Press clippings
Writer: BBC rejected him as idea "too clever for Scots"
A comedy writer has claimed a BBC executive told him Scottish viewers were less intelligent than their English counterparts. The allegations by Glasgow-based Colin Edwards have been strongly denied by the BBC.
Andrew Learmonth, The National (Scotland), 21st May 2016Male acts at Glasgow Comedy Festival on funny women
Omid Djalili, Andrew Learmonth, Tom Wrigglesworth, Simon Munnery, Joel Dommett, Adam Kay and Simon Evans on the women who make them laugh.
The List, 24th February 2014Opinion: Comedy - A Serious Business
Is comedy respected as an art form? Andrew Learmonth makes an impassioned plea for Scotland to take its comic storytellers seriously.
Andrew Learmonth, The Skinny, 31st October 2013