The QI Elves – the researchers behind BBC's hit comedy panel show QI – have signed to indie label Alcopop! Records to release the UK’s first ever vinyl podcast.
It is still too early to say whether Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide victory will be good for the country but one thing is certain. It will be good for comedy. If there were not enough jokes already hurtling around the Twitterverse following his election, we can expect plenty more in the weeks and years to come.
If having a strong back story is good for comedy then Australian stand-up Corey White is sorted. As he explains at the outset, his father was a criminal, his mother was a junkie who died of an overdose. If White can find the funnies in this he can probably find the funnies in anything.
Nish Kumar, who picked up a Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination this year, was the best-reviewed comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe at the 2015 Festival.
The British Comedy Guide looked at over 1900 different comedy shows, collating more than 5000 reviews from over 50 publications in August and analysed the write-ups.
Here are the top ten performers who notched up more than 10 reviews with 4 or 5 stars.
1. Nish Kumar
2. Alex Edelman
3. Felicity Ward
ITV comedy Benidorm and US sitcom Big Bang Theory were two of the winners at the TV Choice Awards last night.
The Spain-set ITV comedy, which co-stars Johnny Vegas and Steve Pemberton, picked up Best Comedy, while the American geekcom picked up Best International show.
Here is a list of the full winners.
Best soap - EastEnders
Best new drama - Poldark
Best drama series - Broadchurch
Best actor - David Tennant, Broadchurch
Best actress - Sheridan Smith, Cilla
The story about Welsh comedian Elis James’ pithy response to a request for an interview following Wales’ Euro 2016 qualifier victory against Cyprus has continued to spread around the world.
James, XFM Radio presenter and star of BBC3 sitcom Crims, was asked via Twitter if he would be prepared to talk later on Thursday evening on Radio 4’s World Tonight about his country’s rise up the football ranks. James’ tweeted back: “I will be shit-faced unfortunately.”
Submissions are now open for the 2016 LOCO London Comedy Film Festival. The festival will be returning for its fifth year at BFI Southbank and selected cinemas next April.
New British shorts and feature films that have not had theatrical distribution, and new international comedy feature films that have never been screened in the UK are all eligible for inclusion.
Richard Herring’s latest podcast comes complete with an elephant in the room. Unless I missed it his interview with Bridget Christie doesn’t contain any mention of her “fictional husband”, aka Herring’s comedy partner Stewart Lee.
This felt like a strange unexplained – as I said, unless I missed it – omission. If anyone is in a position to discuss Christie’s relationship with Lee and do a bit of a compare-and-contrast it is Herring.
Bill, the new film about the life of William Shakespeare from the stars of Horrible Histories, is to be released in the UK on September 18.
Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards has announced their fourth annual Foster’s Winner and Nominees Season at the Soho Theatre. Sam Simmons, Tom Ballard, Tom Parry and Adam Hess are all confirmed, with further names to be announced. In what was a record-breaking year, with the longest judging debate in its 35 year history, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards is proud to showcase the comedy stars of tomorrow. Details below. Tickets and info here.
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