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Grainne Maguire: I'm a leftie, he likes Priti Patel: how I fell for my Tory boy

Can you make a relationship work when you're on opposite sides of the political divide? Yes, so long as you don't mention Brexit

Grainne Maguire and Mehul Shah, The Times, 26th April 2024
Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays. Image shows left to right: Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan

Joe and Katherine's Bargain Holidays review

The TV travelogue sinks lower.

Carol Midgley, The Times, 25th April 2024
Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays. Image shows left to right: Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan

Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays review

What was Katherine Ryan thinking with this patronising travelogue?

Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 25th April 2024
Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays. Image shows left to right: Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan

Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays review

Comedians slum it with a "spa day" in a pub car park.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 25th April 2024
Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays. Image shows left to right: Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan

Joe & Katherine's Bargain Holidays review

Comedians gave us little to laugh about on this boring bargain break.

Roland White, Daily Mail, 25th April 2024
Love Actually. Image shows from L to R: David, The Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), Natalie (Martine McCutcheon). Copyright: Working Title Films

Love Actually and Saltburn memorabilia auctioned for War Child

An original shooting script of much-loved Christmas romcom Love Actually is among the lots up for grabs in an auction to support charity War Child.

Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 25th April 2024
Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall's comedy slammed - by Prince William

During a school visit this morning, the future king was asked to share a "dad joke", to which he responded: "I'm kind of trying to channel Jack Whitehall, because most of his jokes are pretty dad-like."

Chortle, 25th April 2024
Billy Connolly Does.... Billy Connolly

New interactive map to demonstrate Scotland's love for Billy Connolly

In 2023, National Theatre of Scotland's acclaimed production celebrating Scotland's most loved comedian, Sir Billy Connolly, undertook a 17-venue Scotland tour, reaching over 8,000 people. Originally announced to mark Connolly's 80th birthday year, Dear Billy was enthusiastically received by audiences, selling-out at venues across Scotland.

Craig Williams, The Herald, 25th April 2024
Michael Palin

Sir Michael Palin to receive honorary Oxford degree

Comedy and television legend Sir Michael Palin is one of six people who will be awarded with honorary degrees from the University of Oxford.

Ethan Gudge, BBC, 25th April 2024
Mammoth. Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins)

Mammoth review

This 70s relic crashes through life like Alan Partridge in a tracksuit.

Roland White, Daily Mail, 25th April 2024
Bridget Jones's Baby. Bridget (Renée Zellweger). Copyright: Working Title Films / Universal Pictures

Bridget Jones 4 storyline revealed

Renee Zellweger will date a toyboy 28 years younger in the next Bridget Jones movie.

The star, 55 today, will lock lips with Netflix heart-throb Leo Woodall in Mad About The Boy.

Ellie Henman, The Sun, 24th April 2024
Terry & June. Image shows from L to R: Terry Medford (Terry Scott), June Medford (June Whitfield). Copyright: BBC

Terry & June slapped with major warning over language

ITV advised viewers on its streaming service that the TV classic, which was originally shown in the early evening, had "discriminatory language".

Tom Bryant, The Mirror, 24th April 2024
Ashley Storrie

Ashley Storrie: "Comedy was the only thing I was fit for."

Here she tells us how she went from showy child to Dinosaur.

Ashley Storrie, Square Mile, 24th April 2024
Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner reveals his opinion on cancel culture as he weighs in on woke debate

Frank had a less outspoken approach as he joked: 'It's not like I am sitting and thinking "Oh I can't use my 40 minutes of racist material" I just want to go out and people have a good time.'

Kirsten Murray, Daily Mail, 24th April 2024
Simon Evans

Joe Lycett is so wrong about cancel culture

For every comedian who is publicly cancelled, a hundred more are quietly censoring themselves, writes Simon Evans.

