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TV panel shows - I'm sorry they haven't a clue
The same few hackneyed comedians keep cropping up on TV panel shows. Fiona Sturges doesn't see the funny side
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Funny money: Britain's jokers are cashing in
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Andrew Johnson: Comedians – not rock stars – are selling out some of the biggest venues in the country.
Richard Herring goes on a comedy offensive
Monday, 17 May 2010
Simon Hardeman: Richard Herring thinks that when it comes to comedy, everything is fair game.
Reboot for Will Adamsdale's PC play
Friday, 7 May 2010
There's something special about Will Adamsdale's shows.
What happened when Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin?
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
John Walsh: When giants of science and culture meet we expect a lot. But these stellar gatherings can disappoint.
A Brit on the side: Why American comic Bill Hicks felt most at home in the UK
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Bill Hicks is a byword for acerbic brilliance in the UK – but he couldn't buy a laugh in his native America. On the eve of a new documentary about the maverick comedian, Peter Watts asks: what makes us love him so?
Broad comedy: A new wave of funny women
Monday, 19 April 2010
Gerard Gilbert introduces the best of the next generation
Made in Manhattan: John Oliver - taking satire stateside
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is an institution of American TV. So how did John Oliver become its rising star?
Observations: A comic Strip in Westminster
Friday, 19 March 2010
Unofficially, the Houses of Parliament plays host to comedy every day, with its corridors full of bungling MPs and the Punch and Judy of Prime Minister's Questions.
The 100 club: Artists who signed up for comedian Josie Long’s self-improvement odyssey reveal fruits of their 100 days labour
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Can you become a better person in 100 days? The comedian Josie Long reckons so, as do the 900 people who signed up to her online movement and pledged to do one thing – from writing haikus to scrawling sketches – every day for three-and-a-half months. Robert Epstein sifts through the results
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