There has been a major crossover between science and comedy in recent years, with the likes of Robin Ince, Dara O Briain, Brian Cox and Simon Singh blurring boundaries. But the crossover between science, comedy and Belgium is a new one on me. Lieven Scheire is said to be Belgium’s funniest physicist (insert your own gag here if you must). In his latest show The Wonderful World of Lieven Scheire he discusses concepts such as Einstein’s theory of relativity and is both funny and accessible.
It says Film Review above so it must be a film. There is something not quite right about watching Special Correspondents on a laptop (in bed, if you want to know). Ricky Gervais chose to go with Netflix rather than a cinema release but I’m not sure if it is the right decision. Having said that, Special Correspondents is a great TV movie.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Underbelly has announced a new batch of comedy shows running at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe.
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."
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.
Pages
Zircon - This is a contributing Drupal Theme
Design by
WeebPal.