Simon Evans, Spiked, 24th April 2024
An Evening With Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse. Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield's plans for his Loadsamoney £11 million home horrify the Notting Hill set

His talent for invention once seemed unstoppable, inspiring a cast of richly ludicrous characters, from Stavros the kebab shop owner and DJ 'Smashie' to Kevin the teenager and, perhaps most memorably of all, Loadsamoney, the shamelessly avaricious plasterer. But I can disclose that Harry Enfield's latest creative effort has been condemned not merely as 'perfectly foul' - a verdict bestowed on his various television personas by his own father - but as 'harmful' and 'damaging'.

Richard Eden, Daily Mail, 23rd April 2024
Fern Brady. Credit: Raphaël Neal

With her Netflix comedy special Autistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady is a cynic to savour

The huge success of her memoir has turbocharged the Scottish comedian's career, with midlife, Catholicism and marriage in her withering sights.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
Hold The Sunset. Phil (John Cleese). Copyright: BBC

John Cleese shares staggering £17k secret to 'not looking bad for 84'

John Cleese has revealed he is forking out up to £17,000 a year for an anti-ageing treatment.

The 84-year-old Fawlty Towers star claimed the hefty fee was "worth it if you're buying yourself a few extra years".

Joe Davies, The Sun, 23rd April 2024
Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert on finding comedy in his cancer treatment

"I suppose it's not the most attractive documentary to pitch to a broadcaster, is it? Saying, 'we don't know what the ending is going to be! It could be quite... dark'."

Ella Christian-Sims, Royal Television Society, 23rd April 2024
Charley Marlowe

TikTok comic Charley Marlowe revealed as voiceover artist for new BBC Three series

Charley Marlowe has been announced as the voice of BBC Three series, I Kissed A Girl. Charley is a Liverpudlian LGBTQ+ presenter and comedian best known from TikTok for her hilarious, down to earth personality and comedic presenting style.

BBC, 22nd April 2024

Joe Pasquale: 'I can't afford to retire after losing nearly everything on a dodgy investment'

The actor and comedian on his family, career and financial troubles.

Angela Wintle, The Telegraph, 21st April 2024
Dinosaur. Image shows left to right: Nina (Ashley Storrie), Evie (Kat Ronney)

Dinosaur review

The show sometimes skips too lightly through potentially deeper moments that could have lent it more grit and substance.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 21st April 2024
Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee - Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers - not pretend they don't exist.

Stewart Lee, The Observer, 21st April 2024
Britain's Got Talent - Bobby Goldfinn. Bobby Finn

Britain's Got Talent's Bobby Goldfinn 'unmasked' as TikTok star Bobby Finn

Britain's Got Talent's most annoying contestant ever, Bobby Goldfinn, has been unmasked as an ordinary bloke from America.

Felicity Cross, The Sun, 20th April 2024
Dinosaur. Image shows left to right: Nina (Ashley Storrie), Evie (Kat Ronney)

Dinosaur review

Greg Hemphill's new Glasgow comedy Dinosaur fails to catch light.

Alison Rowet, The Herald, 20th April 2024
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! review

Absolutely delightful and genuinely laugh-out-loud.

Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 20th April 2024
Dinosaur

Greg Hemphill on new comedy Dinosaur, "empty nest syndrome" and his take on Pittenweem witches row

The former Still Game star says he's been training for new sitcom's "embarrassing dad" role for 20 years - but with his real-life kids now gone, he's also embracing life in Fife!

Michael Alexander, The Dundee Courier, 20th April 2024
Still Game. Victor McDade (Greg Hemphill). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Why we'll never see Still Game star's Balmoral sitcom

The death of Queen Elizabeth brought a halt to Greg Hemphill's project, which involved the royal retreat being listed on Airbnb.

Stuart MacDonald, The Times, 19th April 2024
Taskmaster. Nick Mohammed

Taskmaster's Nick Mohammed finally explains Dracula costume choice

Speaking to comedian Ed Gamble on the official Taskmaster podcast, the actor explained that he wanted to dress up for the series after feeling "nervous" about being himself.

Sara Baalla, Digital Spy, 19th April 2024

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