Helen Lewis (I)
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Clive Myrie to host Have I Got News For You
The episode will air on Friday 1st April, BBC One, 9pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2022What happens when a joke is followed by silence
Now, I'm not the funniest person in the world. (Maybe the fourth, or fifth? I try to stay humble.) But when I started doing live comedy, I was even worse than I am now. Nothing teaches you how to generate a laugh--or makes you more keen to get one--than ending a sentence and being greeted with the howling sound of absolute silence.
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8th April 2020Have I Got News For You, review
Satire institution proves it can actually thrive on the current chaos.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 3rd April 2020Producers will build virtual set around Hislop & Merton
Ian Hislop and Paul Merton will be in their seats and the satire promises to be as sharp as ever, but movement restrictions and a ban on studio audiences means the team captains, host Steph McGovern and panellists Miles Jupp and Helen Lewis will trade topical quips from the safety of their front rooms, speaking to remotely-controlled cameras.
Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 1st April 2020Brexit really has killed comedy
After 1,000 days of negotiations, there are no jokes left.
Helen Lewis, The New Statesman, 27th March 2019Why Steve Coogan can't kill off Alan Partridge
The character has elevated banality to an art form.
Helen Lewis, The New Statesman, 21st February 2019Why is 'yellowface' wrong yet pantomime dames are OK?
The casting of a Japanese character in the new Ab Fab movie has caused offence -but are we being selective in the caricatures we choose to attack?
Helen Lewis, The Guardian, 16th December 2015Why comedians are the last interesting people left
Comedians, uniquely, have nothing to sell but their opinions, and the way they package those opinions. They don't say attention-grabbing things to publicise their other work: saying attention-grabbing things is their work.
Helen Lewis, The New Statesman, 31st October 2013John Lloyd: the brain behind QI
You probably haven't heard of John Lloyd - but this self-described Stoic, whose career was derailed by depression, has probably made you laugh more times than anyone else.
Helen Lewis, The New Statesman, 11th September 2013