This week marks a year on from when Covid hit comedy. There had been talk of the virus meaning that gigs might not happen but suddenly it became a reality. On March 11, 2020, I went to see Dave's... more
Interviews
Russia-born comedian Olga Koch is becoming a regular face on British television, having recently appeared in shows including Mock The Week, QI and Pls Like.This interview was one of the first major... more
Update 17/4/23 - Rose Matafeo can be seen for the next two weeks alongside Alexander Armstrong on Pointless. Rose Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2018 for her breathtakingly brilliant... more
Darren Harriott is very much on the rise at the moment. He has become a television panel show regular and has appeared on Live at the Apollo - he once worked on security at the same venue. This below... more
London-based American comedian/storyteller Desiree Burch is in the line-up for the new BBC series, Celebrity Best Home Cook. The other famous faces donning the Best Home Cook apron for the... more
Comedian Ed Byrne is a regular on Mock The Week but when he is not cracking gags on the telly he is cracking eggs in the kitchen and knocking up some decent grub for his family. Byrne's culinary... more
Lockdown comedy Staged, with David Tennant and Michael Sheen, returns on the 4th January at 9.45pm on BBC One. What can you tell us about the new series of Staged?Michael: David and I are... more
With family morale at an all-time low, the Jessops (Rachel and Paul, played by Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick) decide they’re going to have their summer holiday after all, even if it means doing... more
Alison Steadman is one of the stars of BBC one-off comedy Pandemonium, alongside Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick. Tom Basden also stars in it and also wrote it.Tom Basden previously wrote and... more
With family morale at an all-time low, the Jessops (Rachel and Paul, played by Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick) decide they’re going to have their summer holiday after all, even if it means doing... more
