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The Ballad Of Wallis Island review
An estranged folk duo reunite for a private gig on an eccentric millionaire's Welsh island in a thoroughly charming almost-rom-com.
James Harvey, Film Stories, 28th May 2025
Graham Linehan: Comedy audiences are rejecting the gender nonsense
Richard Herring is the latest comedian to find out that audiences will no longer indulge biology denial, claims Graham Linehan.
Graham Linehan, Spiked, 28th May 2025
I talk to Sian Gibson
Ten years ago last month, Peter Kay's Car Share launched on BBC One, reviving the career of Peter Kay's brilliant co-star Sian Gibson, who has thankfully been lighting up our screens ever since, with superb cameos in shows like Inside No. 9 and The Cleaner alongside major roles in hit comedies Murder, They Hope, The Reluctant Landlord, Mammoth and The Power Of Parker, which returns this week for its second series.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 28th May 2025
Andrew Lawrence has gig cancelled after making sick joke about Liverpool parade
Andrew Lawrence has received numerous complaints after writing on X: "To be fair, if I was in Liverpool, I'd drive through crowds of people to get the f*** out of there as well." In response to the comment, the comedian's upcoming gig at Caddies Southend has now been cancelled.
Emma Dukes, Liverpool World, 28th May 2025
Cumming and Masson board return flight of The High Life musical
It's 30 years since Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson last portrayed Air Scotia's bumbling cabin crew in the cult TV sitcom The High Life. The BBC show ran for just one short season before both actors, who had met at drama school, went off in different directions to pursue solo careers. But reuniting to write a book about their first stage partnership, playing Victor and Barry, made them realise that The High Life was ripe for a revival.
Pauline McLean, BBC, 28th May 2025
The Ballad Of Wallis Island review
Relishes in daft physical comedy.
Katherine McLaughlin, Little White Lies, 28th May 2025
The Ballad Of Wallis Island review
The Ballad Of Wallis Island, with its perfectly modulated polar opposite performances from insightful screenwriting duo Tim Key and Tom Basden, quirky British humor, majestic shots of the island (especially beachside surrounded by various pebble formations), and catchy folk-rock songs, also builds to a powerful emotional release.
Robert Kojder, Flickering Myth, 28th May 2025
Comedians need to organise
Liz Guterbock on how vulnerable artists can combat exploitation.
Liz Guterbock, Chortle, 28th May 2025
Vyome Singh embraces 'failure' after scooping award
A comedian who only took up stand-up at the start of the year says he is embracing the occasional failure that comes with his new career after winning a gong.
BBC, 28th May 2025
Jordan Gray review
She came to fame, or notoriety, by getting her kit off, flashing her boobs and playing a keyboard with her knob live on TV. Now follow that.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th May 2025
The Ballad Of Wallis Island review
Funny, melancholy yarn of a folk duo reunited by oddball superfan.
Catherine Bray, The Guardian, 28th May 2025
More comedy clubs ban Andrew Lawrence
Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club and London's Comedy Store have both said Lawrence will never perform at their clubs following comments he made about the Liverpool parade. Even Daniel O'Reilly, the comedian also known as Dapper Laughs, who has been involved in controversy himself in the past, posted that Lawrence had crossed a line.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2025Podcasts
TV & radio
7am10 min
Shaun The Sheep
Series 7, Episode 4 - Bed LambShaun fakes illness to take a day off, but Bitzer gets suspicious when the flock joins in.
6pm30 min
Building Betty & Joan's
Episode 2 - Get OutThree queer comedians close their current venue for good.
6:30pm30 min
Live From The UK
Episode 3This week you can hear Josh Jones at the Frog and Bucket, Manchester; Tal Davies at the Glee Club, Birmingham; Stephen Buchanan at The Stand, Glasgow; and headliner Lauren Pattison at The Stand, Newcastle.
10:45pm15 min
Shakedowns In Hyperspace
Episode 3 - Quester Of The Prickly DesertIt's 2034, and, on a mission with her daughter, an astronaut fears she hears a distress signal. She hopes it's nothing. But what is nothing in space? Read by Hattie Morahan.
11pm15 min
Michael Spicer: No Room
Series 2, Episode 5 - Oi Oi Big AntsTrump is a genius according to Stuart Piper-Aloysious in the latest episode of The Rest Is Stuart. Until his wife Gwendoline's charity has its funding threatened, that is. Find out what bants, sarnies and trolleyed really mean when 'working class' British actor Robbie Chappell interprets London slang for his American fans. Also features 'content shaping' and Doctor Doctor jokes.