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How to level the live comedy circuit
Punchline gap (noun): the unfortunate fact that men, on average, achieve more laughs than women because of factors beyond their control. Women, on the other hand, find themselves faking their own laughter to placate men. Unsurprisingly, these men will rarely reciprocate.
Rosalie Minnitt and Alison Middleton, Chortle, 7th September 2020Bill Oddie reveals he has been 'very ill'
Bill Oddie has revealed he has been "very ill most of this summer". The Goodies star has been suffering from lithium toxicity, which he says almost killed him.
British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2020Steve Coogan: How we made the Monkey Tennis scene
And how the new podcast takes him to strange new places.
Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 5th September 2020Steve Coogan to star in Richard III film The Lost King
Steve Coogan will star in The Lost King, a movie about the discovery of Richard III's remains beneath a Leicester car park.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2020Sugden never discussed Mrs Slocombe's 'pussy' at home
While many households up and down the country would discuss the innuendo as they chuckled at the show, it was never mentioned in the actress' own home.
Stephanie Soteriou, The Sun, 29th August 2020Steve Coogan reveals plans to stage Fringe comeback
Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan has revealed he wants to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show - nearly 30 years after he shot to fame at the event.
Brian Ferguson, Edinburgh Evening News, 29th August 2020Comedian's child pornography conviction revealed
Dylan Jones, now 53, received a 12-month suspended sentence in 2017 under his real name of David Parton after police found 549 indecent images of children on his computer when they visited his home in Penarth, near Cardiff. He remains on the sex offenders' register.
Chortle, 28th August 2020Can football and sitcom ever mix?
No sooner had the extended Premier League season ended than another footballing story started. You might not have noticed, but Apple TV's culture-clash sitcom Ted Lasso, about an American NFL coach with no soccer experience taking over at a Premier League team, began over the weekend. It arrived to a pretty muted response. It's not the only footy sitcom we have seen this year. Inbetweeners writers Damon Beesley and Iain Morris's disappointing The First Team had some distinctly lower-midtable reviews for the BBC. It's something of a trend that, whenever the sit of the com is in a football club, the laughs are hard to find. Mike Bassett: Manager lasted a series, The Cup and Warren United have tried it too, but none of them quite worked.
Tom Nicholson, The Guardian, 26th August 2020Shane Allen: diversity discussed in every conversation
Shane Allen says push for more diversity will soon produce noticeable changes in output at the BBC.
Jim Waterson, The Guardian, 26th August 2020All-star cast revealed for Roald & Beatrix
Dawn French, Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nick Mohammed, Nina Sosanya and Bill Bailey will star in Sky's comedy drama Roald & Beatrix.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2020