News: Rovers Comes To Sky

Craig Cash directs, produces and stars in Rovers, a brand-new original Sky 1 comedy that drops in on the lives of the indomitable fans of Redbridge Rovers – a struggling lower league football team. 
 
The series is written by comedians Joe Wilkinson (Him & Her, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown) and David Earl (aka Brian Gittins), who also make appearances in the series as wind-up merchants Bruce and Lee.
 
Cash plays loveable die-hard Rovers fan Pete Mott and is reunited with his The Royle

News: Baddiel v Mail Over Queen Sex & Toilet Jokes

David Baddiel has come under fire from the Mail for being responsible for a programme that made jokes about the Queen's sex life on the day of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.

TV: Michael McIntyre's Big Show, BBC1

Don’t write the obituary of stand-up on TV just yet. Live at the Apollo might have been shunted to BBC2 but Stewart Lee seems to have done pretty well there and Russell Howard is fronting a second series of his stand-up showcase on Comedy Central later this year.

News: Jason Manford Stars In Chitty Chitty Stand Up

Jason Manford did an unexpected stand-up set last night - in the middle of classic musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Manford is currently playing Caractacus Potts in the touring production and when a cast member was taken ill during the performance at Southend's Cliffs Pavilion the show had to pause while the understudy prepared to go on.

Instead of leaving the audience getting wrestless Manford went onstage and did a fifteen-minute stand-up set. 

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News: Elis James & John Robins Add New Tour Date

Update 16/9: A new London date has just been added. It is at the Forum, NW5 on December 19 and tickets have just gone on sale here. Please note this one will be John Robins reading from his, erm, autobiography, A Robins Amongst The Pigeons, with the aid of Elis James. For other dates see below.

 

News: Underbelly Announces Edinburgh Fringe Shows

The Underbelly has announced a new batch of comedy shows running at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe.

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News: Tributes Flood In For Victoria Wood

I hesitated before posting the news of Victoria Wood's death in case it was a hoax. She seemed so young and so active and I'd heard nothing about her being ill. The first reaction was disbelief. The second was grief.

Not surprisingly tributes have been flooding in on social media. Ricky Gervais tweeted: "RIP the brilliant Victoria Wood. So innovative, funny and down to earth. This has not been a good year."

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Breaking News: Victoria Wood Dies Aged 62

The BBC has reported that Victoria Wood has died. 

She had been suffering from cancer and was 62.

Wood was a comedy pioneer both on the screen and onstage. After finding fame initially on TV talent show New Faces she made her name with numerous TV series, most notably with her regular partner Julie Walters. Her spoofs on As Seen On TV are as funny now as they ever were.

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News: Jason Manford & David Walliams Try Out New Game Show

Jason Manford and David Walliams are to be the two opposing captains in a new television panel game being tried out onstage next month.

In Is This Your Life?, being developed for ITV1, teams will be challenged to reveal their knowledge of mystery guests on the show, which will be hosted by Sara Cox.

Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Alex Lowe

You may not know who Alex Lowe is but you really should. He is the man behind Barry from Watford, the eccentric, elderly gent and scourge of radio phone-in shows. Not only that but Barry is limbering up for a live tour when he teams up with Angelos Epithemiou. You can catch their New Power Generation shows at these places here.

 

 

 

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