John Thomson is best known for his performances onscreen. He has shown his comic chops in The Fast Show and in his work with Steve Coogan and in much more and he has also shown his acting chops in... more
Interviews
Phil Nichol has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, pranced around naked onstage and sat on my friend Brandon's lap, but that's another story. Here's an interview Phil Nichol did with BTJ when he was... more
Harry Hill is one of the stars playing a benefit to raise money for comedian Jim Tavare at the Lyric Theatre on June 12. As previously reported, Tavare was involved in a serious car crash in... more
Stuart Goldsmith is arguably better known for interviewing stand-ups than being a stand-up. His Comedian’s Comedian podcast has become essential listening for anyone remotely interested in how a... more
Vauxhall has teamed up with comedian/prankster Neg Dupree, who is best known for his 'urban sports' stunts on C4's Balls Of Steel and his Facebook clips, for its current #DriveByComedy campaign. To... more
The one-off BBC1 drama Babs tells the story of comic icon Barbara Windsor. Below is an interview with Barbara Windsor herself. And here is an interview with one of the three women who play Windsor,... more
Loaded, Channel 4's new comedy drama about tech entrepreneurs, starts on May 8 at 10pm. It stars TV comedy regulars Nick Helm, Jonny Sweet, Jim Howick and Samuel Anderson and many more familiar faces... more
Greg Proops is a bit of a legend. The smart-suited American is a terrific stand-up comedian but may be better known as a master of improvisation. He first made his name in the UK as a regular... more
The fourth series of Taskmaster is on Dave on Tuesdays.Below are interviews with hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne and the contestants this time round - Noel Fielding, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc,... more
You may not know the name of Tom Walker but you should know the name of Jonathan Pie. Walker is the actor who created fictional news reporter Pie. In recent years Pie has fulminated about hot topics... more
