From foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…
Continue ReadingFrom foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…
Continue ReadingShe sometimes said she’d rather be a hairdresser but Aherne’s cheeky early appearances in the pubs and clubs of Manchester led her to TV fameIn the early 90s, Manchester’s cultural revolution was in full swing. “Everything was thriving,” remembers acto…
Continue ReadingJoyce Grenfell inspired her, she wrote her own musical at school and a fringe theatre show with Julie Walters paved the way to TV fame. As Victoria Wood’s Talent returns, we revisit her early stage yearsAnyone who has watched her in Dinnerladies or rec…
Continue ReadingSteve Coogan’s blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UKAlan Partridge is to embark on a UK arena tour to heal a “scissored isle” that is less united than…
Continue ReadingSteve Coogan’s blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UKAlan Partridge is to embark on a UK arena tour to heal a “scissored isle” that is less united than…
Continue ReadingThe latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Dave Gorman, AKA Bluth and DjangoA setter who first appeared during the pandemic is Bluth, whose sometimes topical clues have appeared in our roundups….
Continue ReadingAll4The Inbetweeners star plays on his first TV special’s lack of audience by claiming high sophistication – while deftly pricking the bubble with pretend banterSimon Bird always intended to be a live performer. An ex-president of Cambridge Footlights,…
Continue ReadingThe comedian’s 2018 show Dr Cosmos addressed mental health, midlife and Brexit – little knowing a crisis lurked around the corner. Now it’s being streamed, might no mention of Covid be a selling point?Dr Cosmos will see you now – or will he? Dylan Mora…
Continue ReadingFrom classic Chris Rock to Sarah Millican at her bluntest, these are the routines that have got comedians, readers and Guardian writers through a difficult yearFrench comic Fary Lopes caused a stir at the Molière theatre awards in 2019 by addressing th…
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