of Billy Connolly. His classic material – you know, appearances on Parkinson and other late night TV – is obviously demonstrative of wonderful storytelling, but when you start…
When you’re making near-the-knuckle jokes about paedophiles and the Royal Family that are so over the top that even BBC Two doesn’t mind seeing the back of you from its top rated topical comedy panel…
Did you catch BBC One’s celebratory The One Lenny Henry earlier this year? Buoyed by the success of the excellent The One Ronnie and sensing an opportunity to bring fans of a 1980s comedy to…
So the British Comedy Awards 2011 have been and gone; it was a pleasure to see some different names thrown about this time around, and better still to see Sarah Millican recognised for her hard…
If you’re planning on a night in the 2011 British Comedy Awards are broadcast live on Channel 4 this evening, with host Jonathan Ross presenting awards to a string of already successful comics and comedy…
Things are looking grim for BBC television comedy. In the past few weeks we’ve had the news that Shooting Stars has been axed amidst a “refocusing” of BBC Two’s output (once a hotbed of new…
Let’s get this straight – Rebecca Adlington, bless ‘er, DOES look like someone looking in the back of a spoon. Since the insanity of the Sachsgate row and the intervening Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr…
What happened to Have I Got News For You this week? Paul Merton and Ian Hislop were joined by Al Murray in the chair and among the guests was Germaine Greer. During the days running…
It has been a very long time coming, but finally at last my home town of Middlesbrough has established a regular comedy night! A monthly affair at the Town Hall Crypt, I’ve so far been…
Well it has been a long time coming, but finally here it is – the brand new look Quintessential Comedy! The aim was to produce a smoother, slicker look for our loyal visitors, and we…
It’s easy to blow stuff out of all proportion, but there’s no way that this business should be carrying on 10 days or so after the fact. As it is, both Brand and Ross have…
You don’t get much hi tech comedy really outside of The IT Crowd – let’s try and redress the balance a bit… There’s more tech gubbins over at The Gadget Monkey.