I see narrator Dave Lamb has broken cover and is appearing in front of ther cameras in Come Dine With Me's Champion of Champions run at the moment. I'm not so sure about the revised format, which feels like it is going for the civilised Masterchef audience when all we really want to see are the fights, but Lamb (that's him in the middle) is a reassuringly comic presence. Even if he does look a bit like a smiley Don Logan from Sexy Beast.
Smart stories? Check. Smart suit? Check. Household name? Why not? The eloquent, erudite Tom Allen has been on the cusp of breaking through for most of the decade and it finally looks as if he is having his moment. He has recently appeared on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Great British Bake Off Extra Slice.
The results of the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2015 have been announced. The awards, now in their 10th year, are organised by The British Comedy Guide.
Eddie Izzard is reviving the One Word Impro Show that he was a part of twenty years ago for a special gig on February 12.
The show was originally performed at the Albery Theatre. This time the team of Izzard, Neil Mullarkey, Suki Webster and Stephen Frost will be performing in an early evening show at the Palace Theatre at 6pm. It is going to be a busy night for Izzard. Straight after the Impro show he will be performing his solo show at the same venue.
Can you be funny when it is daylight outside? It’s a challenge for comedy tents at festivals and yesterday it was a challenge for the New Acts of the Year competition, which kicked off at the ungodly hour of 2.30pm. But the line-up was strong and most of the performances committed. They were also being paid £75 each for their five minute sets, which maybe helped. As compere Arthur Smith pointed out £15 a minute is not a bad pay rate.
I missed the press night of this new play about comedian Marty Feldman so I booked a ticket for the next night. Then I made a fatal error. I read the reviews. This play had received such bad notices that I thought about checking with the venue to see if the run had already closed. I thought of that scene in The Producers where they have a sign saying Opening Night that switches to Closing Night as soon as the first disappointed audience leaves the theatre.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan has announced the autumn leg of his 2016 tour. Details here. The tour now includes a date at London's Eventim Apollo on October 7.
In his new live show Ranganathan explores the rationality of his worldview. ‘Irrational’ will see him examine the issues close to his heart and explain why everybody else is wrong about them.
The BBC has announced a new batch of romantic iPlayer shorts featuring talent including Suranne Jones (Dr Foster), Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Adil Ray (Citizen Khan) and Harry Hill (Harry Hill’s TV Burp).
The new shorts follow the success of BBC iPlayer’s 2015 Funny Valentines, featuring comedians including Bill Bailey, Romesh Ranganathan, Sara Pascoe, Limmy and Nick Helm, which saw 1.3m requests. Nick Helm’s short Elephant has also gone on to receive a Bafta nomination for Best Short Film.
Jo Brand has set off on her Sport Relief trek entitled 'Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk'*. She plans to walk 150 miles across England east to west from Hull to Liverpool.
Philomena Cunk has joined the line-up of experts and academics contributing to BBC2's forthcoming month-long season marking of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. She will be fronting her own programme called Cunk on Shakespeare.
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