Press clippings
The Oldest Comedy Club In Britain review
This film starts off as a tribute to the club, but ends as a very fitting tribute to Peter Grahame.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th April 2023The Oldest Comedy Club In Britain review
Eighty-five minutes is probably too long for the film, with repetition that an hour-long version would exorcise. But the film serves as a tender portrait of idiosyncratic labours of love that built Britain's vibrant comedy scene, so perfectly personified by Peter Grahame.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th April 2023Film to chart the history of Britain's oldest comedy club
Seann Walsh, Stewart Lee and others to hail Downstairs at the King's Head.
Chortle, 6th October 2022Review: Ian Cognito: A Life And A Death On Stage
This excellent, eloquent film, co-directed by Joe Bor and Danny Ward, charts the life of Cognito from his earliest days as a surprising uncontroversial musician to his powerhouse heyday as a genuinely dangerous, unpredictable performer. When "Cogs" walked on stage you rarely knew what would happen next, except that he would probably hammer a nail into the wall and hang his hat on it. He could be as scary as he was funny. As this profile says, he could not be tamed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th July 2022Channel 4 launches Jokes Only A ... Can Tell series
Channel 4 has ordered the online series Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, showcasing Muslim, disabled, Jewish, Nigerian and lesbian acts.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2022Comedians pilot high vis vest challenge show
A group of comedians are piloting High Visibility, a hidden camera show based on the theory that you can get away with anything if you're wearing a high vis vest.
British Comedy Guide, 18th February 2022Ian Cognito film wins award
A film charting the life and times of controversial British comedian Ian Cognito has won a major award at an American film festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th September 2021Rob Rouse stars in Pubwatch pilot
Rob Rouse is piloting a sitcom about a committee combatting yobbish behaviour in pubs, with fellow comics Mick Ferry, Stephen Bailey, Hannah Platt and Pete Selwood, who also wrote the script.
British Comedy Guide, 24th July 2021School's Out Comedy Club to publish a joke book
School's Out Comedy Club, the online show run by stand-up Philip Simon, is to publish a joke book, with profits going to food waste charity FareShare.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020Ian Cognito film being made
Ian Cognito, the hellraising stand-up comedian who died in 2019, is to be the subject of a new film.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2020